This Week in Art History

11/16 – 1960 Clark Gable dies at age 59

11/17 – 1839 Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Oberte Conti Di” in Milan

11/18 – 1928 Walt Disney releases “Steamboat Willie”, first appearance of Mickey Mouse

11/19 – 2015 Seventeen masterpieces stolen from Castelvecchio Museum in Italy

11/20 – 1947 NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts on television

11/21 – 1904 Coleman Hawkins, jazz saxophonist, birthday

11/22 – 1955 RCA Records buys Elvis Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000

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