Birthdays: Johannes Kepler,
Linwood Dunn, Marlene Dietrich, Louis Pasteur, Oscar Levant, Sidney
Greenstreet, Anna Russell, Dr. William Masters of Masters & Johnson, Leslie
Maguire, John Amos, Tovah Feldshuh, Heather O’Rourke, Cokie Roberts, Bollywood
star Salman Khan is 53, Gerard Depardieu is 70
1871- The world’s first cat show
opened at the Crystal Palace in London.
1887- Beginning of the Sherlock
Holmes story the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.
1903- The Barbershop Quartet
favorite “Sweet Adeline” sung for the first time. It was written in praise of opera
star Adelina Patti.
1904- PETER PAN, OR, THE BOY WHO
WOULDN’T GROW UP, a play by James M. Barrie, opened at the Duke of York Theatre
in London. Barrie reserved seats in the opening night performance for orphaned
children who laughed and cheered all night. Michael Llewelyn Davies, the little
boy Barrie befriended who was the basis for Pan, used to say:” I am not Peter
Pan. Mr Barrie is.” He committed suicide in 1960 at age 75. James Barrie once
said to H.G. Wells:” It’s all right and good to write books, but can you wiggle
your ears?”
1927- "ShowBoat" debuted at the Ziegfeld
theater. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber, the musical was written by Jerome
Kern & Oscar Hammerstein. The play made a star out of a tall black baritone
named Paul Robeson.” Ol’ Man River..”
1935- Radio City Music Hall
opened. The Art Deco masterpiece was for many years the largest indoor theater
in the world, seating over 6,000.
1940- Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
announced their separation.
1943- The movie The Song of
Bernadette premiered.
1947- The "Howdy-Doody Show”
debuted on NBC. Buffalo Bob, Howdy and Clarabell the Clown, also known as the
Puppet Playhouse.
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