Birthdays: Ernest Hemingway, Issac Stern,
Marshal McCluhan, Norman Jewison is 88, Don Knotts, Janet Reno, Gary Trudeau
the creator of Doonesbury, Ernst Shuftan- inventor of the "Shuftan
Effect", a cheap way of combining actors with miniatures by shooting
through mirrors. All those "Lost World" Cesar Romero fighting the
giant Iguanas were done that way. Edward Herman, Robin Williams, Josh Harnett
Happy National Zippo Lighter
Day. Smoking is bad but Zippos are cool-
another one of life’s mysteries.
1954- The Fellowship of the Ring,
first book of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, first published. C.S.
Lewis said the book “came forth like thunder on a summers day..”
1959- Judge Frederick van
Pelt-Bryan ruled that Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence was not
pornography and therefore could be sent through the postal system.
1971, The New
York Times ran an article about Taki 183 on the front page of
its inside section, titled "Taki 183" Spawns Pen Pals. Taki was the first graffiti tag artist. Taki
was a nickname of a man named Demetrius from 183 St. In the late 1960s-1970s his tag seemed to be
everywhere. Although Graffiti has been around since the Egyptians, this helped
park the modern fascination.
1980- SAG went on strike for
actor's residuals from videocassette and cable TV sales.
The
actors hit the bricks twice more, in 1988 and 2000.
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