Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Gen. Hideki Tojo, W. Eugene
Smith, Luther Burbank, Anna Magnani, Bo Diddley, Sir Carol Reed, Sandy Koufax,
Solomon Guggenheim, Jeanette Nolan, Jack Lord, Franco Harris, Joseph Bologna,
Fred Ward, Tracey Ullman, Russ Tamblyn, Tiger Woods is 42, Heidi Fleiss, Paul
Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, Douglas Engelbart the inventor of the
computer mouse, Lebron James is 33, Eliza Dushku is 37
1884- Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony premiered in
Leipzig.
1940- The Arroyo-Seco, the first L.A. Freeway opened by
Mayor Fletchor Bowron, connecting downtown and Pasadena. Today called the
Pasadena Freeway 110. (interstate U.S. route 66 was in 1932, and The Imperial
Highway opened in 1936., the Ventura freeway 101, in 1958
1941- “I Vant to be
Alone..” Film Star Greta Garbo announced she was retiring from motion
pictures and all public appearances. She made her disappearing act complete and
was only seen fleeting on the streets of her New York neighborhood until her
death in 1990.
1963- T.V. game show "Let's Make a Deal" with
Monty Hall premieres.
1988- the Pixar short Tin
Toy released in theaters. The first CG short to win an Oscar. Until this
win, Steve Jobs was resisting his animation team making films. He was focused
on getting color graphics onto home computers. The film Toy Story began as an
attempt to capitalize on the success of Tin Toy, as a TV special Tinny’s Xmas.
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