Birthdays: Schopenhauer, Elias Howe, Ottorino Respighi,
David Hockney, Samuel Elliot Morrison, Sir Edward Heath, Kelly McGillis,
Barbera Cartland, J. Paul Getty II, H.V. Kaltenborn, Daniel Guggenheim, John
Tesch, Fred Savage, Chris Cooper, O.J. Simpson, Courtenay Love is 57, Debbie
Sludge is 63, Brian Dennehy is 79, Tom Hanks is 61
1955 - "Rock Around
Clock", arguably the first Rock & Roll song, hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1956 - Dick Clark's 1st appearance
as host of American Bandstand.
1972- David Bowie first appeared
as his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust.
1981 - Walt Disney's the "Fox
& The Hound," released. The first animated feature Walt Disney had no
input on. Although the film has brief screen credits, it marks the torch being
passed from the Nine Old Men golden age generation to the modern generation of
animators. A complete personnel roster would include Frank Thomas, Ollie
Johnston, Woolie Reitherman, Tim Burton, John Lasseter, Bill Kroyer, Don Bluth,
Lorna Cook, Henry Selick, Brad, Bird, Steve Hulett, John Musker, Jerry Rees,
Rebecca Rees, Glen Keane and many more.
1983- The Police’s single
"Every Breath You Take" goes to #1.
1993-
Industrial Light & Magic completes its transition to digital technology by
shutting down its Anderson Optical Printer. The Optical Printer system of
mattes had been the way Motion Picture visual effects had been done since
Melies in 1909, but the Digital Revolution had changed everything.
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