Birthdays: George Herriman the creator of Krazy Kat, Dorothy
Parker, Claude DeBussy, Johnny Lee Hooker, Denis Papin 1647 inventor of the
Pressure Cooker, Leni Reifenstahl, General Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf, Paul
Molitor, Bill Parcells, Max Vilander, Carl “Big Yaz”Yazstremski, Dyanna Nyad,
Deng Xiao Ping, Henry Cartier Bresson, Valerie Harper, Cindy Williams, Ray
Bradbury, Kristen Wiig is 44
1806- elderly French painter Jean Fragonard died of a
cerebral seizure after eating a large fruit ice on a hot day.
1882- American showman P.T. Barnum bought the largest
elephant in the London Zoo. He created a new name for the beast- he called it
JUMBO. It was the highlight of his circus for years. After Jumbo was hit by a
freight train and killed, PT Barnum had it’s bones bleached and charged people
admission to come look at its skeleton.
1906 - 1st Victor Victrola
manufactured, using Emile Berliners flat record turntable system. The Victrola
was so cheap and easy to use it became standard in many homes and finished off
any competition from Thomas Edison’s rival talking cylinder system.
1929- Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony The Skeleton Dance
premiered. The tight dancing synch inspired a generation of animators.
1935- Father Charles Coughlin, “the Radio Priest” addressed
ten thousand in Madison Square Gardens. At the height of his popularity almost
one third the American public tuned into his weekly radio address. But as his
influence waned after the 1936 presidential elections. He turned increasingly
to racist Anti-Semitic hate mongering and soon faded away.
1942- Tex Avery’s first cartoon for MGM, The Blitz Wolf.
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