Birthdays: Roman Emperor Diocletian 245AD, Josef Stalin-
real name Jozef Djugashvili, James Oglethorpe the founder of the State of
Georgia, Jean Racine, Giacomo Puccini, Connie Mack, J. Arthur Rank, Ladybird
Johnson, Deems Taylor, Jean Michel Basquiat, Barbara Billingsley, Peggy
Ashcroft, Emil Sitka, Gene Rayburn, Hector Elizondo, Diane Sawyer, Robin Gibb
& Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, Ralph Fiennes is 54.
1808- DA-DA-DA- DUMMMM- Beethoven premiered his 5th
Symphony.
1861- Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) was ordained a
deacon in the Church of England.
1882- Thomas Edison introduced the string of electric
Christmas Tree lights replacing candles.
1937- The day after the triumphant
premiere of Snow White and the Seven
Dwarves, animator Woolie Reitherman ran into Walt Disney at the studio.
Instead of complimenting Woolie and telling him to kick back and relax a bit,
Walt launched into a detailed analysis of the problems facing the next picture,
and how they need to get started right away!
1940- Nathaniel West, novelist author of Day of the Locust
and Miss Lonelyhearts, was killed in a car crash in L.A.
1951- Yves Montand married Simone Signoret.
1964- In Chicago, Comedian Lenny Bruce was sentenced to four
months in prison on obscenity charges. When the arresting officer read aloud
his jokes, the jury laughed out loud. Lenny complained about the policeman’s
delivery. After Lenny Bruce no one has ever again been convicted in the U.S.
for telling jokes.
2000- The Cohen Bros. Depression Era comedy Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Opened.
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