Birthdays: Marquis De Lafayette, Max Schreck (Nosferatu), Joseph Kennedy Sr., Felix Salten- the author of Bambi, Buddy Holly, Jane Curtin, Sergio Aragones is 85, Swoozie Kurtz, Jo Ann Worley, Rosie Perez is 57, Billy Rose, Ernest Tubb, Justin Whalin, Idris Elba is 49, 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.”
1916- Piggly-Wiggly, the first true Supermarket, opened in Memphis Tenn.
1935- the musical Top Hat opened with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
1958- The Spunky and Tadpole show debuts!
1968- Many momentous events occurred in 1969: assassinations, riots. But that’s nothing compared to 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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