Birthdays: Georg Phillip Telemann, Johann Strauss Sr., Albert Einstein, Casey Jones, astronaut Frank Borman, Les Brown, Hank Ketcham, Wolfgang Petersen, Diane Arbus, Chris Klein, Michael Cain born Maurice Mickelwhite is 91, Billy Crystal is 76, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Quincy Jones is 91
1885- Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado premiered in London.
1903- President Teddy Roosevelt established Pelican Island as the first Federal Wildlife Preserve.
1923- President Warren Harding became the first President to file an Income Tax Return.
1930- Mickey’s Barn Dance premiered.
1932- Inventor GEORGE EASTMAN shot himself- The inventor of the Roll-film camera, who named his celluloid strips 'film' and founded Eastman/Kodak. He had been suffering from a long painful spinal illness and left the note: " To my friends: The End is near. My work is done. Why wait? " He was 77.
1941- Xavier Cugat and his orchestra first recorded "Babalu". It later became popular in the U.S when sung by a young man from Cuba named Desi Arnez. In the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon, Quick Draw’s sidekick is a Mexican donkey named Baba Looey.
1943- Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" premiered. George Szell conducting.
1967- Julie Newmar first appeared as Catwoman on the Batman TV show.
1991- Lyricist Howard Ashman (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast) died of HIV/AIDS. He was 40.
1992- The official Soviet newspaper Pravda- Truth, ceased publication.
1998- The epic disaster movie Titanic surpassed Star Wars and Jurassic Park as the greatest money earning film (until Avatar). It cost over $200 million to make but it earned at least $1 billion in box office alone. Quote director James Cameron: I’m King of the World!!
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