Birthday: George Orwell, Marc Charpentier, Lord Louis Mountbatten, General Hap Arnold, Cajun musician Clifton Chenier, Sidney Lumet, Walter Brennan, Willis Reed, George Abbott, Carly Simon, June Lockhart, Alex Toth, Peyo (the creator of the Smurfs), Jimmy Dyne-o-Mite Walker, George Michaels, Justice Sonya Sotomayor, Mike Myers is 59, Ricky Gervais is 61.
1870- Richard Wagner's opera Die Walkure (The Valkyrie) premiered in Munich.
1910- First performance of Stravinsky's ballet "Firebird" by Diagheilev and his Ballet Russe. Stravinsky used to refer to the dancers as "A bunch of knock-kneed Lolitas".
1934- Milt Kahl's first day at the Walt Disney Studios. It was said he was the first artist to ever show Walt a real portfolio of drawings to get hired.
1940- Young actor, and liberal labor activist Ronald Reagan married his first wife, actress Jane Wyman.
1949- Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny short “Longhaired Hare” premiered.
1951- After losing a power struggle to Dory Schary, Louis B. Mayer announced he was stepping down as head of MGM. Mayer in his time was the most powerful man in Hollywood. He kept an all white office modeled after Mussolini’s in Rome.
1951 - 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities.
1953- The film Robot Monster premiered. It has attained cult film status as being one of the worst motion pictures ever made. The lead actor only got the part of the monster because he owned a gorilla suit. After reading the reviews, the director Phil Tucker tried to kill himself.
1967- The "Our World" Beatles concert, the first television event to attempt a worldwide satellite linkup. They sing and record "All You Need is Love" live in front of an audience of 400.
1978- The Rainbow Flag, symbolizing LGBT rights first flown.
1981- Bill Gates and Paul Allen file papers to incorporate their company Microsoft.
1982- Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Blade Runner opened.
1980- Disney’s film Herbie Goes Bananas, premiered.
1997- Disney's animated film Hercules opened in theaters.
2009- Singer Michael Jackson, called the King of Pop, died after his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray administered a powerful sedative named Propofol to help him sleep and it stopped his heart instead. He was 50 and been performing on stage since the age of 5.
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