John Eckhardt Jr, (August 27, 1911 – January 5, 1991), professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best known today for his role in Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films. He was often billed as "The Amazing Half-Boy", "King of the Freaks" and "The Most Remarkable Man Alive".
Besides being a sideshow art performer and actor, Eck was also a folk artist (specifically a screen painter), musician, photographer, illusionist, penny arcade owner, Punch and Judy operator, and expert model-maker.
llegir més...El 27 d’agost de 1911 era un diumenge sota el signe estrella de ♍. Era el 238 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era William Howard Taft.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 114 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dimecres, 27 d’agost de 2025, fa 300 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dijous, 27 d’agost de 2026, d'aquí a 64 dies. Heu viscut durant 41.939 dies, o unes 1.006.556 hores, o uns 60.393.364 minuts, o uns 3.623.601.840 segons.
Date: 27 August 1911
A VOLUME on the picturesque houses in England with a comprehensive gallery of drawings will appear in a month or so from the press of Dodd, Mead Co. The author is W. Outram Tristram, who calls his book "Moated Houses." Another Dodd-Mead publication which is expected to arouse much comment is a thinly velled anonymous volume of memoirs by "the Widow of an American Diplomat."
Date: 28 August 1911
The children of the South Canal Street Playground in Newark assembled in the recreation house yesterday afternoon at the story-telling hour and heard another of "Uncle Ben's" tales -- "The Scheps Who Wouldn't Say Baa" -- read to them. This tale proved as fascinating to the Newark City Playground youngsters as did "The Ice Palace," the favorite of the Door old story-teller, who is in Gouverneur Hospital in a pitiable condition from starvation.
Date: 27 August 1911
The wheat market was quiet and firm on Saturday. American markets gained 1/2 to 3/4, while the Winnipeg market was up about 1 1/2 on predictions of frost for Saturday night and also on reports of freezing temperatures Saturday morning at a number of points. There was also some buying on the reports of quite general rain in the western part of the wheat provinces, interfering with harvesting.