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(02 Nov 1978) Burt Reynolds was "Hooper"
November 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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#otd, 29 October 1618, died a Devon man. Sir Walter Raleigh, statesman, soldier, writer and adventurer met his death bravely. I’m glad his mother did not live to see him die.

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October 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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(02 Nov 1937) the new ODEON Leicester Square opened on the site of the former Alhambra Theatre
November 2, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory John Brown was convicted of treason, murder, and conspiracy to incite “servile insurrection” and was sentenced to death. That should be at the end of a movie about his raid on Harpers Ferry. youtu.be/gs5koVG1gMU
November 3, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory there was heavy fighting during the Battle of Unsan. Two of the Americans taken prisoner there deserve movies that honor all our Korean War veterans

Father Emil Kapaun
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Tibor Rubin
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November 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory the Battle of Sudong began. Despite the capture of Communist Chinese soldiers, MacArthur ordered UN forces to continue their advance to the Yalu. That should be the opening scene of a movie about the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
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November 3, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, John Adams moves into the White House in 1800. That's it, right there! Sit down, John!
an illustration of Colonials looking at the White House as it's being built. There is scaffolding on the edges of the building. A man in a tricorn hat in the foreground points at the house, while another man looks at it while holding papers in his hand. There are other onlookers between the two men and the building in the distance.
November 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory the party carrying Isabela Godin des Odonais to meet her husband became marooned on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle when their canoe overturned in the Bobonaza River. That Should Be A Movie about a truly strong woman. thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...
November 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Imagine the internet crashing after just two letters! That’s what happened during ARPANET’s first message in 1969. What would you do if the internet suddenly disappeared today?👇

#ARPANET #InternetHistory #TechTrivia #Innovation #OnThisDayInHistory
October 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" opens in New York, setting off a scandal, in 1905. The show dealt frankly with prostitution, which didn't go over so well. The show was shut down after a single performance.
A book cover for "Mrs Warren's Profession." A woman in a pink corset leans against an open door, smiling. Her brown hair is piles on her head, and the room is ornately decorated.
October 31, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, Harry Houdini dies of a burst appendix that was ruptured when a college student punched him in the stomach a few days before, in 1926. Magicians still hold an annual Halloween seance to talk to him, but Houdini, who campaigned against mediums while he was alive, isn't talking.
A black-and-white photo of Harry Houdini. He looks to the side. He is wearing a hooded cloak and has his hair parted in the middle.
October 31, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, a landmark obscenity trial ends when Penguin Books is acquitted for publishing an unexpurgated version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in 1960. Did the book really have him sticking his nose in her eye? Kinky!
The cover for a Netflix adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover. A woman is seen from the bare shoulder up, looking at the camera. A man, also shown from the bare shoulder up, is next to her, with his lips next to her nose and his nose almost in her eye. She has dark curly hair, and he has a few days' growth of beard.
November 3, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, Whitney Houston scores her first Number 1 single with "Saving All my Love for You" in 1985. Is...is she singing to the horse?
A cover for Whitney Houston's "Saving All my Love for You.' Whitney stands in the ocean in a black off-the-shoulder dress or possibly an oversized shirt. She is leading a brown horse.
October 27, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, ushering in Prohibition, in 1919. Because alcohol is the cause of--and solution to--all of life's problems!
A newspaper front page from 1919. The title is "The American Issue," and the very large headline reads "U.S. Is Voted Dry.'
October 29, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, Bruce Springsteen lands on the covers of Time and Newsweek at the same time, the only rock star ever to do so, in 1975. "Bruce! Bruuuuuuuuuuuce! I'm the piano maaaaan!"
The covers of Time and Newsweek with Bruce Springsteen on them. On both covers he is smiling, with a beard and mustache, and he holds a guitar. On Time, it says "Rock's New Sensation," and he also wears a cap and seems to be in a tank top. On Newsweek, it says "Making of a Rock Star," and he is in a white button-down shirt.
October 28, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory George Washington and the Continental Army battled it out with the British at White Plains, New York. That should be in an epic movie about the New York-New Jersey Campaign of 1776 based on 1776 by David McCullough!
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October 28, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory Theodore Roosevelt was born. Check out why the strenuous life of America's 26th president would make great movies. From his adventures in North Dakota to the White House and down to the Amazon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2YQ...
October 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory President James Madison proclaims that "possession should be taken" of the Republic of West Florida and sends Orleans territorial governor William C. C. Claiborne to fulfill this mission. That Should Be A Movie, based on The Rogue Republic ww.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDPTmxYsGE
October 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, the first email is sent via ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, in 1969. It was supposed to say "login," which is weird enough, but it crashed, so it just read, "LO."
A panoramic black-and-white picture collage. In the center is the ARPANET logo, a sphere with latitude and longitude lines and the word ARPANET in the center. On the left-hand side of the picture is a man sitting at a keyboard in front of a huge late '60s computer. on the right side is a smaller picture of men at other huge computers, and above that a picture of a woman at keyboard in front of a box.
October 30, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, the Battle of Unsan began. See why two members of the 8th Cavalry who were there should be honored with movies

Father Emil Kapaun
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Tibor Rubin
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October 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, The Thirty Years' War ends when the Treaty of Westphalia is signed in 1648. Right on schedule!
A battle scene. A soldier in a breastplate raises his sword while sitting on a white horse. Across from him, another soldier in a breastplate rides a charging black horse. There are other soldiers, some on horses, behind them.
October 25, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, the largest mass lynching in American history occurred when twenty Chinese immigrants were hanged by a mixed-race mob in downtown Los Angeles. The victims of this hate crime should be honored and remembered with a movie. thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...
October 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Did you know on this date in...

1962: US President John F. Kennedy makes a live television address about Soviet missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis.

#CubanMissileCrisis #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory

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"The Day We Almost Had Nuclear War: Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Address
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October 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Happy 44th Anniversary To Bette Midler's Jinxed Movie

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October 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Amazing Colossal Man" premieres in New York in 1957. It features Col. Glenn Manning, who grows to 60 feet after being exposed to a plutonium blast. "What kind of sin could a man commit in a single lifetime to bring this upon himself?"
A black-and-white still of Col. Glenn Manning from "The Amazing Colossal Man" looking anguished. In front of and below him are the silhouettes of Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow T. Robot from "Mystery Science Theatre 3000."
October 25, 2026 at 11:56 PM