Birthdays: Peter Lorre- born Laszlo Lowenstein, Pearl Buck,
Abner Doubleday, Babe Deidrickson-Zacharias, Willy Messerschmidt, Claudio
Abbado, Woolie Reitherman, Gregg LeMond, Vittorio Storaro, Colonel Tom Parker,
Pat Morita, Chris Isaak, Derek Jeter, Chris O’Donnell, Sean Hayes is 47
1870- Atlantic City inaugurated its ocean side boardwalk;
the first of it's kind in the US.
1888- Scots writer Robert Louis Stevenson embarked from San
Francisco to wander the South Pacific and finally settle in Samoa.
1922- Montgomery’s Country House opened in the Los Feliz
Area of LA. In 1926 it changed its name to The Tam O’ Shanter. In the 1930s it was the nearest bar to Walt
Disney’s Hyperion Studio, so animators called it “ the commissary”. It is still
in business today. Walt Disney’s favorite table is marked.
1924 - The Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway.
1925- Charlie Chaplin has a lavish Hollywood premiere for
his new film The Gold Rush.
He had edited the film in secret in an upstairs hotel room
in Salt Lake City to keep away from the public and his wife’s bill collectors.
1925- From his Soho London flat, John Logie Baird invented
an early form of television. The Boob Tube has no one single Tom Edison-like
inventor but many claimants. The Englishman joined the ranks of others who
claimed to have invented TV first, including Philo Farnsworth, Bell Labs, Vladimir
Zworkin, and Dr. Lee DeForrest.
1959- Disney short Donald
in Mathmagic Land premiered with the film Darbie O’Gill and the Little People.
1964 - Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album.
1965-"Hey, Mr.
Tambourine Man " by the Byrds hits number one on the US pop charts.
Bob Dylan wrote the lyrics. William Shatners version became the most well
known.
1977 - Elvis Presley does his last public performance, in
Indianapolis.
1984- Campy singer Tiny Tim married Miss Vicky on the Johnny
Carson show during a live broadcast.
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