Birthdays: Roman Emperor Nero, Roman Emperor Lucius Verus
who was known for little else but his really swell haircut, Gustav Eiffel, J.
Paul Getty, Jeff Chandler, Alan Freed, Ernie Pintoff, Tim Conway is 83, Helen
Slater, Neil DeGrasse-Tyson, Don Johnson is 67, Julie Taymor is 64
1815- Giacomo Rossini received the commission to write a new
opera based on Beaumarchais’ play the Marriage of Figaro- The Barber of
Seville.
1893-Czech composer Anton Dvorak premiered a symphony he
wrote while living in the Minnesota. The New World Symphony.
1939- The gala premiere of Gone With The Wind at the Loews
Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh flew out from
Hollywood and the Governor of Georgia declared it a state holiday.
1941- Lena Horne recorded her signature tune “Stormy
Weather.”
1943- In Harlem jazz great Fats Waller died of alcoholism
and heart failure. He was 39.
1954-“Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter” starring Fess Parker
was featured on the Walt Disney TV show for the first time. The show created a
mania for little kids, all wanting coonskin caps. “ Born on a mountaintop in
Tenn- Ah- See..”
Fifty Years Ago 1966-Walt Disney died at age 65. He was
alone in the room at Saint Joseph's when he died. His brother Roy had been in
earlier rubbing his legs. On his desk, scribbled on a piece of paper the name-
Kurt Russell. A heavy cigarette smoker- his favorites were Malboro and French
Gitanes- he suffered from lung cancer and respiratory failure. Contrary to the
legend that he's cryogenically frozen in a room in the Sleeping Beauty Castle
at Disneyland, he was cremated and interred at Forest Lawn.
1974- Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein opened.
1978- Superman the Movie opened in theaters. Richard Donner
directed, and it made a star of Christopher Reeve.
1985- Sylvester Stallone married model Birgit Neilsson. This
was after he divorced his first wife Sasha who had shared his years of
privation up to stardom. She worked as an usher at the Crown movie theater in
NY to support Sly while he went to acting school.
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