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On This Day in History
05 October 2012, 12:07 PM
jktOn This Day in History
These are for Philnic:
1962: The Beatles released their hit Love Me Do in the U.K.
1969: Monty Python's Flying Circus first appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC-1
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
05 October 2012, 07:03 PM
dandelionAlso in 1962, the first James Bond film was released the same day as the Beatles' first album.
05 October 2012, 08:18 PM
jktquote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
Also in 1962, the first James Bond film was released the same day as the Beatles' first album.
Released on the 16th:
http://www.amazon.com/Bond-On-...eywords=bond+on+bond
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
05 October 2012, 09:46 PM
Doug SpauldingMan! I missed my ten year anniversary. By three days! On 2 October 2002, Doug Spaulding registered on the Bradbury board.
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05 October 2012, 09:48 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
Also in 1962, the first James Bond film was released the same day as the Beatles' first album.
I thought The Beatles' first album was released on 22 March 1963! Perhaps I'm in error.
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06 October 2012, 02:28 AM
dandelionThe
NBC Nightly News the evening of the 5th said the Bond film and the Beatles album were both released on the same day in Britain, and Brian Williams is never wrong!
06 October 2012, 08:25 AM
philnicWell, someone is wrong: the first Bond film and the first Beatles SINGLE ("Love Me Do") were both released on the same day in the UK in 1962.
http://www.channel4.com/news/t...me-do-fifty-years-on06 October 2012, 03:41 PM
dandelionHey, I didn't claim to be fully awake or in the same room when I heard it, just that I heard it.
06 October 2012, 10:45 PM
Doug Spaulding, I mean.
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07 October 2012, 06:59 AM
jktNever more, never more...
Died 1849: Edgar Allan Poe
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
07 October 2012, 11:00 AM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by jkt:
Never more, never more...
Died 1849: Edgar Allan Poe
More, more!
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07 October 2012, 01:28 PM
fjp451Two authors were ALWAYS present on my classroom walls looking over my shoulder for so many years. From opening day to the final bell of each school year ~
"Papa"
http://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/deasf62a.jpgand, his "Son"
http://www.ncsx.com/2012/06041...l_Color_by_Pyrlo.jpg08 October 2012, 09:48 AM
jktOn this day we honor Columbus in his hunt for the Orient to find cheap trade goods. He is the true reason we have FoxConn.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
15 October 2012, 07:48 AM
jktLittle Nemo celebrates 107 years since first publication. Ray had a hand in getting it on the silver screen.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
15 October 2012, 08:12 AM
philnicquote:
Originally posted by jkt:
...Ray had a hand in getting it on the silver screen.
Indeed. He wrote a screenplay which was largely ignored, but they had to give him a credit for his conceptualisation. Info on the film here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...tures_in_Slumberland