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History for
1/12/2017
Birthdays: Pilgrim leader John
Winthrop, Charles Perrault (Mother Goose), John Hancock, Edmund Burke, John
Singer Sargent, Jack London, James Farmer the founder of CORE, Herman Goering,
"Smokin' Joe" Frazier, Tex Ritter, Martin Agronsky, Howard Stern is 62,
Rush Limbaugh, Oliver Platt is 57, Wayne Wang, Tiffany, Kirstie Alley is 61, Disney
Animator John Sibley, Pixar director John Lasseter is 60
1928- A police raid seized 800
copies of the novel “The Well of Loneliness” by Radclyffe Hall because it was
considered to promote lesbianism.
1928- Henry Grey and Ruth Snyder
are electrocuted in Sing-Sing Prison for the murder of Mrs. Snyder's husband.
The love triangle was the inspiration for the films 'Double Indemnity, The
Postman Always Rings Twice' and 'Body Heat". Press photographer Thomas
Howard taped a small camera to his ankle and snapped a photo of Mrs Snyder
frying in the chair. The New York Daily News published the photo on its front
page.
1960-” The Scent of Mystery”- the
first film in Smell-O-Vision.
1965- NBC TV premiered Hullabaloo,
a Rock & Roll dance show with lots of mini-skirted go-go dancers. ABC
responded with Shindig.
1966- Holy Cult Classic ! The TV
show "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premiered.
1971- “ ALL IN THE FAMILY” Norman
Lear's TV sitcom about racism and the 60's, debuted. Based on a successful
British show Steptoe and Son, it
broke new ground for American sitcoms by frankly discussing race prejudice,
menopause, rape and other taboo subjects. The first show featured the sound of
a toilet flushing. The networks were so worried about its explosive content ABC
rejected the show twice, and CBS ran the first episodes with a long apologetic
disclaimer. Carrol O’Connor, the actor who played Archie Bunker, was so
convinced the show would flop, he demanded as part of his contract a round trip
plane ticket home. The show ran for 13 years, a bushel of Emmy Awards and made
Archie Bunker a folk-hero.
1987-No mystery, Agatha Christie
dies at 88 of natural causes.
1995- Steven Speilberg, Jeffrey
Katzenberg and David Geffen announced the name of their new partnership would
be 'Dreamworks SKG'. Someone in Florida immediately bought the domain name
“Dreamworks.com” and waited for their buyout offer. I heard it was $5,000.
1997-According to Arthur C.
Clarkes 1968 book "2001, a Space Odyssey", the HAL-9000 computer was
booted up today.
2001- The Cohen Bros film Oh, Brother Where Art Thou? Goes into
general release.
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