Birthdays: Amerigo Vespucci, Eddie
Foy Sr., Yuri Gargarin, Samuel Barber, chess master Bobby Fischer, Mickey
Spillane, Vita Sackville-West, Raul Julia, Vacheslav Molotov, Juliet Binoche is
52, Linda Fiorentino is 58, Lil’ Bow-Wow is 29
1888- While strolling through his
garden, writer Jules Verne was shot twice by an emotional deranged nephew. He recovered, but walked with a limp for the
rest of his life.
1907-Former Edison animator J.
Stuart Blackton starts "Moving Picture World" an early movie fanzine.
1913- Virginia Woolf completed her
first novel The Voyage Out.
1935- The Looney Tune Cartoon
"I haven’t Got a Hat" premiered. This cartoon gave birth to the first
permanent Warner Bros. Cartoon star- Porky Pig.
1954- Edward R. Murrow does his
"See It Now" television broadcast detailing the life of Sen. Joseph
McCarthy, the commie-chaser. The obvious contradictions and gross opportunism
in McCarthy's record when laid out before a nationwide audience, destroyed his
career and took the steam out of the "Red Scare" of the 50's. It is
probably television journalism's finest moment. For the lowest? Well, what's on
tonight?
1955- Actor James Dean’s film,
East of Eden, premiered today,.
1959-The first "Clutch
Cargo" show.
1984- Roy E. Disney Jr., Walt’s
nephew, resigned from the central board of the Walt Disney Company, setting in
motion a series of takeover bids and maneuvering that by August would wrest
control of the company from Ron Miller, Walt’s son-in-law.
1984- Touchstone pictures Splash
premiered, featuring Tom Hanks, John Candy and a tastefully topless Daryl
Hannah.
1989- Artist-photographer Robert
Maplethorpe died of AIDS.
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