Birthdays: St. Thomas Moore, Eubie Blake, Sinclair Lewis, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Laura Ingalls Wilder writer of Little House on the Prairie, Gay Talese, James Spader is 61, Chris Rock is 56, Eddie Izzard is 59, Ashton Kutcher is 43
1882- John L. Sullivan defeated top boxer Paddy Ryan in a ferocious bareknuckle brawl in Gulfport Mississippi. There were no official boxing championship belts yet, but John L. Sullivan boldly declared himself the Champion of the World. The title stuck. He’d travel from town to town, building his legend: "I’m John L. Sullivan and I can lick any man in the house!!” and he always did.
1900- In Barcelona a new young talent named Pablo Picasso had his first show.
1910- The Town of Hollywood was absorbed into the growing City of Los Angeles.
1931- Aviatrix Amelia Earhart married publisher George Putnam.
1939, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep was published.
1940- Disney's second animated feature "Pinocchio" opened at the Central Theater in Manhattan. It cost a staggering $2.6 million to make.
1964- THE BRITISH ROCK INVASION BEGAN. Thousands of screaming fans welcomed THE BEATLES to New York for their first U.S. Tour. The last music out of England to be taken seriously by Americans was The Lambeth Walk, now the UK announced itself as a powerhouse of rock & roll.
1964- The GI Joe action figure born. In 1974 it got the Kung-Fu Grip.
2014- The Lego Movie premiered. Directed by Chris Miller and Phil Lord.
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