Birthdays: Amerigo Vespucci, John Calhoun, Nicholai
Rimsky-Korsakov, Neville Chamberlain, Wilson Picket, Edgar Cayce, John Updike,
Grover Cleveland, Edward Everett Horton, Vanessa Williams, F. W. DeKlerk,
George Plympton, Peter Graves, Irene Cara, Luc Besson, Queen Latifah is 49
1852- New York City steamboat skipper Henry Wells and
mailman William Fargo form the Wells Fargo Company. In 1873 they went into a
joint venture with several other freight shipping companies they called
American Express.
1902- BIRTHDAY OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY. The RCA Victrola
company sent it's engineers to Milan to record ten discs of the young singer
Enrico Caruso. He became a world celebrity and the phonograph moves from being
a scientific curiosity to something every home had to have.
1910- Rosie O’Neill invented the Kewpie Doll.
1924-The film “The Thief of Baghdad” starring Douglas
Fairbanks released. Directed by Raoul Walsh and designs by William Cameron
Menzies. It is considered the first great special effects blockbuster.
1942- Paramounts “The Lost Dream” the first Little
Audrey cartoon.
1967- The Pirates of the Caribbean ride opened at
Disneyland, designed by master animator Marc Davis. In recent years rampant
political correctness has disturbed the pirates fun. One diorama that portrayed
a lusty buccaneer chasing a wench around a table while she giggles. It was
changed to show he was only interested in her sandwich tray. An animatronic of
Jack Sparrow was sandwiched in. Last week it was announced the brides auction
diorama was going to be replaced.
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