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1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1898 – Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980) 1899 – Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981) 1900 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
Sundance Film Festival is a hot bed for terrific indie movies. Watch 10 all-timers that launched there, including "Get Out" and "Napoleon Dynamite."
A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a cinema , newsreels were a source of current affairs, information, and entertainment for millions of moviegoers.
Here's what's happened Today in History.
Highlights of this day in history: Convicted Nazi war criminal Herman Goering commits suicide behind bars; World War I spy Mata Hari executed; Nikita Khrushchev ousted as Soviet Union's leader; 'I ...
1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
The Battleship Potemkin (Bronyenosyets Potyomkin), directed by Sergei Eisenstein – (); The Bells (Le Juif Polonais), directed by and starring Harry Southwell [11] Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, directed by Fred Niblo, starring Ramón Novarro, May McAvoy and Francis X. Bushman