Birthdays: Copernicus is 1542, Luigi Boccherini, Smokey Robinson, Andre Breton, Lee Marvin, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Karen Silkwood, Paul Terry, Frank Tashlin, Paul Krause, Merl Oberon, Amy Tam, John Frankenheimer, Ray Winstone is 68, Jeff Daniels is 70, Benicio Del Toro is 59
1725- The first recorded case of spontaneous combustion.
1878- Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1913- Crackerjacks start putting toy prizes in every box. Legend has it the name Crackerjack for the reaction of Teddy Roosevelt trying some for the first time- These caramel-corns are Crackerjack!
1915- L.A. Times publisher and land baron Harry Chandler, oil man Harry Sinclair were indicted with 8 other prominent Angelenos for conspiring to incite a new revolution in Mexico. The Mexican government had seized their large land holdings for redistribution, and this was their way of trying to get them back.
1920- THE MYSTERY OF ANASTASIA- This day came the first news reports that a emotionally disturbed young woman who tried to jump into a Berlin canal claimed to be the Archduchess Anastasia Romanov, youngest daughter of the Czar of Russia. That she somehow escaped the 1918 massacre of her family and tried to prove it by recalling minute details about the Imperial household. She was called Anna Anderson and for a time was the toast of New York and Parisian society. But unlike the movies, the Romanov family in exile never took her seriously and Anna eventually married and settled down in Sweden. In 1991 scientists conducted extensive tests to match her DNA with the Romanovs. They even took blood samples from English Prince Phillip, who had some Romanov in him. The report proved she was not the little archduchess.
1941- The problem with Walt Disney’s concert masterpiece Fantasia was most theaters around the country didn’t want to run it. Theater owners were not interested in a complicated refitting with stereophonic Fantasound for just one movie. After a premiere the previous November, this day Fantasia began a limited run in 13 theaters equipped for stereo. This first one at the Apollo Theater in Chicago, Illinois. surround sound system.
1944- Writer John Steinbeck asked that his name be taken off of the credits for the Alfred Hitchcock film version of “Lifeboat”. “In view of the fact that my script for the picture was distorted in production.” He didn’t much like the Grapes of Wrath screenplay either..
1951- Poet philosopher Andre Gide died in Paris. Several things were quoted as his last words, my favorite is " Before you quote me, please make sure I'm conscious."
1954- The prototype Ford Thunderbird auto completed.
1960- Bill Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts.
1963- The book The Feminine Mystique was published. Betty Freidan’s analysis of contemporary women’s issues is considered the first shot of the modern Women’s Movement.
1964- Peter Sellers married actress Brit Ekland. His huffing amyl nitrate as a sexual stimulant probably contributed to a series of early heart attacks he had. They divorced in 1968.
1968- “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…” Mister Roger’s Neighborhood debuted on National Education Television, later called PBS. Ordained Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers had been doing children’s shows similar in Pittsburgh and Canada since the 50’s, but today was the start of his national show. It would run unchanged for thirty-five years.
1995- Sexy actress Pamela Anderson married sexy rocker Tommy Lee. On their honeymoon on Lake Powell, they shot an explicit sex tape that was leaked onto the internet, becoming the first viral video. By 2000, one sixth of everything viewed on the world-wide web was about Pamela Anderson.
1990- ILM VFX designer John Knoll and his brother Tom created a surfacing and paint system for home computer use. Adobe bought it, and this day released it as Photoshop..
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