Birthdays: Quintus Virgilius-Virgil 70 BC, Mughal Emperor
Akbar the Great 1542, Oscar Wilde, Fredrich Nietszche, Mikail Lermontov, John
L. Sullivan, Burt Gillett, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Trout, Klaus Barbie
the Butcher of Lyon, P.G. Wodehouse, Penny Marshall, Mario Puzo, Sarah
Ferguson-Fergie' the former Duchess of York, Chef Emeril LeGasse, Chuck Berry
Ancient Roman Festival of the Ides, a chariot race where the
winning team of horses was then sacrificed to Mars the Avenger.
1843- Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens opened to the public. One
of the oldest amusement parks in the world and an inspiration to Walt Disney
for Disneyland.
1930- Duke Ellington first recorded Mood Indigo.
1940- Charlie Chaplin’s film The Great Dictator premiered.
1946 Walt Disney’s film Make Mine Music premiered.
1951- THE FIRST I LOVE LUCY SHOW- The most successful family
sitcom in history began its pilot episode this night. CBS and Phillip Morris
had wanted Lucille Ball to transfer her popular radio show-“My Favorite
Husband” to television. The story of the family life of Ricky Ricardo, a Cuban
immigrant nightclub bandleader, his daffy wife Lucy and their landlord friends
Fred and Ethel Murtz became an overnight sensation.
The show was shot on film instead of live TV and it was
produced in Los Angeles instead of New York City because Lucy and Dezi Arnez
refused to relocate back east. The show also pioneered the three camera
shooting system still used to day. When Lucille Ball was off being pregnant,
the show proved re-runs could be just as popular as first time showings. The
January 1953 episode of little Ricky’s birth drew more viewers than the
inauguration of President Eisenhower.
1959- 20th Century Fox signed Elizabeth Taylor to
star in their new movie Cleopatra. The first time an actor was paid a million
dollars for one role.
1976-What’s Love got to do with it?- Ike and Tina Turner break up.
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