Birthdays: Marcus Tullius Cicero, John Paul Jones, Victor
Borge, Zasu Pitts, Sergio Leone, Hank Stramm, Bobby Hull, Robert Loggia, Maxine
Andrews of the Andrews Sisters, Ray Milland, Anna Mae Wong, Steven Stills,
J.R.R. Tolkein, Victoria Principal is 68, Dabney Coleman, Mel Gibson is 62.
Thelma Schoonmacher is 78
1933- MGM Louis B. Mayer hired his son-in-law David O.
Selznick to produce movies. At the same time he was begging his filmworkers to
take 20% paycuts because of the Depression, Mayer set Selznick salary at $4,000
a week. Newspapers joked “The Son-In-Law Also Rises”
1952- The T.V. series DRAGNET premiered today. “The story
you have seen is true, the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”
Star Jack Webb produced and wrote most of the scripts and oversaw the deadpan
acting style. One of the shows editors was Roy Disney Jr. ” Just the facts, Mam..”
1958- Howard Rushmore was the editor of Confidential, one of
the most ruthless scandal magazines in show business. This day for reasons
never explained Rushmore murdered his wife, then shot himself in the back of a
NYC taxicab.
1977- Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne file papers to
form the Apple Computer Company. Within two weeks Ron Wayne sold his share of
the company to Jobs and Woz for $800. The only real businessman of the group,
he felt these kids would stick him with the bills when their little business
went belly up.
2004- After partying New Years in Las Vegas, 22 year old pop
star Britney Spears woke up and realized she had just married her friend Jay
Alexander for a laugh. Today she
annulled it. Alexander, who listed himself as unemployed, was soon seen driving
around rural Louisiana in a $90,000 BMW.
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