Birthdays: Marquis De Lafayette, Max Schreck (Nosferatu), Joseph Kennedy Sr., Felix Salten- the author of Bambi, Buddy Holly, Jane Curtin, Sergio Aragones, Swoozie Kurtz, Jo Ann Worley, Rosie Perez is 56, Billy Rose, Ernest Tubb, Justin Whalin, Anika Noni-Rose, Idris Elba is 48, Anika Noni-Rose, animator Bruce Smith.
1791- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera La Celemenza de Tito premiered in Prague.
1847- After living in a shack on Walden Pond for two years, Henry David Thoreau moved in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord Mass.
1910- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughn-Williams premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral. Vaughn Williams had not attempted sacred music yet, but was inspired by a melody written by Renaissance composer Tallis in 1567. During rehearsals, the organist wrote a friend it was “ A queer, mad work, by an odd fellow from Chelsea.”
1935- the musical Top Hat opened with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
1958- The Spunky and Tadpole show debuts!
1968- The television premiere of H.R. PUFNSTUF this day! Witchipoo, Orson and the Vroom Broom. Whether or not Sid and Marty Kroffts strange kiddie show was a code for drug use -HR meaning Hand-Rolled Puffing Stuff, is a matter for scholastic conjecture.
1969- DePatie-Freleng's The Pink Panther TV Show premiered.
1971-Happy Birthday Pampers. Scientists at Proctor & Gamble invent the disposable diaper.
1972 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono appeared on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
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