Birthdays: Roman Emperor Valentinian III (419AD), Bishop Thomas Cranmer (1429) , Christoph Witobald Gluck, Herman Hesse, Medgar Evers, Patrice Lamumba, Thurgood Marshall, Andrez Kertesz, Richard Petty, Abe Levitow, Ahmad Jamal, Cheryl Ladd, Jose Canseco, Jerry Hall, Imelda Marcos, Ron Silver, Lindsay Lohan, Brock Peters, Margot Robbie is 31, Larry David is 74
1723- Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale Magnificat first performed in Leipzig.
1921- To prove what a neat new invention radio was, RCA chief David Sarnoff broadcast for free a live feed of the Jack Dempsey vs. George Carpentier championship prizefight.
1927- The film Flesh and the Devil established a new star named Greta Garbo.
1934- Twentieth Century Fox signed a movie contract with child star Shirley Temple.
1946-The Peace Treaty of Beverly Hills- SAG president Ronald Reagan brokered a labor settlement between the two rival Hollywood Unions, IATSE vs. CSU, temporarily ending a violent Hollywood strike. At this time Reagan went to work every day with a 32 cal. Smith & Wesson under his coat.
1955- The Lawrence Welk T.V. Show debuts. Wannaful, wannaful!
1961- On the porch of his home in Ketchum Idaho, Nobel Prize winning writer Ernest Hemingway held a shotgun into his mouth, and with his big toe pushed the trigger. He was 61.
1980- the Abrahams-Zucker Bros comedy Airplane! Premiered.
1982- Don Bluth’s The Secret of Nimh premiered.
1986- Walt Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective released in theaters.
1986- John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China debuted.
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