Birthdays:
"God's Imp"King Edward VI- only son of
Henry VIII, Emperor Pedro Ist of Brazil 1798, Helena Modjeska, Ralph
Vaughn-Williams, Alastair Crowley, Luciano Pavarrotti, animator Izzy Klein,
Joan Rivers, Dick Gregory, Tony Kubek, Susan Anton, Kirk Cameron, Hugh Jackman
is 49
1886- Beginning of
Sherlock Holmes story:” Adventure of the Second Stain”.
1928- The Winnie the
Pooh stories featuring Tigger are first published.
1937- Under pressure
from parent Paramount Studio, Max Fleischer signed the first animation union
contract and settled the Cartoonist strike begun May 8th. A year later Fleischer
tried to escape unions by moving his studio to Right-To-Work State Florida, but
the additional expenses and poor box office ruined his studio.
1942- Louis
Armstrong married his second wife, singer Lucille Watson. She made a home for
him in a suburban neighborhood in Queens New York that Sachmo always returned
to after traveling the world.
1966- Sammy Davis
Jr. appeared on the Batman TV Show. Sock-it-to-me!
1971-Weber &
Rice’s musical Jesus Christ Superstar
opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger theater.
1977- Script
completed for the classic film comedy Animal
House.
1994-Steven
Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg announce their new studio would be named Dreamworks SKG.
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