Birthdays: Anthony Van Dyck, Marcel Marceau, Stephen Sondheim, Karl Malden, Werner Klemperer, animator Milt Kahl, George Benson, James Gavin, Allen Neuharth, Milt Kahl, Charlie Downs, Mort Drucker, Fanny Ardant is 76, Lena Olin is 70, Bruno Ganz, Reese Witherspoon is 49, Keegan Michael-Key is 54, William Shatner is 94.
1913- Jack London (White Fang, The Call of the Wild) wrote fellow writers HG Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Winston Churchill, and asked them how much do they get paid? He was unsure what to charge.
1935- Walt Disney Silly Symphony “ The Golden Touch”.
1935- TV SHOWS-The first true television service in the world began in Berlin as Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk. Broadcasting from the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, it used a 180-line system, and was on air for 90 minutes, three times a week. Very few receivers then were privately owned, so viewers went instead to Fernsehstuben (television parlors). During the 1936 Summer Olympics, broadcasts up to eight hours a day took place in Berlin and Hamburg.
1958- Hollywood producer Mike Todd was killed in a small plane crash. He produced hit movies like Around the World in 80 Days and romanced starlets like Gypsy Rose Lee and Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor and Todd had been married for one year and she was devastated by the accident. Years and many marriages later Taylor said Mike Todd was the only man she ever really loved.
1960- Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes patented the laser beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation or LASER. Pussycats rejoice!
1970- The Beatles began their break-up. Paul McCartney filed papers in a London court for a formal dissolving of the Fab Four’s partnership. A year later John Lennon signed the final papers at Disneyworld Florida.
1972- Concluding a five-year study, the National Commission on Drug Abuse recommended ending all penalties and laws prohibiting marijuana. No one in authority listened to them.
1976- In Tunisia, George Lucas’ first day filming Star Wars.
1991- Ivana Trump divorced Donald Trump. A celebrated court case ensued to see how the huge Trump fortune would be divided up. Newspapers cried, Ivanna More Money! When she died, he had her buried in an unmarked grave on this Florida golf course.
1995- First day of shooting on that utterly classic film- Dinosaur Valley Girls!
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