Birthdays: Gautama
Buddha –as commemorated by Japanese custom-Kambutsue, Ponce De Leon, King
Albert of the Belgians, Mary Pickford would be 125, Yip Harburg, Betty Ford,
Sonja Henje, Catfish Hunter, Jacques Brel, Darlene Gillespie, Julian Lennon,
Carmen McCrae, Shecky Green, Douglas Trumbull, Robin Wright is 51, Patricia
Arquette
1876- Amilicare
Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda debuted. The ballet portion is famous as the
Dance of the Hours.
1911-Vitagraph
released Winsor McCay's short cartoon "Little Nemo" theatrically.
1933-The WPA- Works
Progress Administration, later renamed the Works Projects Administration
founded. It was the Franklin Roosevelt administration’s massive jobs program to
heal the Depression by putting unemployed people back to work. They built
bridges, dams, roads, federal buildings. The WPA arts projects employed artists
like Grant Wood, Berenice Abbott and Thomas Hart Benton and put on plays with
Orson Welles and John Houseman.
1949- A three year
old girl named Kathy Fiscus fell into a well in the little LA suburb of San
Marino California. After a concerted effort by authorities to rescue her, she
was found dead. What makes this event memorable, was it was the first time a
news event was followed by television cameras and reported live as it happened.
1973- Pablo Picasso
died at 91. His last words were 'Drink to me'. On his night table was a comic
book drawn by former Disney animator Vip Partch.
1986- Actor Clint
Eastwood was elected mayor of the town of Carmel, California.
1994- Grunge rocker
Kurt Kobain’s body was discovered by a security system electrician three days
after he blew his own head off with a shotgun.
1995- Disney’s A Goofy Movie premiered.
No comments:
Post a Comment