Birthdays: Sir David Brewster,1781- inventor of the
kaleidoscope, Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Koch the conqueror of tuberculosis,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Carlo Ponti,
Gilbert Roland, Big Mama Mabel Thornton, Vampira, Jean Marais, Jean Louis
Tritignant, Tom Hayden, Jermaine Jackson, McCoy Tyner- John Coltrane's pianist,
Brenda Lee, John Buscema, Rita Moreno is 85, Teri Garr is 69, Mos Def is 43, Mo’nique
is 49
1882- The Bijou Theater in Boston presented Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Iolanthe in the first show
completely illuminated by electric light bulbs.
1926- Josephine Baker performed her banana dance in
Amsterdam.
1957- Rock and Roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married
his 13 year old cousin Myra Gail Brown, while still married to his second wife,
who he divorced when the press broke the story the following April. The
incident ruined his career. Great Balls of Fire!
1970- Walt Disney's the 'Aristocats'
premiered.
2009- Disney’s animated Princess
and the Frog.
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