On This Day: Silly Walks, Full Frontal Oscar Nods, and Bell-Bottoms

Is today your birthday? If so you share it with multiple Oscar nominees and winners, the great John Cleese, the US President with the cutest name, Macy's Department Store and the NYC subway system.
That's quite good company which we'll explore after the jump (warning: one NSFW photo ahead) on this day in showbiz history...