Birthdays: Czar Peter the Great, Benny Goodman, Mel Blanc, Stepin Fetchit, Boris Pasternak, Irving Thalberg, Milt Neil, Howard Hawks, Gale Sayers, Agnes Varda, Michael J. Pollard, Wynonna, Keir Dullea is 88, Ceelo Green is 49, Idina Menzel is 53
1821 - James Boyd patents the Rubber Fire Hose.
1848- William Young patents the ice cream freezer.
1930- The Lockheed Terminal was rededicated as Burbank Airport.
1935 - Babe Ruth's last game. He went hitless for the Boston Braves against Phillies.
1936- Mickey short “Through the Mirror” opened.
1950- Charles Schulz introduced the character Schroeder into his Peanuts comic strip. The little boy obsessed with playing Beethoven on his toy piano.
1962- Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem had its first performance.
1972- Director choreographer Bob Fosse filmed a live performance of Liza Minelli’s one-woman show Liza with a Z. It was telecast in Sept. and became a sensation.
1994 - Death of Baron Marcel Bich, Italian-born French engineer and industrialist who created an empire of disposable BIC pens, lighters and razors.
2003- Pixar’s Finding Nemo opened in general release.
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