Birthdays: 1553-King Henry IV of Navarre, Tycho Brahe,
Nostradamus -Michel de Notre Dame-1503, English King George VI- 1895, Spike
Jones the bandleader, Morey Amsterdam, Charlie Rich, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, Lee
Remick, Patty Duke, Adult film star Ginger Lynn,
Clark Terry- trumpeter. Cecil
Pay, Saxophonist, Jane Birkin "Je t'aime moi non plus" is 70.
1871- Verdi's opera "Aida" debuts in Cairo.
1913- Cartoonist Johnny Gruelle entertained his dying daughter by
making up stories involving her rag dollies. After her passing, friends urged
Gruelle to publish them. The RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY stories are born.
1924- Ottorino Respighi ‘s stirring rhapsody the Pines of
Rome premiered.
1934- March of the Wooden Soldiers, the Hal Roach version of
Babes in Toyland with Laurel & Hardy opened.
1944- Hollywood starlet Lupe Velez, the "Mexican
Spitfire' committed suicide. She had taken an overdose of sleeping pills and
laid herself out in a beautiful negligee of her own design to be found radiant
in repose. But instead of dying immediately, the pills made her sick and she
was found dead with her head in the toilet. In her prime she counted Gary
Cooper, Anthony Quinn and Johnny Weissmuller among her lovers.
1944- The film National Velvet premiered, making a star out
of 12 year old Elizabeth Taylor.
60 Years Ago- 1957- Hanna Barbera's first TV cartoon
"Ruff and Ready" premieres.
1970- George Harrison’s single My Sweet Lord went gold.
1977- DISCO! The movie Saturday Night Fever starring
John Travolta and the music of the Bee Gees make the Disco dancing scene a
national craze.
1983- Disney Studio released the
short film Frankenweenie, done by a weird young artist named Tim Burton.
2015- One of the largest
Hollywood premieres ever was given for J.J. Abrams reboot of the Star Wars
franchise, Star Wars the Force Awakens.
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