Birthdays: Lao Tzu -604 BC, Caliph Al Mansur -the founder of Bagdhad-711AD, Dr. Ivan Pavlov, Charles Dana Gibson, Margaret Sanger the founder of Planned Parenthood, Clayton Moore-TV’s Lone Ranger, Luigi Cherubini, Hollywood Producer Hal Wallis, Joey Heatherton, Bowser from Sha-Na-Na., Walter Koenig-Star Trek’s Mr. Chekov, Nicole Williamson, Sam Neill is 76
1927- Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in freak car accident when her long scarf tangled in the spokes of her Bugatti sportscar and snapped her neck. She was 50. The scarf was a gift from the mother of future movie director Preston Sturges. When she heard the news, writer Gertrude Stein said, “Affectations can sometimes prove dangerous.”
1927- Gene Austin recorded “My Blue Heaven”.
1955- Little Richard recorded the song, “Tutti Fruitti. While working as a dishwasher at a Greyhound bus station in Macon Georgia, Richard Penniman sent a demo to producer Art Rupe. Rupe set up a recording session in New Orleans. During a pause in the session, Richard as a joke started singing a bawdy song, “Wop Bop Aloo Bop, Tutti-Fruitti, Good Bootie.” His producer Bumps Blackwell heard something there, so he brought in a local songwriter Dorothy La Bostrie to clean up the lyrics. When she finished, they only had 15 minutes of paid studio-time left, so Little Richard had to nail it in just three takes. One of the landmarks of Rock & Roll was born.
1957- TV show “Have Gun Will Travel” with Richard Boone as Paladin, premiered.
The head writer of this show was Gene Roddenberry, who would later create Star Trek.
1967- The first appearance of Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) on the Batman TV show.
1968- Filmation's "the Archies" Show. "Sugar...ah, honey honey...."
1972- Premiere of the TV show The Waltons. “Goodnight John-Boy.”
1978- The Mork & Mindy Show with a young Robin Williams. “Na-Nuu, Na-Nuu.”
1985- Disney's TV shows "Gummi Bears and Wuzzles premiered."
1987- Filmation’s Bravestarr debuted.
2002- Millennium Actress by director Saytoshi Kon premiered.
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