Birthdays: Chief Crazy Horse, Samuel Butler*, Thomas
Carlyle, Lillian Russell, Vasilly Kandinsky, Buck Jones, Wink Martindale, Max
Baer Jr.,Robert Vesco, Charles Keating, Wally George, Deanna Durbin, Pappy
Boyington, Horst Bucholtz, Rainer Maria Rilke,, Jeff Bridges is 68, Marisa
Tomei is 53, Tyrah Banks is 44, Johnny Lyon of the band Southside Johnny and
the Asbury Jukes, Jay-Z is 48, Fred Armisen is 51
*"Life is one long process of getting tired."-
Samuel Butler.
1657-Old Painter Rembrandt van Rijn was evicted from his
home. He was kept out of debtor’s prison, when his daughter and son-in-law
auctioned most of his possessions to pay off his creditors.
1881- First issue of the Los Angeles Times.
1927- The Cotton Club opened as a speakeasy nightclub in
Harlem. Owners were New York gangsters Owney “The Killer” Madden and George
“Big Frenchy” DeMange. Duke Ellington’s orchestra highlighted the opening
night. When other gangsters tried to open a rival The Plantation Club, Owney
had his hoods firebomb the place. The Cotton Club was one of the great centers
of the Harlem Renaissance, but African Americans were banned from eating or
drinking at the tables. Even W.C. Handy was turned away.
1931- James Whale’s macabre masterpiece film “Frankenstein”
opened at the Mayfair theater in NY.
English actor William Henry Pratt renamed Boris Karloff played the monster.
1932- “Good Evening Mr & Mrs North and South America and
All the Ships at Sea! Let’s Go To Press!” Newspaper columnist Walter Winchell
began his famous radio broadcasts on the NBC Blue Network. Winchell became one
of the most powerful voices in American society and politics for 23 years.
1941- The animated film "Mr. Bug Goes to
Town"-opened. Max Fleischer's last gamble to keep up with Walt Disney and
keep his studio alive. Songs written by top pop song writer Hoagy Carmichael. However
the events of Pearl Harbor three days later not only sink the American Navy,
but also Hoppity's box office and puts Max out of business.
1948- “Hey...Stella!!
A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway with Marlon Brando and
Jessica Tandy.
1955- French mime Marcel Marceau appeared on American TV for
the first time.
1958- Cocoa Puffs cereal invented.
1961- Someone at the Museum of Modern Art in NY noticed that
they had hung Henri Matisse’s painting Le Bateau upside down. It had been that
way for two months, and until now
nobody had noticed.
1965 - Jerry Garcia, Bob, Phil, Bill, and Pigpen first
convened as the Grateful Dead to play as the house band for Ken Kesey and the
Prankster's Acid Test in San Jose, California. The Dead went on to break
records, bend minds, and build a community that continued on for many years.
1985- The first Cray X-MP Supercomputer booted up.
1988- Actor Gary Busey almost died in a motorcycle accident
on Olympic Blvd. In Los Angeles. He was not wearing a helmet and suffered
massive head trauma. He later claimed to have an out-of-the-body experience at
the scene.
1993- Rocker Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer at age 52.
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