Birthdays: Henry Clay, Lily Pons, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Disney artist Bernhard “Hardie” Gramatky, Monserrat Caballe', Ann Miller, Tiny Tim, Shannon Dougherty, Animator Lillian Friedman-Astor, Andy Garcia is 69, Claire Danes is 46, David Letterman is 78
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1911- Cartoonist Winsor McCay opened his vaudeville act with his "Little Nemo" animated short.
1945- During WWII young infantryman Robert Sherman was hit in the knee by enemy gunfire. He walked with a limp for the rest of his life. After the war he teamed up with his brother to form the famous writing team The Sherman Brothers. Composing the hit songs for movies like Mary Poppins and Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang. Robert Sherman died at age 86 in 2012. Richard last year.
1945-Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃太郎 海の神兵, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei) by Mitssuyo Seo opened. The second Japanese anime feature-length animated film.
1954- "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK' recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets- arguably the first true Rock & Roll hit.
1955- the Salk vaccine for Polio made available to the public.
1961-THE FIRST MAN INTO SPACE- Soviet Major Yuri Gargarin aboard Vostok 1.
1981- The first space shuttle Columbia took off. After 26 flawless missions, in 2003 the Columbia broke up and disintegrated upon reentry, killing all aboard.
1992- Euro-Disney, now called Disneyland Paris, opened. It attracted only 50.000 visitors the first year, about ten times less than what was expected. In 1955, the first Disneyland in California drew 100,00 on opening day alone. Disneyland Paris finally paid for itself in 1997 and today is doing quite well.
1995- To celebrate David Letterman’s 49t birthday, actress Drew Barrymore climbed up on his desk and flashed her breasts. For once, the bucktoothed talk show host was speechless.
1996- James and the Giant Peach opened in the USA. Directed by Henry Selick.
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