TODAY IS ... 13 JANUARY
BIRTHDAYS -
1977 - Orlando Bloom- an English actor who had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Troy, Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You, and will have roles in Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street.
1968 - Traci Bingham - actress: Baywatch, Hollywood Squares, D.R.E.A.M. Team, To Tell the Truth
1967 - Annie Jones - an Australian actress who is best known for her role as Jane Harris in the soap opera Neighbours. She has won 2 Logie Awards.
1966 - Patrick Dempsey - an American actor and race car driver, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd ("McDreamy") on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. He has also recently appeared in several films, including Sweet Home Alabama, The Emperor's Club, Freedom Writers, Enchanted and Made of Honor.
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller - actress: Witch Hunt, Carlito’s Way, Kindergarten Cop, Awakenings, Biloxi Blues, Big Top Pee Wee
1961 -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - an American actress and comedian best known for her role as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and her current role as the titular Christine Campbell on the sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. She has won two Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
1943 - Richard Moll - an American actor best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
1919 - Robert Stack - an American actor who was best known for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries. He starred in more than 40 films.
OTHER EVENTS – 2008 - Entertainment news anchor Brooke Anderson announces the Best Animated Feature Film winner Ratatouille at The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announcement at the Beverly Hilton in California.
2008 – Amy MacDonald went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut ‘This Is The Life.’
2005 – After the Sunset starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle starts screening in Australia. The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that
2005 - A report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon, ‘A Room At The Heartbreakhotel’ by U2, ‘Calling Elvis’, Dire Straits, ‘Happy Birthday Elvis’, Loudon Wainwright III, ‘There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis’, Kirsty MacColl, ‘I Saw Elvis in a UFO’, Ray Stevens. ‘Elvis Has Left the Building’ by Frank Zappa and 'My Dog Thinks I'm Elvis' by Ray Herndon.
2004 – The NFL turn down Bono’s (U2) request to perform a new song, “An American Prayer,” with Jennifer Lopez during the Super Bowl halftime show. The U2 singer hoped to raise awareness of AIDS in Africa with the tune. The NFL say, “We don’t believe it’s appropriate to focus on a single issue.”
2004 – In spite of slump fears due to online bootlegging and piracy, U.K. music sales rose by 7.6% last year to a new high, according to figures. The biggest-selling album in the U.K. was Dido’s Life for Rent, with 2.1 million copies sold
2003 – Rapper Eminem comes out on top at the American Music Awards, winning four trophies at the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The rapper wins the favorite male pop/rock and hip-hop/R&B artist awards, while his Web/Afermath/Interscope album “The Eminem Show” wins for favorite pop/rock album and hip-hop/R&B album.
2002 - The off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks" ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 shows.
2002 - The exhibit "In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. More than 100 artists supplied the collection of 120 works of art.
2001 - In El Salvador, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs, felt from Mexico City to Colombia. At least 844 people killed, 4,723 injured, 108,226 houses destroyed and more than 150,000 buildings damaged in El Salvador.
2000 – Michael Caine, Tobey Maguire and Charlize Theron star in The Cider House Rules which commenced screening in Australia. A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
2000 - Christina Aguilera had the US No.1 single with 'What A Girl Wants'.
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced that he would be stepping down as Microsoft chief executive and handing over the reins to longtime friend and company president Steve Ballmer. Gates assumed the title of ‘chief software architect’.
1999 - Steps were at No.1 o the UK singles chart with 'Heartbeat / Tragedy.' The five-piece pop dance outfit were put together by producer Pete Waterman. Tragedy was a hit for The Bee Gees in 1979. 1998 - NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.
1998 - "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St. James Theater New York City
1997 - Debbie Reynolds received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1995 - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
1994 – The Beverly Hillbillies starring Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak and Cloris Leachman with Lily Tomlin starts screening in Australia. A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.
1993 – In Sweden, the musical ” ABBA – The True Story” makes its premiere in Stockholm.
1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1990 - New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.
1984 – BBC Radio 1 announced a ban on ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, after DJ Mike Read called it ‘obscene’, a BBC TV ban also followed. The song went on to become a UK No.1 and spent a total of 48 weeks on the UK chart.
1981 - World's longest sneezing attack: Donna Griffiths, of Great Britain, starts sneezing and doesn't stop for 978 days.
1979 - The YMCA organization sues the Village People for copyright infringement over their song of the same name. The suit is eventually dropped.
1978 - The Police started recording their first album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer Nigel Gray.
1978 - Elvis Presley's "My Way" is certified gold
1976 - Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1973 - Slade scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Slayed'.
1973 - Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album.
1973 - Carly Simon’s No Secrets was the #1 album in the U.S. for the first of five weeks. The tracks: The Right Thing to Do, The Carter Family, You’re So Vain, His Friends are More Than Fond of Robin, (We Have) No Secrets, Embrace Me You Child, Waited So Long, It Was So Easy, Night Owl and When You Close Your Eyes.
1970 - Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) played at The Matrix in San Francisco, California. Boz Scaggs was the scheduled headliner but he cancelled at that last minute due to illness. Rock critic Philip Elwood, who turned up intending to review Scaggs ended up writing a highly favorable review of Steel Mill for The San Francisco Examiner.
1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cut and donate it to a charity auction.
1969 - Elvis Presley began a ten day recording session that would produce his final US number one record, ‘Suspicious Minds’. The tracks were laid down at American Sound Studios in Memphis and marked the first time Presley had recorded in his hometown since his Sun Records days in 1956.
1969 - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1968 - Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio laboratory reports that tests have determined rock and roll concerts cause noise damage in teenagers' ears. 1968 - Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" enters the pop charts
1968 - "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances
1968 - "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances
1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by U.S. President Johnson.
1966 - Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on Bewitched, had a baby. Tabitha was the name given to the witch’s daughter. She could wriggle her nose and cause all kinds of problems for daddy, just like her mom.
1965 - The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.
1964 – The Beatles release their breakthrough single “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in the United States.
1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.
1964 – Bob Dylan releases Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1963 - The Beatles recorded a TV appearance on the ABC Television program "Thank Your Lucky Stars" in Birmingham playing their new single, ‘Please Please Me.’ The show was broadcast on January 19.
1962 - The Beach Boys' "Surfin'" is getting airplay in Los Angeles and enters Billboard, bubbling under the Hot 100 chart at #118.
1962 - Cliff Richard scored his second UK No.1 album with 'The Young Ones', which spent six weeks at the top of the charts.
1962 - Chubby Checker went back to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. The song first went to No.1 in Sept 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.
1962 - "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances
1959 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” The Platters.
1957 - THE FRISBEE- Two former World War Two pilots, Warren Fransconi and Walter Morrison invented the plastic platter in a San Luis Obisbo home. Originally called Flying Saucers and Pluto’s Platters they got the name Frisbee when they demonstrated it at Yale University. The students there were used to flipping pie platters at each other from the local Frisbee Pie Company, so when they played with the new disc they cried “Frisbee, Frisbee!” which seemed to Warren & Walter a better name.
1949 - "Along Fifth Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances 1947 - The first "Merry Menagerie" comic strip is published in newspapers.
1947 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “The Old Lamp-Lighter,” Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye.
1942- In the dead of night the German U-Boat U-123 crept into New York Harbor. The German captain was amazed that although they were at war, the Americans had made no defensive arrangements. The city wasn’t even blacked out, but still illuminated brightly.
1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile which, allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight. Of course, it didn’t cost any less to buy a plastic car. Just ask Corvette owners...
1942 - Disney delivers the film All Together to the National Film Board of Canada. The film includes Mickey Mouse and the gang, plus Pinocchio and Geppetto.
1941 - The Four Modernaires joined to sing with the Glenn Miller Band on a permanent basis beginning this day. They had a ‘solo’ hit in 1946 with To Each His Own. 1939 - Disney's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Lucky Day is released. Directed by Jack King, mail carrier Donald has to avoid a number of bad luck omens because it's Friday the 13th!
1938 - Singer Allan Jones recorded The Donkey Serenade for Victor Records. The song became the one most often associated with the singer. Allan sang and acted in several Marx Brothers films: A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races; but the film that catapulted him to stardom was the operetta, Firefly, with Jeanette MacDonald. Singer Jack Jones is the son of Allan and wife, actress, Irene Hervey (The Count of Monte Cristo, Play Misty for Me). Allan Jones and Jeanette MacDonald in The Firefly sing the Donkey Song
1938 - Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has its New York premiere at the Radio City Music Hall. It is the first Disney film to ever debut at the famous theater
1934 - The Mickey Mouse film Shanghaied is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
1934 - Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The China Shop is released. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, when the "Ye Olde China Shop" closes, the china pieces come to life and dance!
1931 - The bridge connecting New York and New Jersey was named the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
1930 - The first Mickey Mouse comic strip is published in the New York Mirror and other Randolph Hearst-owned newspapers throughout the country. The strip (licensed by King Features Syndicate) is written by Walt Disney himself, drawn by Ub Iwerks and inked by Win Smith. The first week or so of the strip will feature a loose adaptation of the animated short Plane Crazy.
1926 - Disney completes the 29th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Little Parade.
1925- THE FIRST CALIFORNIA GURU- Indian spiritual teacher Abrahamansa Yogananda , then called “The Swami” settled in Los Angeles and gave his first lecture to an audience in LA Philharmonic Hall. He founded the Malibu Self-Realization Center in 1950. 1920 - Space Flight Impossible:A New York Times editorial mocks Robert Goddard, stating that rockets will never fly in space and saying that "he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." They issued an apology in 1969 after the Apollo 11 flight to the Moon 1910 - Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn were heard via a telephone transmitter; rigged by DeForest Radio-Telephone Company to broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
1906 - Hugh Gernsback of the Electro Importing Company advertised radio receivers for sale for the low, low price of just $7.50 in Scientific American magazine. The first ad selling the gizmos guaranteed reception of about one mile.
1977 - Orlando Bloom- an English actor who had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Troy, Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You, and will have roles in Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street.
1968 - Traci Bingham - actress: Baywatch, Hollywood Squares, D.R.E.A.M. Team, To Tell the Truth
1967 - Annie Jones - an Australian actress who is best known for her role as Jane Harris in the soap opera Neighbours. She has won 2 Logie Awards.
1966 - Patrick Dempsey - an American actor and race car driver, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd ("McDreamy") on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. He has also recently appeared in several films, including Sweet Home Alabama, The Emperor's Club, Freedom Writers, Enchanted and Made of Honor.
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller - actress: Witch Hunt, Carlito’s Way, Kindergarten Cop, Awakenings, Biloxi Blues, Big Top Pee Wee
1961 -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - an American actress and comedian best known for her role as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and her current role as the titular Christine Campbell on the sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. She has won two Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
1943 - Richard Moll - an American actor best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
1919 - Robert Stack - an American actor who was best known for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries. He starred in more than 40 films.
OTHER EVENTS – 2008 - Entertainment news anchor Brooke Anderson announces the Best Animated Feature Film winner Ratatouille at The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announcement at the Beverly Hilton in California.
2008 – Amy MacDonald went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut ‘This Is The Life.’
2005 – After the Sunset starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle starts screening in Australia. The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that 2005 - A report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon, ‘A Room At The Heartbreakhotel’ by U2, ‘Calling Elvis’, Dire Straits, ‘Happy Birthday Elvis’, Loudon Wainwright III, ‘There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis’, Kirsty MacColl, ‘I Saw Elvis in a UFO’, Ray Stevens. ‘Elvis Has Left the Building’ by Frank Zappa and 'My Dog Thinks I'm Elvis' by Ray Herndon.
2004 – The NFL turn down Bono’s (U2) request to perform a new song, “An American Prayer,” with Jennifer Lopez during the Super Bowl halftime show. The U2 singer hoped to raise awareness of AIDS in Africa with the tune. The NFL say, “We don’t believe it’s appropriate to focus on a single issue.”
2004 – In spite of slump fears due to online bootlegging and piracy, U.K. music sales rose by 7.6% last year to a new high, according to figures. The biggest-selling album in the U.K. was Dido’s Life for Rent, with 2.1 million copies sold
2003 – Rapper Eminem comes out on top at the American Music Awards, winning four trophies at the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The rapper wins the favorite male pop/rock and hip-hop/R&B artist awards, while his Web/Afermath/Interscope album “The Eminem Show” wins for favorite pop/rock album and hip-hop/R&B album.
2002 - The off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks" ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 shows.
2002 - The exhibit "In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. More than 100 artists supplied the collection of 120 works of art.
2001 - In El Salvador, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs, felt from Mexico City to Colombia. At least 844 people killed, 4,723 injured, 108,226 houses destroyed and more than 150,000 buildings damaged in El Salvador.2000 – Michael Caine, Tobey Maguire and Charlize Theron star in The Cider House Rules which commenced screening in Australia. A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
2000 - Christina Aguilera had the US No.1 single with 'What A Girl Wants'.
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced that he would be stepping down as Microsoft chief executive and handing over the reins to longtime friend and company president Steve Ballmer. Gates assumed the title of ‘chief software architect’.
1999 - Steps were at No.1 o the UK singles chart with 'Heartbeat / Tragedy.' The five-piece pop dance outfit were put together by producer Pete Waterman. Tragedy was a hit for The Bee Gees in 1979. 1998 - NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.
1998 - "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St. James Theater New York City
1997 - Debbie Reynolds received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1995 - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
1994 – The Beverly Hillbillies starring Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak and Cloris Leachman with Lily Tomlin starts screening in Australia. A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.
1993 – In Sweden, the musical ” ABBA – The True Story” makes its premiere in Stockholm.
1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1990 - New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.
1984 – BBC Radio 1 announced a ban on ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, after DJ Mike Read called it ‘obscene’, a BBC TV ban also followed. The song went on to become a UK No.1 and spent a total of 48 weeks on the UK chart.
1981 - World's longest sneezing attack: Donna Griffiths, of Great Britain, starts sneezing and doesn't stop for 978 days.
1979 - The YMCA organization sues the Village People for copyright infringement over their song of the same name. The suit is eventually dropped.
1978 - The Police started recording their first album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer Nigel Gray.
1978 - Elvis Presley's "My Way" is certified gold
1976 - Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1973 - Slade scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Slayed'.
1973 - Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album.1973 - Carly Simon’s No Secrets was the #1 album in the U.S. for the first of five weeks. The tracks: The Right Thing to Do, The Carter Family, You’re So Vain, His Friends are More Than Fond of Robin, (We Have) No Secrets, Embrace Me You Child, Waited So Long, It Was So Easy, Night Owl and When You Close Your Eyes.
1970 - Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) played at The Matrix in San Francisco, California. Boz Scaggs was the scheduled headliner but he cancelled at that last minute due to illness. Rock critic Philip Elwood, who turned up intending to review Scaggs ended up writing a highly favorable review of Steel Mill for The San Francisco Examiner.
1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cut and donate it to a charity auction.
1969 - Elvis Presley began a ten day recording session that would produce his final US number one record, ‘Suspicious Minds’. The tracks were laid down at American Sound Studios in Memphis and marked the first time Presley had recorded in his hometown since his Sun Records days in 1956.
1969 - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1968 - Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio laboratory reports that tests have determined rock and roll concerts cause noise damage in teenagers' ears. 1968 - Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" enters the pop charts
1968 - "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances
1968 - "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances
1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by U.S. President Johnson.
1966 - Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on Bewitched, had a baby. Tabitha was the name given to the witch’s daughter. She could wriggle her nose and cause all kinds of problems for daddy, just like her mom.
1965 - The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.
1964 – The Beatles release their breakthrough single “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in the United States.1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.
1964 – Bob Dylan releases Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1963 - The Beatles recorded a TV appearance on the ABC Television program "Thank Your Lucky Stars" in Birmingham playing their new single, ‘Please Please Me.’ The show was broadcast on January 19. 1962 - The Beach Boys' "Surfin'" is getting airplay in Los Angeles and enters Billboard, bubbling under the Hot 100 chart at #118.
1962 - Cliff Richard scored his second UK No.1 album with 'The Young Ones', which spent six weeks at the top of the charts.
1962 - Chubby Checker went back to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. The song first went to No.1 in Sept 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.
1962 - "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances
1959 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” The Platters.
1957 - THE FRISBEE- Two former World War Two pilots, Warren Fransconi and Walter Morrison invented the plastic platter in a San Luis Obisbo home. Originally called Flying Saucers and Pluto’s Platters they got the name Frisbee when they demonstrated it at Yale University. The students there were used to flipping pie platters at each other from the local Frisbee Pie Company, so when they played with the new disc they cried “Frisbee, Frisbee!” which seemed to Warren & Walter a better name.
1949 - "Along Fifth Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances 1947 - The first "Merry Menagerie" comic strip is published in newspapers.
1947 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “The Old Lamp-Lighter,” Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye.
1942- In the dead of night the German U-Boat U-123 crept into New York Harbor. The German captain was amazed that although they were at war, the Americans had made no defensive arrangements. The city wasn’t even blacked out, but still illuminated brightly.
1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile which, allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight. Of course, it didn’t cost any less to buy a plastic car. Just ask Corvette owners...
1942 - Disney delivers the film All Together to the National Film Board of Canada. The film includes Mickey Mouse and the gang, plus Pinocchio and Geppetto.
1941 - The Four Modernaires joined to sing with the Glenn Miller Band on a permanent basis beginning this day. They had a ‘solo’ hit in 1946 with To Each His Own. 1939 - Disney's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Lucky Day is released. Directed by Jack King, mail carrier Donald has to avoid a number of bad luck omens because it's Friday the 13th!
1938 - Singer Allan Jones recorded The Donkey Serenade for Victor Records. The song became the one most often associated with the singer. Allan sang and acted in several Marx Brothers films: A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races; but the film that catapulted him to stardom was the operetta, Firefly, with Jeanette MacDonald. Singer Jack Jones is the son of Allan and wife, actress, Irene Hervey (The Count of Monte Cristo, Play Misty for Me). Allan Jones and Jeanette MacDonald in The Firefly sing the Donkey Song
1938 - Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has its New York premiere at the Radio City Music Hall. It is the first Disney film to ever debut at the famous theater
1934 - The Mickey Mouse film Shanghaied is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
1934 - Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The China Shop is released. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, when the "Ye Olde China Shop" closes, the china pieces come to life and dance!
1931 - The bridge connecting New York and New Jersey was named the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
1930 - The first Mickey Mouse comic strip is published in the New York Mirror and other Randolph Hearst-owned newspapers throughout the country. The strip (licensed by King Features Syndicate) is written by Walt Disney himself, drawn by Ub Iwerks and inked by Win Smith. The first week or so of the strip will feature a loose adaptation of the animated short Plane Crazy.
1926 - Disney completes the 29th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Little Parade.
1925- THE FIRST CALIFORNIA GURU- Indian spiritual teacher Abrahamansa Yogananda , then called “The Swami” settled in Los Angeles and gave his first lecture to an audience in LA Philharmonic Hall. He founded the Malibu Self-Realization Center in 1950. 1920 - Space Flight Impossible:A New York Times editorial mocks Robert Goddard, stating that rockets will never fly in space and saying that "he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." They issued an apology in 1969 after the Apollo 11 flight to the Moon 1910 - Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn were heard via a telephone transmitter; rigged by DeForest Radio-Telephone Company to broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
1906 - Hugh Gernsback of the Electro Importing Company advertised radio receivers for sale for the low, low price of just $7.50 in Scientific American magazine. The first ad selling the gizmos guaranteed reception of about one mile.
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