Archive for May, 2011

FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA (DEC. 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)

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CATE BLANCHETT ~ 42 TODAY

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Catherine  "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress and theatre director. She has
won multiple acting awards, most notably two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Blanchett earned five Academy Awad nominations between 1998 and 2007. She is known for her portrayals of the elf queen Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s The lord of the Rings trilogy (2001,2002,2003), Colonel-Doctor Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and as Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese’s
The Aviator (2004), a role which brought her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Cate in The Aviator

 

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Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Skull.

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BOBBY DARIN ~ (MAY 14, 1936–DEC. 20, 1973)

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SPACE STATION LAUNCHED ON THIS DATE IN 1973

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Skylab One, the first U.S. manned space station, was launched into orbit around Earth by a Saturn V booster rocket (shown below).

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Liftoff of the Saturn V rocket with Skylab One aboard.

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YOU WANTED A GUN JUST LIKE GENE AUTRY’S

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posted by Bob Karm in CHILDREN,CLASSIC ADS,MOVIES,Toys,TV,WESTERN and have No Comments