Birthdays: Raphael of Urbino, Sacajawea, Ram Dass, Butch
Cassidy, Gustav Moreau, Lowell Thomas, Merle Haggard, Billy Dee Williams,
George Reeves, Michelle Phillips, Andre Previn, Barry Levinson, Roy Thinnes,
John Ratzenberger, Zamfir, Paul Rudd is 48, Zach Braff is 42.
1906 - Cartoonist James Stuart Blackton created sensation
when Edison filmed him doing sequential drawings and they seemed to come
alive. The film was The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces. Blackton made a fortune, lost
it and was hit by a bus in 1940. But his animated antics paved the way for
Mickey, Bugs, Bart, Gollum and Laura Croft.
1931- The Little Orphan Annie radio show premiered. Remember
kids to drink your Ovaltine and get out your de-coder rings.
1933- the Screen Writer's Guild, later the WGA, formed. It
took about seven years for them to unionize screenwriting in Hollywood. Jack
Warner called them : "Communists, Radical Bastards and Soap Box Sons of
B*tches !" David O. Selznick, who prided himself on running a
writer-friendly studio, told them: “You put a picket line in front of my studio
and I'll mount a machine gun on the roof and mow you all down!!" Despite
these protestations, the Guild today represents all Hollywood writers.
1936- Episode One of the Flash
Gordon series of movie serials premiered. This introduced Flash, Dale, and
Emperor Ming the Merciless of the Planet Mongo.
It made a star out of Olympic gold medalist Larry “Buster” Crabbe.
1951- Happy Birthday AstroBoy! According to the 1951 comic
book by Osamu Tezuka, today Professor Elephant completed the little boy with
the suction cup feet and pointed hairdo. Originally called Tetsuwan Atomo, he
was named Astro Boy when Mushi Prod released the animated version in the US in 1961.
1956- Elvis Presley signed his first movie deal with
Paramount Pictures.
1974- ABBA, a new disco phenomenon from Sweden is introduced
to the world when they win a Eurovision song contest. Mama Mia!
1991- The first episode of Darkwing Duck premiered.
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