Birthdays: O. Henry, D.H. Lawrence, Brian DePalma, Hedy
Lamarr, Lola Falana, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Tom Landry, Kristy McNichol,
Lola Falana, Pinto Colvig the voice of Goofy, Grumpy,Pluto & Bozo the Clown,
Peter Tosh, Virginia Madsen, Amy Madigan, Moby, Brad Bird is 60.
1841- British artist John Reno invented oil paint in a tube.
1847- Stephen Fosters song “Oh Susanna” first published.
1857- Singer Jenny Lynde, the Swedish Nightingale, first
performed in America.
1914- W.C. Handy's Saint
Louis Blues, the first true Jazz recording to gain national
popularity. Also called the Birth of the
Blues. Myron “Grim” Natwick, the cartoonist who would one day create Betty Boop,
did the artwork for the music coversheet. For this he was paid one gold dollar.
1947-Radio Bejing went on the air.
1951-METROPOLIS TO MOSCOW?
Robert Shayne, the actor who played the Inspector Henderson character
for television’s Superman show appeared before the House American Activities
Committee accused of being a communist. He was led off the set by the FBI in
handcuffs as George Reeves (Superman) and Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) protested
vigorously. He was eventually cleared of all charges and continued to do small
parts in TV until his retirement in 1990.
1960- Terrytoon's Deputy
Dawg TV show.
1960- Nancy Sinatra married Tommy Sands.
1966- "Kimba the
White Lion" debuts in the U.S.
1967-The Beatles began filming the Magical Mystery Tour.
1971- The “Jackson
Five” Saturday morning cartoon show.
1972- The BBC quiz show Mastermind
first broadcast. The shows creator Malcolm Muggeridge claimed he got the
idea while a prisoner of the Japanese in Malaysia. In truth the show resembles
an interrogation. Some postman sits in a dark room with a single spotlight in
his face while people shoot questions at him about the lesser known works of
Thomas Hardy, etc.
1987-Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" wins MTV's
Best Video Award.
1987- Reggae great Peter Tosh and two others are shot and
killed by
thieves who were robbing his Kingston, Jamaica home.
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