ON THIS DAY in 1975, heiress, kidnap victim and Symbionese Liberation Army member Patty Hearst was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco. In 1988, director Paul Schrader’s film, PATTY HEARST, dramatized the events leading to Hearst’s arrest.
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ON THIS DAY in 1849, American abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her two brothers escaped from slavery. Tubman’s escape was depicted in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, A WOMAN CALLED MOSES, starring Cicely Tyson and narrated by Orson Welles.
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ON THIS DAY in 1955, Juan Perón was ousted as President of Argentina when a nationalist Catholic group led the Revolución Libertadora. Perón’s tenure as President was dramatized in the 1996 film, EVITA, with Jonathan Pryce and Madonna.
ON THIS DAY in 2008, global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The 2011 HBO movie TOO BIG TO FAIL recounted the events that led to the the largest Chapter 11 filing in U.S. history.
ON THIS DAY in 1812, Napoleon’s French Grande Armée entered Moscow, causing the great Fire of Moscow as Russian citizens and troops abandoned the city. This series of events was dramatized in the 2002 European TV mini-series, NAPOLEON.
ON THIS DAY in 1475, cardinal Cesare Borgia–son of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei, and brother of Lucrezia Borgia–was born in Rome, Italy. Borgia was portrayed by Orson Welles in the 1949 film, PRINCE OF FOXES, also starring Tyrone Power.
ON THIS DAY in 1953, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married U.S. Representative John Fitzgerald Kennedy at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. The Kennedy wedding was depicted in the 1991 television mini-series, A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE, with Roma Downey and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
A LITTLE OVER 27 years before the tragic events of September 11th, a daring Frenchman stepped off the edge of one of the World Trade Center towers and walked to the other—on a thin wire. That daring, young man was Phillipe Petit, and MAN ON WIRE tells his story.
It’s a story of courage and much planning. A tale of bank-heist proportions, of law-breaking and recklessness. Yet, it culminates in sheer magic and poetry–a gentle stroll between two points. A simple walk among giants that would, on one, sad day, be toppled in an unbelievable act of cruelty.
It’s a melancholy-tinged remembrance of an audacious feat–a feat of pure, awe-inspiring beauty. On this day, MAN ON WIRE is a way to see man at his best.
ON THIS DAY in 2001, terrorists flew two, hijacked jet aircraft into New York City’s World Trade Center, destroying the towers and killing over 2,750. Director Oliver Stone’s 2006 film, WORLD TRADE CENTER, documented the day’s events.
ON THIS DAY in 1934, New York Yankees right fielder Roger Maris was born. Maris broke Babe Ruth’s record by hitting 61 home runs during the 1961 season. In 2001, 61*, directed by Billy Crystal, documented the season’s events.
ON THIS DAY in 1971, a riot began at a state prison in Attica, New York, eventually resulting in the deaths of 39 prisoners. In 1980, the made-for-TV movie, ATTICA, starring George Grizzard, Morgan Freeman and Charles Durning, documented this four-day event.
ON THIS DAY in 1935, Senator Huey Long was assassinated during a session at the Louisiana capitol building. The story of Huey Long’s career inspired a novel and the 1949 dramatic film ALL THE KING’S MEN, starring Broderick Crawford.
ON THIS DAY in 1945, the Battle of Wake Island, ongoing since December of 1941, ended when Japanese forces surrendered to U.S. Marines. The 1942 film, WAKE ISLAND, with Brian Donlevy, dramatized the early days of that conflict.
ON THIS DAY in 1869, Felix Salten, author of Bambi, was born in Vienna, Austria. In 1942, Salten’s book was adapted by Walt Disney for his animated classic, BAMBI.
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