Birthdays:
Marcus Whitman the missionary who led US settlement of Oregon, Howard Morris,
Darius Mihlaud, Anton Bruckner, Chateaubriand, Craig Claiborne, Dick York,
Richard Wright, Mary Renault, Mitzi Gaynor, Computer AI pioneer John McCarthy,
Damon Wayans is 56, Paul Harvey, Beyonce’ Knowles is 35
1888-George
Eastman patents the roll film camera. The word "Kodak" is supposedly
the sound the shutter made. Another story on the
origin of the word was that George wanted a word pronounced the same in all
known dialects. So after some research (Rochester lore has it that he did all
of this himself) he concluded that only k and x qualified as sounds uttered the
same way in all languages. Thus Eastman Kodak.
1893-
Writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter sent a letter to a sick child: " I don't know what to write you, so I
shall tell you the story of four little rabbits. Their names were Flopsy,
Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter." The Peter Cottontail stories born.
1918- Young
substitute letter carrier Walt Disney narrowly escaped a bomb explosion in the
post office of the Chicago Federal Building. The bomb was first thought to have
been, planted by radical unionists or German saboteurs, but it turned out to be
from a local gangster. It killed four and injured 75. Walt later said, “ I
missed it by three minutes. “
1934- Young
filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl was contracted by the German Propaganda Ministry to
film the 1934 Nazis Party Congress to be held in Nuremburg. While they were
expecting a routine documentary, Reifenstahl instead created the film The
Triumph of the Will, who’s darkly hypnotic images made film history.
1936- The
musical Swing Time opened. Considered by critics one of the best pairings of
the dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
1940- The
Columbia Broadcast Service or CBS network started up their first television
station.
1982- the
single “Valley Girl” by Frank Zappas daughter Moon Unit Zappa became a hit.
1985-
Australian press baron Rupert Murdoch became a U.S. citizen so he could build
the Fox television and movie networks. US regulations forbade foreign ownership
of broadcasting stations so Rupert didn’t fuss about what country he was a
citizen of.
1993- Herb Villechaise, the little person who began the show
Fantasy Island with the announcement: ”Da PLANE! Da PLANE!’ committed suicide
with a shotgun.
2002- Kelly Clarkson won the first American Idol contest.
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