Birthdays: Anthony Van Dyck, Marcel Marceau, Stephen
Sondheim, Karl Malden, Werner Klemperer- Colonel Klink in Hogan’s Heroes,
George Benson, James Gavin, Allen Neuharth, Milt Kahl, Fanny Ardant is 69, Lena
Olin is 63, Bruno Ganz is 77, Reese Witherspoon is 42, William Shatner is 87.
1913- Jack London (White Fang, The Call of the Wild) wrote
fellow writers HG Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Winston Churchill and asked
them how much they get paid. He was unsure what to charge.
1935- The first regular
electronic television service began in Berlin as Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk.
Broadcasting from the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, it used a 180-line system, and
was on air for 90 minutes, three times a week. Very few receivers were ever
privately owned, and viewers went instead to Fernsehstuben (television
parlors). During the 1936 Summer Olympics, broadcasts, up to eight hours a day,
took place in Berlin and Hamburg.
1958- Hollywood producer Mike Todd was killed in a small
plane crash. He produced hit movies like Around the World in 80 Days and
romanced starlets like Gypsy Rose Lee and Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor and Todd had
been married for one year and she was devastated by the accident. Years and
many marriages later Taylor said Mike Todd was the only man she actually loved.
1960- Arthur Shawlow and Charles Townes patented the laser
beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation or LASER.
Pussycats rejoice!
1970- The Beatles break up. Paul McCartney filed papers in a
London court for a formal dissolving of the Fab Fours partnership.
1995- First day of shooting on that utterly classic film- Dinosaur
Valley Girls!
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