ON THIS DAY in 1875, imprisoned New York City politician Boss Tweed, while on a home visit, escaped to Cuba. In 2002, Tweed was portrayed by Jim Broadbent in Martin Scorsese’s GANGS OF NEW YORK.
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ON THIS DAY in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. This incident was featured in the 2002 documentary, MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS.
ON THIS DAY in 1996, the last of Ireland’s scandalous Magdalene asylums was permanently closed. In 2002, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS dramatized the stories of several of the institution’s inmates.
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