Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology. Georges Méliès creates the legendary film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), which in one scene features the animated human face of the moon being struck in the eye by a rocket. Births July 26 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne (+ 1964) August 10 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1983) August 22 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director September 22 - John Houseman, actor September 28 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor (+ 1974) Deaths