Birthdays: Maimonides- Moses Ben Maimon, Anna Sewell (the author of Black Beauty), Vincent Van Gogh, Francisco Goya, John Astin, Peter Marshall, Ray Magliozzi (CarTalk), Warren Beatty is 87, Eric Clapton, Arthur Lee Harrington the designer of the first Jeep, Tracey Chapman, Robby Coltrane, Paul Reiser, Celine Dion, Nora Jones is 45, Disney animator Marc Davis, Maurice LaMarsh
1858- The pencil eraser patented. The Eraser, or Rubber outside the U.S., was developed in 1770, but Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia first attach it on the top of a pencil.
1918- Thomas Edison sold his studio and got out of the movie business. He fired W.K.L. Dickson, inventor of the movie studio set, Edwin Porter the inventor of the narrative film, Willis O’Brian, and J. Stuart Blackton, the inventor of cartoon animation, for annoying him too much about filmmaking. Edison was more interested then in finding a way to extract iron ore from rocks using magnets.
1939- HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY BATMAN Detective Comics # 27, Batman, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, first appeared in a comic. It was called the May issue but it actually came out this day.
1968- In New York City’s Bowery district two children find the dead body of a homeless drug addict. It took weeks to identify the remains as Bobby Driscoll, 31, Walt Disney child star, and the voice of Peter Pan. He was buried in a paupers grave in Potter’s field.
1980- Easter Fever by Nelvana premiered.
1988- Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton. Starring Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin and Michael Keaton.
2000- Dreamworks animated feature The Road to El Dorado premiered.
2007- Disney’s Meet the Robinsons.
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