Birthdays:
Giambattista Piazzetta, Bess Truman, Grant Wood, Lord Randolph Churchill,
Fyodor Chaliapin, Peter Tork, Oliver Reed, Chuck Yeager, Woody Hayes, Tennessee
Ernie Ford, Carol Lynley, Kim Novak is 85, George Segal is 84, Peter Gabriel,
Jerry Springer is 72, Stockard Channing is 73, Kelly Hu, Mena Suvari
1867- The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss
Jr premiered in Vienna.
1886- Artist Thomas
Eakins resigned his professorship at the Philadelphia Academy of Art in disgust
when he was attacked for having women students in his art class drawing male
nudes.
1914- ASCAP founded.
1917- German spy
H-21. Also known as the beautiful Mata Hari, was arrested in Paris.
1932- Free Eats, the first Our Gang short
comedy to feature Spanky MacFarland.
1933-comic character
Blondie married Dagwood Bumstead.
1939- Producer David
O. Selznick replaced directors on Gone
With the Wind. George Cukor was out, Victor Fleming was in after completing
The Wizard of Oz. Vivien Leigh liked
Cukor who was known for directing women, but Clark Gable convinced the
producers that the film needed an action director. About 15 minutes of George
Cukor’s work remains in the picture. Victor Fleming
loved Gable, but didn't get along with Vivien Leigh and came to hate the controlling
Selznick. David O. brought in Sam Wood to direct second unit when Fleming fell
behind.
1937- Hal Foster's
comic hero Prince Valiant first
appeared.
1959 -Happy Birthday
BARBIE ! Mattel introduced the plastic nymph, from a German doll named 'Bild
Lilli" based on a character in a comic strip by Reinhard Beuthin. Mattel
co-owner Ruth Handler had it re-designed and changed to 'Barbie" after the
nickname of her daughter Barbara.
1964- The Invention
of Cool Whip.
1996- The
off-Broadway musical Rent by John
Lawson, premiered
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