Birthdays: Jan Vermeer, John Keats, Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, John Candy, Dale Evans, Jane Pauley, David Ogden
Stiers, Dan Rather, Lee Grant, Ethel Waters, Juliet Low-founder of the American
Girl Scouts, Ollie Johnston,
Vanilla Ice, Stephen Rea, Rob Schneider, Animator Randy
Cartwright, Peter Jackson is 56.
1892- Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle gathered all his Holmes mystery
stories into its first collection to be published in book form- The Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes.
1941-the sculpture group of U.S. Presidents on Mount
Rushmore completed. Instead of just their heads artist–designer Judson Borglum
wanted the sculpture to go down to the figures waists but he died in early 1941
and with war on the horizon, his son and chief engineer rushed to complete the
heads as is.
1945- The "War
of Hollywood" Ends. The CSU union strike, the film business's longest and
ugliest, falls apart and many of the former members drift into IATSE locals.
1945- The first ever Conference on Computer Technique was
held at MIT.
1964- Barbara Streisand single “People, People who need
People..” goes to number one.
1993- Young movie star River Phoenix overdosed and died on
the street in front of the Viper Room night club in LA after partying with
Johnny Depp and Alicia Silverstone. The club is owned by movie star Depp. It
was once the Melody Room owned by mobster Bugsy Siegel. Ironically, as Phoenix
was thrashing spasmodically people walked by unconcerned, because it’s a common
enough occurrence on the Sunset Strip.
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