Birthdays: The Roman writer Lucan 39AD, John Montague the Earl of Sandwich, Jubal Early, Walker Evans, William Cullen Bryant, Stephen Austin, Bronco Nagurski, Andre' Malraux, Vincenzo Bellini, Bob Feller, Karl Baedeker author of the guidebooks, Ken Berry, Michael Dukakis, Gustav Tennegren, Lulu, Osamu Tezuka, Jim Cummings is 71.
1888- Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, a prostitute named Mary Reilly.
1956- The movie The Wizard of Oz, with Judy Garland, was released in theaters in 1939, it did lackluster box office. This day it was first broadcast on television. Almost 40 million people tuned in that night. It has been run every year since. Possibly the most viewed TV movie ever.
1957-SPACE DOG- The first living thing sent into orbit, a Russian dog named Laika. She was a stray found on a Moscow street. She never came back but died in space, but she probably was satisfied knowing she made history- woof.
1971- The first UNIX manual released.
1971- Carly Simon married James Taylor.
1974- Hello Kitty created by Yukio Shimizu for Sanrio Prod.
1976- Carrie starring Sissy Spacek opened in theaters.
1977- Disney's Pete's Dragon starring Helen Reddy and Red Buttons.
1979- T.V. sitcom Different Strokes premiered.
1981- WALLY WOOD was one of the most influential cartoonists of the 1950’s and 60’s. His amazing versatility enabled him to draw everything from superhero comics to very cartoony to playfully naughty girls like Sally Forth. He drew EC Comics, the Mars Attacks series, Mad Magazine, Weird Science, THUNDER Agents and much more. He had done an infamous drawing of the Disney characters having sex that was so good, people assumed it was done by a rogue Disney animator. But hard living and deadlines took their toll. Suffering from a stroke, and failing kidneys, Wally Wood put a 44-cal pistol to his right temple and pulled the trigger. Today police found his remains. The bullet had passed completely through his head and was in the pillow on the other side.
1982- Britain’s Channel 4 goes on the air.
2006- Dreamworks/Aardman film Flushed Away, directed by David Bowers.
2023- the Netflix series Blue-Eyed Samurai premiered in the U.S. Created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green and director Jane Wu. Animated in France.
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