Birthdays: The Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia, Henry Adams, Charles Taze Russell founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Edgar Bergen, James Baskett, Sonny Bono, John McEnroe, Frank Welker, John Schlesinger, Faith Hubley, Katherine Cornell, John Corligiano, Kim Jong Il, Levar Burton is 67, Ice-T is 66, Elizabeth Olsen
1848- Frederic’ Chopin played his last concert in Paris. Slowly dying from incurable tuberculosis, the 38 year old retired to the isle of Majorca, and died a year later.
1923- Bessie Smith made her first recording-"Downhearted Blues".
1949- NBC premiered The Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze, the first all news TV program. Camel Cigarettes was the sponsor. In 1956 NBC replaced it with the Huntley-Brinkley Report.
1987-"Family Dog" episode on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories show. The first direction by Brad Bird.
1994- Apple announced the introduction of the Apple Quicktake digital camera, the first camera that needed no film but could load images directly into a computer. Sony had a similar prototype called the Mavica that didn’t catch on. In 2007 Apple added the Quicktakes digital camera capability to the iPhone. Within ten years Polaroid and Kodak were filing for bankruptcy.
2018- The Black Panther opened in theaters. Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman.
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