October 11
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"In one of his first television appearances (on the premiere of NBC's Saturday Night Live, October 11, 1975), Andy Kaufman lip-synched to the Mighty Mouse theme song (but only to the words "Here I come to save the day!")"--Sholem Stein |
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Art and culture
- 1879 - Émile Cohl is put into jail for publishing the caricature "Aveugle par Ac-Sedan"
- 1975 - Andy Kaufman lip-synchs the Mighty Mouse theme song on the premiere of NBC's Saturday Night Live (but only to the words "Here I come to save the day!")
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Births
- 1919 - Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
- 1937 - R. H. W. Dillard, American poet
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Deaths
- 1926 – Albert Robida, French illustrator and novelist (b. 1848)
- 1963 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)
- 1963 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Jacques Sternberg, Belgian French language writer (b. 1923)
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