Archive for 2013

WESTERN ICON BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1859

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                     William H. Bonney
 
(William Henry McCarty, Jr.) 

                          (November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881) 

Bonney became a frontier outlaw in the American Old West. According to legend,
he killed 21 men, but it is generally believed that he killed between four and nine

men. He himself was shot dead at age twenty-one by legendary sheriff Pat Garrett.


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                         Pat Garrett

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JAMIE LEE CURTIS IS 55 TODAY ~

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Jamie Lee Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, to actor Tony 
Curtis and actress Janet Leigh.

Her film debut was in the 1978 John Carpenter horror film Halloween. It 
was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time and 
earned Curtis the title, "scream queen".

 

jamie lee curtis in halloween

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FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY ~

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       John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

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Famous frame from the Zapruder film: President Kennedy is being struck in the 
throat by the initial shot.

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JFK That Awful Day

JFK That Awful Day

BULLITON KENNEDY DEAD

Lyndon Johnson Being Sworn In

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th U.S. President by Judge Sarah 
T. Hughes aboard Air Force One

 

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THE LAST FULL DAY OF KENNEDY’S LIFE

President John F. Kennedy’s impromptu speech in the parking lot, Fort 
Worth, TX

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The Kennedys and the Johnsons attending an evening fundraiser on
November 21, 1963 in Houston.

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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                      ap on air shdw

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