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Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'" inspired a 1978 musical
revue; cover of the Original Broadway Cast album |
Here are today's milestones:
Died on this day:
Jan Vermeer (1675; born October 31, 1632) Dutch painter;
The Milk Maid; Young Woman with a Water Jug; Girl with a Pearl Earring
Izaak Walton (1683; born August 9, 1593) English writer;
The Compleat Angler;
Walton's Lives
Margaret Lucas Cavendish (1673; born Unknown Date, 1623) English aristocrat, writer, and scientist;
A True Relation of My Birth, Breeding, and Life;
The Blazing World
Fats Waller (1943; born May 21, 1904) American composer and performer; "Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993)
Walt Disney (1966; born December 5, 1901) American filmmaker and entrepreneur responsible for dozens of animated and live-action films (which earned a record 22 Academy Awards, plus four honoraries) as well as theme parks and other enterprises. His films include
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs;
Fantasia;
Pinocchio;
Dumbo;
Bambi;
Cinderella; and
Mary Poppins.
Bonus Classic:
Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310-c. 367) Romano-French Bishop (of Poitiers) and Church Father;
De Synodis (
On the Councils);
De Trinitate (
On the Trinity);
Homilies on Psalms
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