Birthdays: Plato, Fats Waller, Albrecht Durer, Andre
Sakharov, Armand Hammer, Raymond Burr, John Hubley, Dennis Day, Sen. Al Franken
is 67, Harold Robbins, Judge Reinhold, Larry Terro called Mr. T. is 66
1933- Woolie Reitherman’s first day at Walt Disney Studio.
1945- BOGEY LOVES BABY-Humphrey Bogart married Lauren Bacall
on a friend’s farm in Ohio. He was 48 and she was 21.
1952- Actor John Garfield died. Some say he died in the
midst of wild fornications; in truth he died alone of alcohol abuse at 40. The
matinee idol of “The Postman Rings Twice” and “Kid Galahad” was too politically
left for the conservative postwar age. When a young stage actor he had run guns
to the IRA, later he supported progressive union movements, anti-fascism and
desegregation. His outspoken politics got him blacklisted in Hollywood, his
friends deserted him and he was ruined.
1952- Famed writer Lillian Hellman testified before the
House UnAmerican Activities Committee HUAC but refused to name names. “I cannot
cut my conscience to fit the fashions of the day.” She escaped a contempt of
Congress wrap but she was blacklisted and at one point was working in a
department store.
1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live
in USSR.
1980 – Star Wars “The
Empire Strikes Back" premiered.
1983 - David Bowie's "Let's
Dance," single goes #1. The tracks featured a then little known
guitarist named Stevie-Ray Vaughn.
1992- Tonight Show host Johnny Carson did his last show “I
bid you a very heartfelt goodnight.” Johnny spent his remaining years in
privacy, even ignoring an invitation to appear at the NBC 75th anniversary
spectacular.
2017- In Nassau County NY was the final performance of
Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus. The Greatest Show on Earth had been
a tradition for 146 years.
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