Birthdays: Anthony Van Dyck, Marcel Marceau, Stephen Sondheim, Karl Malden, Werner Klemperer, animator Milt Kahl, George Benson, James Gavin, Allen Neuharth, Milt Kahl, Charlie Downs, Mort Drucker, Fanny Ardant is 75, Lena Olin is 69, Bruno Ganz, Reese Witherspoon is 48, Keegan Michael-Key is 53, William Shatner is 93.
1935- Walt Disney Silly Symphony “ The Golden Touch”.
1935- TV SHOWS-The first true television service in the world began in Berlin as Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk. Broadcasting from the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, it used a 180-line system, and was on air for 90 minutes, three times a week. Very few receivers then were privately owned, so viewers went instead to Fernsehstuben (television parlors). During the 1936 Summer Olympics, broadcasts up to eight hours a day took place in Berlin and Hamburg.
1958- Hollywood producer Mike Todd was killed in a small plane crash. He produced hit movies like Around the World in 80 Days and romanced starlets like Gypsy Rose Lee and Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor and Todd had been married for one year and she was devastated by the accident. Years and many marriages later Taylor said Mike Todd was the only man she ever really loved.
1960- Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes patented the laser beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation or LASER. Pussycats rejoice!
1970- The Beatles began their up. Paul McCartney filed papers in a London court for a formal dissolving of the Fab Four’s partnership. A year later John Lennon signed the final papers at Disneyworld Florida.
1976- In Tunisia, George Lucas’ first day filming Star Wars.
1978- Karl Wallenda, 73 year old scion of the daredevil family the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death from a tightrope between two resort hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1995- First day of shooting on that utterly classic film- Dinosaur Valley Girls!
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