Birthdays: St. Joan of Arc, Khalil Gibran, mountain man Jedediah Smith, Tom Mix, Alexander Scriabin, Gustav Dore', Loretta Young, Earl Skruggs. Carl Sandburg, Danny Thomas, Nancy Lopez, Alan Watts, John Singleton, Anthony Minghella, Rowan Atkinson is 68
1849- the first cartoon cover of Punch Magazine.
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945- First Pepe Le Pew cartoon, "Odorable Kitty". When Eddie Selzer, the Warners producer who replaced Leon Schlesinger, heard the plans to do a short about a skunk he thundered: "Absolutely Not! Nobody will go see a cartoon skunk!" Chuck Jones recalled: "As soon as he said no, I knew we just had to do it." Selzer's final opinion:" Nobody'll laugh at that sh*t!" Pepe went on to become one of Warners most beloved characters.
1949- Composer Leonard Bernstein noted in his diary that “JR (Jerome Robbins) called today with a novel idea- a modern version of Romeo and Juliet set in the slums.” At first the musical was going to be called East Side Story, then GangWay, finally West Side Story.
1956- Prince Rainier of Monaco announced his engagement to movie star Grace Kelly.
1962- Bob Clampett's Beany and Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea Serpent. This was the animated version of his popular puppet show.“So Long Kids, Wind Up Your Lids, We’ll look for You Real Soooooon.”
1975-“Ease on Down the Road.-“ The musical The Wiz premiered on Broadway.
1993- Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev, the most famous male dancer since Nijinsky, died of HIV/AIDS.
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