Birthdays:
Elsa Lanchester, Cleo Lane, Charlie Daniels, Evelyn Waugh, Jonas Salk, Bruce
Jenner, Joan Plowright, Edith Head, Chef August Escolfiere the great French
Chef who created Peche Melba and moved French cuisine to the front rank of
world cooking, Charles Grovesnor the founder of National Geographic magazine,
Joaquin Phoenix is 43, Dennis Franz, Julia Roberts is 50, Bill Gates is 62,
Disney animator Don Lusk is 104!
1726-Johnathan
Swift published "Gulliver's Travels"-"To Vex the World rather
than Divert it."
1929- Composer
Irving Berlin scolded George Gershwin for his lack of patriotism that he unloaded
his stocks and bonds. The Great Stock Market Crash the following day bankrupting
Irving Berlin but left Gershwin unscathed. Stick to music, Irv...
1949- Kay
Kamen, Walt Disney Studios merchandising mastermind, was killed in a plane crash
in the Azores. For almost two decades the Baltimore-born ad man was the
mastermind behind the creation of Disney merchandising, including the wildly
successful Mickey Mouse watch. By the time of his death, Disney merchandising
was earning the studio $100 million a year.
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