Birthdays: Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Scatman Crothers, Rosemary Clooney, Artie Shaw, Alicia de Larrocha, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Melissa McBride, Frank McHugh, Drew Carey, Joan Collins is 92
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1785- Ben Franklin invented bifocal glasses.
1911- President Taft dedicated the central branch of the New York Public Library.
1931- In Max Fleischer's Silly Scandals, the girl character first seen in Dizzy Dishes is first called by name Betty Boop.
1969- The Who released their rock opera Tommy.
1980- Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining opened.
2007- The documentary Dream-On, Silly Dreamer premiered at the Alex Theater in Glendale Ca. The film was made and financed by Walt Disney career traditional animation artists who lost their jobs when the studio laid them off.
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