Birthdays: John Harvard 1607(founder of Harvard University),
Bat Masterson, Eugene Ionesco, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Marian Mercer, Tina
Turner, Charles Schulz, Cyril Cusak, Eric Severaid, Rich Little, Wendy
Turnbull, Robert Goulet, Beauty and the Beast producer Don Hahn.
1865- Lewis Carroll sent a copy of the completed manuscript
of his fantasy Alice in Wonderland to his 12 year old friend and inspiration
Alice Liddell. Carroll later published the book with his own money. This is one
of the first books written solely to amuse children, and not to educate or
discipline them.
1939- Woody Woodpecker first appears in an Andy Panda
cartoon "Knock-Knock.’
1976- Sex Pistols Punk single “Anarchy in the UK” released.
1990- Acting on the example of Sony’s purchase of MGM-Columbia
studios, Matushita (Panasonic) bought MCA- Universal studios for $6.6 billion.
After a few fruitless years they sold it to the Bronfmans group, the distillers
of Seagram’s Whiskey.
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