Birthdays: First Lady Julia Dent Grant, General Douglas MacArthur, Stephan Grappelli, Angela Davis, Maria Von Trapp, Wayne Gretsky, Eartha Kitt, Paul Newman, Charles Lane, Roger Vadim, Jules Feiffer is 93, Henry Jaglom, Anita Baker, Edward Abbey, Scott Glenn, David Straitharn, Ellen DeGeneres is 64
1815- Congress votes to purchase Thomas Jefferson's book collection to replace the fledgling Library of Congress that was burnt by the British in the War of 1812.
1824- Artist Theodore Gericault was famous for his paintings of horses. This day he died, from a fall off a horse.
1911- Richard Strauss’ Opera, Der Rosenkavalier Premiered at the Koniglisch Operahaus in Dresden. Kaiser Wilhelm was offended by the Hugo Hoffmanstahl story about aristocrats sleeping around with their servants. He called it "A dirty little play".
1934- Hollywood producer Sam Goldwyn secured the rights to L. Frank Baum’s book the Wonderful Wizard of Oz to develop into a movie. Walt Disney and Hal Roach were trying to get it also.
1939- the first day of shooting on the film Gone With the Wind.
1967- THE BIG SNOW- The people of Chicago pride themselves on their ability to handle the toughest winters. But this day was one of the worst- 23 inches of snow in 27 hours, driven by 50 mile an hour cyclonic winds brought the city to a total standstill.
1972- Walt Disney’s The Mouse Factory premiered on TV.
1979- The Dukes of Hazard TV show premiered. Catharine Bach’s cutoff jeans became thereafter known for her character- Daisy Dukes.
1983- The software LOTUS 1-2-3 premiered that helped make IBM’s PC into the most popular business computers in the US.
1988- Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera premiered.
1998- The Japanese town of Ito was attacked by berserk monkeys, injuring 26.
2003- After the Super Bowl, ABC premiered a new late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live
2020- Basketball star Kobe Bryant and 8 others including his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash in heavy fog in Calabasas, California. He was 41.
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