"Nipper", the RCA Victor dog, was registered as a trademark and became one of the advertising icons of the 20th century.
Born: Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-born American lyricist from the "Tin Pan Alley" era, best known for writing the lyrics to Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust and to Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Lady; as Michael Hyman Pashlelinsky (d.