Birthdays: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, Montgomery Ward, Red Barber, Otto Englander, Marian Anderson, C'haim Potok, Jim Brown, Rene Russo, Michael Bay, Jerry O’Connell, Cybil Shepard, Huey Newton, Lou Diamond Phillips is 63, Denise Richards is 52, Paris Hilton is 43, Michael Jordan is 61, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon Levitt is 55
1765- Leopold Mozart with his two gifted children Nannal (Anna-Marie) and Wolfgang were touring in London, when Leopold became grievously ill with flu. While he was recovering, no noise, including music, was allowed in the house. So, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart decided to spend his time writing his first symphony. He was 8 years old. This day Mozart Symphony #1 premiered at the Haymarket Theatre.
1912- THE NEW YORK ARMORY SHOW- Mabel Dodge and Gertrude Stein introduced the American public to modern art. The first showings of Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp and the Italian futurists in the USA. The show was denounced as a "chamber of horrors" and Matisse was burned in effigy in Chicago. Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" was described by an art critic as "an explosion in a shingle factory". Duchamp was highly amused.
1925- First issue of Harold Ross’s The New Yorker magazine.
1934- Pennsylvanian Amos Neyhardt started the first driver’s education course.
1936- The Phantom first appeared as a comic by Lee Falk.
1942- Ernst Lubitsch’s classic comedy "To Be, Or Not To Be" with Jack Benny debuted. Adolf Hitler enters a room and after everyone "Sieg Heil" salutes him, he responds "Heil Myself!" But the comedy flopped, in part because beautiful co star Carole Lombard had died tragically in a plane crash just before the film opened.
1958 – Johnny Hart’s comic strip "BC" 1st appears
1967 – The Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields".
1979- A Prairie Home Companion radio show starring Garrison Keilor was first broadcast nationally. It was a feature on Minnesota Public Radio since 1974. It ended when Garrison retired in 2016 because of Me-Too sexual abuse charges.
1989- "Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure" premiered, starring the most excellent Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Whoah-Dude!
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