Birthdays: Roman Emperor Augustus, Josephine Bonaparte, Alan Turing, Bob Fosse, James Levine, Dan Ogilvy of Ogilvy & Mather, Joss Whedon, Dr. Alfred Kinsey the sex researcher, Edward VIII, aka the Duke of Windsor, Selma Blair, Justice Clarence Thomas, Josh Whedon is 60, Frances MacDormand is 63
1868- Christopher Latham Scholes patented the typewriter. In 1873, he sold his patent to the Remington Company, who up till now had only made rifles.
1944- Disney short Springtime for Pluto released.
1963- In Disneyland the Enchanted Tiki Room opened with the first animatronics (the birds).
1972- Title IX passed by the US Government. It called for women’s collegiate sports to be funded equally as the men’s sports.
1976- Work completed on Toronto’s CN Tower. Called then the world’s tallest free-standing structure.
1979- The Knack released the single My Sharona.
1989- Tim Burton’s film " Batman" opened.
1989- Disney’s Honey I Shrank the Kids opened with the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble.
1995- Walt Disney’s Pocahontas went into general release.
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