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GERMAN COMPOSER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1770

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                                      Ludwig van Beethoven
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DIRECTOR BLAKE EDWARDS ~ DEAD AT 88

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Blake Edwards, director of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) and The
Pink Panther
(1963) died from complications of Pneumonia
Wednesday evening. He was 88.

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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE ON THIS DAY IN 1944

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The Battle of the Bulge began as the German army
launched a surprise counterattack against Allied
forces near the end of World War ll. It took place
in the heavily forested Ardennes mountains in
Belgium.

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THE NEWEST AND MOST POPULAR GIFT ~ 1929

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CHAPLIN’S CAREER BEGAN ON THIS DATE IN 1913

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         Charlie Chaplin began his film career with Mack Sennett’s 
         Keystone Film Company making $150 a week. Chaplin first
         played his most famous role of the TRAMP in the 1914 silent
         film Kid Auto Races at Venice.

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                     Mack Sennett’s Keystone Film Company

             
chaplins first film, Making a living.

               Chaplin’s film debut in…Making a Living (1914)
  

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            Charles S. Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)

 

  

 

 

 

 

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