Birthdays: Constantine XI Palaeologus- the last Byzantine Emperor 1404, President William Henry Harrison, Samuel Tilden, Carmen Miranda, Alban Berg, Ronald Colman, Ernest Tubb, King Vidor, Mamie Van Doren, Roger Mudd, Alberto Vargas, Carole King, Bill Veeck, Fred Harman, Joe Pesci is 81, Zhang ZhuYi, Disney animator Bill Justice, Frank Frazetta, Mia Farrow is 79, Mena Suvari is 45, Ciaran Hinds is 71, Michael B. Jordan, animation historian Jerry Beck.
1900- Collegiate tennis player Dwight Davis created the Davis Cup.
1914- “Mabel’s Strange Predicament” The Max Sennett Keystone short where Charlie Chaplin first donned his baggy pants, little mustache and derby to create The Tramp, one of the most beloved characters in film history. He was so popular, even young Adolf Hitler was once advised to change his mustache, because he looked too much like Chaplin.
1949- Howard Beckerman’s first day in animation at Terrytoons.
1964- Ed Sullivan introduced the English rock band the Beatles to a nationwide TV audience. In a nation of 140 million it was estimated 73 million were watching that night. It was a "Rrrreally Big Shewww!" (Sullivan’s signature line)
1971- At 6:01AM The Sylmar Quake (6.8) rocked Los Angeles. 64 deaths. Charles Manson was on trial for the Tate LaBianca Murders. The Manson women declared Charlie himself had stirred up the quake to punish his tormentors. Newly arrived film editor Martin Scorcese was staying at a motel across from Warner Bros., The quake made him rethink ever leaving New York.
1989- Animation director Osamu Tezuka, died of stomach cancer in Tokyo. He was 60. Known as “The God of Manga and the “Walt Disney of Japan”. His work helped give birth to what we today know as Japanese comics (manga) and animation (anime). His last words were to a nurse trying to take his pencils and paper away. “Leave me alone and let me work!”
1989- In testimony before the New Jersey State Senate World Wrestling Federation President Vince McMahon admit that the sport of wrestling is purely entertainment, and no one actually gets hurt. I’m shocked, shocked!
1990- Singer Del Shannon, who had a hit with the 1961 song Runaway, shot himself with a 22 rifle. Del Shannon was supposed to replace Roy Orbison in the Travelling Wilbury's, the group that featured Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn. Orbison had died the previous year of heart failure and the Wilburys were starting to rehearse with Del Shannon. After Shannon's suicide, the group decided to disband.
1996- German World War II fighter ace Adolf Galland died at age 86. Galland was a good pilot but his opinions often got him into trouble. Once during a photo-op with Luftwaffe head Herman Goering, when Goering asked him “ Is there anything I could give you to help defeat the English?” Galland smiled, “ I could use a squadron of Spitfires.” While other aces had skulls or dice painted on their planes, Galland had a Mickey Mouse on the side of his Messerschmidt ME109F. Hey Adolf, is that the RAF on your tail? Worse, its the Disney Legal Department! Himmel!
2001- Actor Tom Cruise filed for divorce from Nicole Kidman.
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