Birthdays: Diego Velasquez, Pierre
Corneille. Alexandre Pushkin, Nathan Hale, John Trumbull, Thomas Mann, The
Dalai Lama, Klaus Tennestedt, Bjorn Borg, Richard Crane, Dr. Karl Braun, Walter
Chrysler, Isaiah Berlin, Aram Kharachaturian, Jason Issacs, Sandra Bernhard is 61,
Paul Giamatti is 49, Aaron Sorkin is 55
1939- Playright Eugene O’Neill had
hit a dry spell of no writing and fear of impending Parkinsons disease. This day
he got the inspiration to sketch out outlines for two plays- The Iceman Cometh,
and Long Days Journey into Night.
1941- Actor George Raft wrote a
memo to studio head Jack Warner reminding him of his contractual commitment to
send Raft only good quality scripts. The latest he got: " The Maltese
Falcon" he thought was a lousy substandard idea that has no chance."
Humphrey Bogart did the film instead.
1944- D-DAY, the NORMANDY
INVASION- General Dwight Eisenhower launched 6,000 ships, 14,000 planes and 156,000
troops on the shores of Nazi occupied France with the order: "Okay. Let's
go." In the assault from Cartoons were voiceover actor Paul
Frees, Disney key assistant Dale Oliver, Marvel cartoonist Jack Kirby, and
Warner artist Victor Haboush. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz was in the second
wave to Utah Beach. Max Fleischer animator Willy Bowsky was killed in the
hedgerows by tank fire.
1949-Comic strip character Joe
Palooka gets married to Ann Howe.
1949-BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING-
George Orwell's book about technological tyranny -1984 was first published.
Orwell's working title was "The Last Free Man", but the publisher
thought it too depressing to sell. So Orwell picked the date 1984, who's only
significance was that it was the year he was writing 1948- reversed
1955 - Bill Haley & Comets,
"Rock Around the Clock" hits #1.
1972 - David Bowie released
"Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
1976- The Glendale Galleria
shopping mall in Glendale Cal. opened.
1984- In Moscow, 29 year old
Mathematics Professor Alexey Pajitnov invented the game Tetris.
1991 - NBC announced Jay Leno
would replace retiring Johnny Carson, winning out over David Letterman.
Letterman moved to CBS.
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