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Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (also known as Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Hewlett Hodges, and Mrs. Huelitt Hodges; [1] February 2, 1920 – September 10, 1972) was an American woman known for being the first documented individual not only to be struck by a meteorite, but also to live through the encounter.
The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time (18:46 UT) [1] in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972). [2]
On November 30, 1954, Ann Hodges, who was just trying to get her beauty sleep when a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite, in a truly dramatic entrance, pierced her ceiling, gave her radio a nudge for ...
The 26th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1954, simultaneously at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood (hosted by Donald O'Connor), and the NBC Center Theatre in New York City (hosted by Fredric March). The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers.
Don discovers the illness "caisson disease" workers suffered in underwater cassions during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; examines a marble sculpture in Sylacauga, Alabama called "Falling Star" that commemorates a meteorite that fell from the sky, striking housewife Ann Hodges in 1954; uncovers the plot to steal singer-songwriter Gram ...
Jagriti (The Awakening) – Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge; Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders – (France/Italy)
"A Christmas Carol" is the December 23, 1954 episode of the hour-long American television anthology variety series, Shower of Stars. The episode is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name. Shower of Stars had a four-season run from 1954 to 1958 on CBS, alternating every fourth week with the dramatic anthology series ...
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