Birthdays: US Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Akira Kurosawa, Joan Crawford, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Juan Gris, Chaka Khan, Paul Grimault, Sidney Hillman, Jack Ruby, Joan Collins, Erich Fromm, Fanny Farmer, Catherine Keener is 65, Hope Davis is 60
1721- Johann Sebastian Bach sent the first copy of his Brandenburg Concertos to his patron the Margrave of Brandenburg. After the Margrave died, an inventory was made of his holdings in Berlin, the value placed on each concerto was six groschen, or about $5 each.
1936- Ollie Johnston got his first job at the Walt Disney Studio, as Fred Moore’s assistant.
1951- Disney short Corn Chips, with Donald Duck and Chip & Dale. Directed by Jack Hannah.
1971- US Congress lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
1977- The first Richard Nixon-David Frost interview.
1987- After meeting creator Matt Groening, animators David Silverman, Wes Archer and Bill Kopp began animating the very first Simpson’s short for the Tracy Ullmann Show.
1990- President George H.W. Bush banned broccoli from the White House.
He joked; "Read My Lips! I hate Broccoli!"
2003- Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, Beating out Lilo & Stitch, Ice Age, Spirit Stallion of the Cimmaron and Treasure Planet. Twenty One years later he won again for The Boy and the Heron.
No comments:
Post a Comment