Birthdays: Emiliano Zapata. Esther Williams, Gene Deitch, Dino DeLaurentis, Keith Carradine is 71, Rory Calhoun, Mel Tillis, Martin Brest, Peter Weir, Connie Stevens, Patricia Arquette, Dustin Hoffman is 83, Mamoru Oshii is 70
1818- 22 year old English poet John Keats returned from a trip to the Lakes District only to discover the first signs of the tuberculosis that would kill him.
1876 - Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph, a forerunner of the Xerox photocopier.
1939- On Walt Disney’s soundstage, Leopold Stokowski met with Walt and the story artists and directors of Fantasia, to hammer out their approach to Beethovens 6th Pastorale. Ham Luske, Webb Smith, Otto Englander, Ben Sharpsteen and Ed Penner.
1944 - Smokey the Bear, named after NYC fireman Smokey Joe Martin born.
1960 – Brian Hyland’s song "Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Yellow Polka-dot Bikini" hits #1.
1963 – The Kingsmen released the song "Louie, Louie". Many labeled it obscene, although no one is quite sure just what the song lyrics mean. In the 1980s Northwestern University staged Louie-Louie Marathons- 44 straight hours of Louie-Louie, played by punk bands, polka bands, marching bands, folk trios, and singing water glasses.
1964 - Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert.
1978- The character of Odie the dog first met Garfield in Jim Davis’ comic strip.
2008- The Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony, using 20,000 performers. As director Zhang Yimou said “Hey, we’ve got the people…”
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