Birthdays: Emma Lazarus, Eduard Hopper, Gregor Mendel, Alexander Calder, James Whale, Oscar De La Renta, Rose Kennedy, Vaughn Bode, Ruthie Thompson, Stephen Vincent Benet, Jason Robards, Bob Dole, David Spade is 61, Terence Stamp is 87, Danny Glover is 79, Alex Trebek, Bobby Sherman, Don Henley, Alan Mencken is 75, Irene Bedard, William Dafoe is 69, John Leguizamo, Selena Gomez, Albert Brooks is 77- born Albert Einstein, a nice name, but already taken.
1598- This day William Shakespeare listed on the Stationers Register, a sort of copyright service, his new play called The Merchant of Venice.
1921- Artist Man Ray arrived in Paris determined to go Dada!
1933- Wiley Post landed at Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn to complete the first solo flight around the world. He did it in 7 days and 18 hours. The following year Post would die in the same plane crash as writer Will Rogers.
1958- Plan 9 From Outer Space directed by Ed Wood, opened. It has the reputation as the worst movie ever made. Wood coaxed elderly movie star Bela Lugosi to star in it, but halfway though the film he died. Wood shot the remainder of Lugosi’s scenes with his chiropracter wrapped in a cape covering his face.
1965- Cary Grant married Dyan Cannon.
1967- Jimi Hendrix quit as the opening act for the Monkees.
1977- Walt Disney’s film "The Rescuers" featuring the last work of Disney master animator Milt Kahl.
1989- Nintendo released in America the Gameboy. Designer Gunpei Yokoi designed it and the unique cross shaped directional fingerpad to replace a joystick control. Nintendo loaded Tetris on to it and it became a worldwide phenomenon. Gunpei Yokoi was killed in a car accident outside Kyoto in 1997.
1996- The Daily Show premiered on Comedy Central. John Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn in 1999 and made it famous.
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