Charlie Chaplin debuts in his first major role
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Events
- 1914 – Charlie Chaplin debuts in his first major role of The Tramp in the film the Keystone comedy, Kid Auto Races at Venice.
- 1944 – Bing Crosby records Swinging on a Star for Decca Records, with the Williams Brothers quartet, it won an Academy Award for the best original single.
- 1949 – Joe DiMaggio becomes the first $100,000 a year baseball player for the New York Yankees.
Birthdays
- 1478 – Sir Thomas More was born in London, and became a lawyer and the Lord chancellor of England he was also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, he coined the word, Utopia, the name he gave to an ideal imaginary island nation.
- 1812 – Charles John Huffman Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, he became a novelist and considered the greatest of the Victorian era, he penned Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities and many more.
- 1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder was born Wisconsin, US. She became a children’s author and wrote the Little House on Prairie series, these books were based on her childhood in a pioneering family.
