Burthdaze: Sir Issac Newton, animator Emile
Cohl, Louis Braille, General Tom Thumb, Jane Wyman, Jacob Grimm of the Brothers
Grimm, Sterling Holloway the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Francois Rude, Dyan
Cannon is 81, Floyd Patterson, Don Shula, Barbara Rush, Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Julia Ormond is 50
1863- James Plimpton of New York
patented the four-wheeled roller skates.
1881- The Academic Festival
Overture of Brahms premiered in Breslau.
1936- Mickey’s Polo Team, directed
by Dave Hand.
1946- Terrytoons "The Talking
Magpies" the first Heckle and Jeckyl cartoons.
1954- Young truck driver Elvis
Presley went into Sun Records recording studio in Memphis. He plunked down $4
to record two demos for his mothers’ birthday. " Casual Love Affair"
and "I’ll Never Stand in your Way". The studio technician was
impressed enough to play the demo for his manager, who called back Presley for
an audition.
1956- In the Peanuts comic strip
Charles Schulz made Snoopy first stand up on two legs.
1956- Walt Disney had lunch with
his old nemesis Max Fleischer, now retired. The meeting was arranged by Max’s
son Richard Fleischer, who was working for Disney directing Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Although
everyone had a nice time, Richard later admitted he found the whole thing
depressing. Seeing his dad humbled:” It was like seeing David vanquished by
Goliath..”
1958- the TV show Seahunt premiered. It made a star
out of Lloyd Bridges, the father of Jeff and Beau.
1960- Writer Albert Camus was
killed in a car accident. He was 46.
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