Birthdays: Pope Julius II, Martin Van Buren, Fritz Lang, Eugene Debs, George
Armstrong Custer, Little Richard Penniman, Strom Thurmond, Otto Preminger, Lin
Piao, Calvin Trillin, Joan Didion, Jim Plunkett, Jose Carrerras, Margaret Cho
is 49
1912- New York Hat
directed by D.W. Griffith premiered. The first movie script written by Anita
Loos, then 19. She became one of the finest Hollywood screenwriters, who penned
films like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
1952- The Abbott and Costello Television Show premiered.
Where’s Hilary, Mr Fields and Stinky? “ Niagara Falls! Slooowwlly I turn! Step
by Step! Step by Step!”
1953- Russian Composer Sergei Prokoviev died, but the news
was overshadowed by the death of Stalin.
1974- The BBC aired the last
Monty Python show.
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