B-Dazes: Roman Emperor Hadrian, Winslow Homer, Arrigo Boito,
Wilhelm Grimm (of the brothers Grimm), Honus Wagner- early 1900’s baseball
player called the Flying Dutchman, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Edward James Olmos,
Barry Bostwick, Michel Legrand, James Farentino, illustrator Zdzislaw
Beskinski, Michael Radford, Billy Zane, Steve Jobs, Abe Vigoda.
1937- MGM studio announced it acquired the rights to L.
Frank Baum’s book The Wizard of Oz, to be made into a movie for their new star
Judy Garland.
1942- The radio service the Voice of America first went on
the air.
1943- Fed up with the bad feelings left in the studio
because of the Strike, master animator Bill Tytla resigned from the Walt Disney
Studio and returned back east.
1987- US Robotics sold the first 56k modems.
1988- PARODY LAWS- The US Supreme Court upheld the right of
public figures to be satirized by throwing out a lawsuit Rev Jerry Fallwell
brought against Hustler Magazine owner Larry Flynt. Flynt published a drawing
describing Rev Fallwell having sex with his mother in an outhouse. The Court
ruled a public figure can be lampooned, so long as it is not portrayed as
factual.
2008- Pixar’s Ratatouille won the Oscar for best animated
feature.
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