Birthdays: Francois Rabelais, Big Bill Haywood, Fernand
Leger', Charles Lindbergh, the Agha Khan, Betty Friedan, Rosa Parks, Erich
Liensdorf, Alice Cooper is 69, Dan Quayle, Ida Lupino, Conrad Bain, McKinlay
Kantor, George Romero, Lisa Eichhorn, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, Clyde Tumbaugh
amateur astronomer who discovered the Pluto in 1930. Janet Waldo the voice of
Judy Jetson
1826- James Fenimore Cooper’s novel “The Last of the
Mohicans” was published. The character of wild frontiersman Natty Bumpo, called
Hawkeye, has been referred to as the first American superhero.
80 Years Ago Feb 4, 1938- After being in first run houses
since Dec 21st, today Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
opened in general release across the US.
1961- United Artists released The Misfits, the last
film of stars Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift. John Huston
directed and Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay. The film flopped in its
initial run but has since gained classic status.
1966- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Disney’s
first Winnie the Pooh film came out with the live action film The Ugly
Dachshund.
(***Now stop what you
are doing and sing the Winnie the Pooh Song!!)
1968- Old beatnik Neal Cassady was found dead in Mexico.
Cassady was not an intellectual but his wild non-conformist lifestyle was the
inspiration for his companion author Jack Kerouac to write his greatest novel
" On the Road'. While Kerouac disliked hippies, Cassady drove the first
Hippie Bus filled with LSD advocates like Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
1983- Pop singer Karen Carpenter died of anorexia-nervosa.
She was 32 and weighed only 77 pounds. Her death brought to national prominence
how the societal pressure to stay thin could lead to this deadly condition.
2004- Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin,
and Chris Hughes launched their social networking site called Facebook.
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