Birthdays: Roman Emperor
Valentinian III (419AD), Bishop Thomas Cranmer (1429) , Christoph Witobald
Gluck, Herman Hesse, Medgar Evers, Patrice Lamumba, Thurgood Marshall, Andrez
Kertesz, Richard Petty, Abe Levitow, Ahmad Jamal, Cheryl Ladd, Jose Canseco, Jerry
Hall, Imelda Marcos, Ron Silver, Lindsay Lohan, Brock Peters, Larry David is 70
1921- To prove what a neat new
invention radio was, RCA chief David Sarnoff broadcast for free a live feed of
the Jack Dempsey vs. George Carpentier championship prizefight. He had loud
speakers set up in Times Square that attracted ten thousand listeners. As it
happened, the live reports were a sham. An eyewitness to the fight relayed
details via tickertape to a Manhattan studio where an announcer read them aloud
as though he were there. No matter, the effect was electric and suddenly
everyone wanted a radio.
1927- The film Flesh and the Devil established a new
star named Greta Garbo.
1934- Twentieth Century Fox signed
a movie contract with child star Shirley Temple.
1946-The Peace Treaty of Beverly
Hills- SAG president Ronald Reagan brokered a labor settlement between the two
rival Hollywood Unions, IATSE vs. CSU, temporarily ending a violent Hollywood
strike. At this time Reagan went to work every day with a 32 cal. Smith &
Wesson under his coat.
1955-The Lawrence Welk T.V. Show
debuts. Wannaful, wannafull !
1980- the Abrahams-Zucker Bros comedy
Airplane! Premiered.
1982- Don Bluth’s The Secret of Nimh premiered.
1986- Walt Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective released in
theaters.
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