Birthdays: Gnaeus Agricola- 40AD, Harriet Beecher Stowe, W.B. Yeats, Red Grange, Basil Rathbone, Dorothy Sayers, Ralph Edwards, Paul Lynde, Tim Allen is 72, Darla Hood, Ally Sheedy, Simon Callow is 73, Christo, Ralph McQuarrie, Malcolm McDowell is 82, Stellan Skarsgard is 74, the Olsen Twins are 39, Chris Evans is 44.
1858- THE BIG STINK- The population of metropolitan London had been outgrowing its sewage system. The Thames was London’s main sewer, as well as its source of drinking water. But nobody realized how bad it was until the unusually hot summer of 1858. Today the temperature reached the 90f, and the stink from the river got so bad it broke up a meeting of the Prime Minister’s cabinet. Ministers ran out of Parliament holding handkerchiefs to their noses.
1920-The US Government ruled Americans cannot mail their children through the Parcel Post System.
1941-The American Federation of Labor declared a nationwide boycott of all Disney products and films. This was to support the Disney Cartoonists strike.
1953 “ The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms “ hit theaters. Great monster effects by Ray Harryhausen.
1958- Frank Zappa graduated Antelope Valley High School.
1978- Ford fired Lee Iacocca from the Ford Corporation. The creator of the Ford Mustang would later move on to run Chrysler. When asked why, Henry Ford II said: “Sometimes you just don’t like somebody.”
1982- Bill the Cat first appeared in the comic strip Bloom County.
1991- Boris Yeltsin became the first and so far only popularly elected leader of Russia.
1997- Disney's animated film Hercules opened in theaters.
2010- Pixar’s Toy Story 3 premiered.
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