Birthdays: Percy Shelley, Hans Christian Andersen, Nicholas Conte' 1755-inventor of the modern pencil and the conte'-crayon, Louis Armstrong, William Pater, Dr. Alexander Schure, Richard Belzer, Franco Corelli, Elizabeth Beaux-Lyons England's late Queen GrandMum, Roger Clemens,Mary Decker-Slaney, Billy-Bob Thornton is 70, former President Barack Obama is 63
1181- Arab astronomers noted a supernova in the constellation Cassiopia.
1265- Battle of Evesham –Young Prince Edward Longshanks defeated the rebellious barons holding his father King Henry III of England captive. The leader of the rebel barons, Simon de Monfort had forced the King to acknowledge his creation of a House of Commons in Parliament. For that act old DeMonfort was so hated by the King's men that even after he was slain in battle they continued to chop his body to bits in a blind rage. But it was too late. Nothing could end the institution of a parliament of common men, curbing the capricious power of kings.
1821- 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post -published until 1969.
1921 The Motion Picture Fund created.
1922- In honor of the passing of Alexander Graham Bell, all 13 million telephones in the United States observed three minutes of silence.
1941- Walt Disney signed a deal with the National Film Board of Canada to create training films and bond drive promotions for the war effort.
1942- The Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire-Marjorie Reynolds film the Holiday Inn released. The film featured Irving Berlin hit songs like White Christmas and Easter Parade, but is hardly ever shown anymore because the Lincoln’s Birthday skit featured the cast in embarrassing minstrel blackface, singing “ ‘bout Massa Lincoln”.
1956- Elvis Presley released his version of the Big Mama Mabel Thornton song, "You Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog".
1984- Actor Johnny Depp opened his own club on the Sunset Strip called the Viper Room. The original club on that site had once been owned by mobster Bugsy Siegel.
1995-“Babe” a charming movie about a little talking pig written and directed by George Miller and Chris Noonan.
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