Birthdays: Euripides-484BC, Zheng Hu (Chinese Explorer)1371, Victoria Woodhull, Walter Lippmann, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Mickey Rooney, Julio Inglesias, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Nevelson, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Place, Harry Connick Jr, Bruce Springsteen is 75, William Holmes McGuffey
1846- The planet Neptune discovered by Johann Gottleib Gala. We did not know it had rings like Saturn until the Voyager 2 space probe visited in 1989.
1862- writer Leo Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs.
1889- The Nintendo Company started in Kyoto, They began by making hand-painted playing cards, very popular with the Yakuza. In 1956 they transitioned to electronics, and invented Donkey-Kong, Gameboys, Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda.
1912- "Cohen Collects a Debt" Max Sennett's first film comedy featuring the Keystone Kops.
1937- Mickey Mouse cartoon The Brave Littler Tailor premiered.
1939- At the World’s Fair in New York a time capsule was buried not to be opened until the year 6,939. It contains a Bible, a mail order catalog and newsreels of President Franklin Roosevelt. I hope they include an explanation of what film was, and how to use it.
1962- H& B's show The Jetsons premiered. It was the first ABC show to be presented in color. It went for only one season, but reruns on Saturday mornings kept it in the memory of millions of children.
1964- Marc Chagall painting on the ceiling of the Paris Opera House unveiled.
1969- the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" premiered. Written by William Goldman and directed by George Roy Hill. It made fortunes for stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who later started and independent film festival called Sundance.
1984- Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Frank Wells met the Disney Animation Dept. and were pitched storyboards for the film Basil of Baker Street, later called the Great Mouse Detective. Up to now their thinking had been to close the animation department and earn income from the licensing the existing library. Roy Disney was instrumental in insisting the animation division remain. They found the story pitch interesting, but they were really impressed when they saw the filmed story reels. (Leica Reels) That evening Eisner dictated memos to start the Disney television animation division, stagnant for over a decade.
1990- Ken Burns landmark TV series The Civil War premiered. It redefined American documentary filmmaking for a generation.
1994- Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction premiered.
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