Imagine he wasn't murdered.

After going nuts trying to find this information, I decided it belongs somewhere on the message board so am putting it in this thread as being a good place. This is the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) Schedule for Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Please note times are Eastern and that Pacific is three hours earlier.

11:00 PM Clock, The (1945)
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason.
BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:45 AM Union Depot (1932)
An out-of-luck con artist discovers a suitcase full of money at a train station.
Dir: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee.
BW-67 mins, TV-G,

2:00 AM In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C-110 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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11:00 PM Clock, The (1945)

The 11PM Clock?! So it only works one minute out of the day?!

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

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Originally posted by dandelion:
11:00 PM Clock, The (1945)

The 11PM Clock?! So it only works one minute out of the day?!

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day!

The Day the Music Died! Feb 3, 1959

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/...e_day_the_music_died

June 5 . . .

1783
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first public balloon flight.
1900
Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
1944
Allies prepare for D-Day
1968
Bobby Kennedy is assassinated
2004
Ronald Reagan dies
2012
Ray Bradbury, bestselling author, dies at 91

From The Fiend in You (1962), edited by Charles Beaumont (and William F. Nolan, uncredited, source Bradbury Unbound by Jonathan Eller ), the headnote to the Ray Bradbury short story:


"Ray Bradbury is a fourteen-year-old news vendor who lives with his parents in Venice California. He said he would give me a free subscription to The Los Angeles Daily News if I would include his story in this anthology. It marks his first professional appearance."

Of course it was not his first.

Somewhere he is twelve, or fourteen, or forever, becoming wise with the Cosmos.
I love you Ray Bradbury, Thank You again and again!

What's up, Doc?

The more things change . . . the more they stay the same:
Early street violence: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.g2mil.com/vetpos87.jpg

Thank You and Peace!

Born 1940, 12/21 ~ Frank Vincent Zappa

I had the pleasure to experience two of his concerts (Toronto, Syracuse) while in college and followed his entire career until his too soon passing, amazing... over twenty years ago, in 1993!

He was a genius musically, satirically, metaphorically, and socio-critically. A listener needed to realize that he was definitely perceiving from a very unique perspective (avaunt garde, rock, progressive jazz, and Zappian). He also composed works with full orchestration.

Here, a classic piece of masterful playing with the Mothers of Invention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp6LT2MdaPI

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Robert F. Kennedy assassinated, 1968. RIP

He was shot on June 5 in the Ambassador Hotel, which appeared in Ray's story "By the Numbers," and died on June 6.

Four years ago today we lost the greatest master of storytelling since the invention of the written word.

Born on this day November 11, 1922, Kurt Vonnegut.