Archive for February 8th, 2022

ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor
to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations, In 1999, the American
Film Institute
ranked him the 18th best male movie star
of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars
list.

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1955

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GUADALCANAL SECURED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

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On February 8, 1943, Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal,
leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign.

The American victory paved the way for other Allied wins in the
Solomon Islands.

Guadalcanal is the largest of the Solomons, a group of 992 islands
and atolls, 347 of which are inhabited, in the South Pacific Ocean.

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"Guadalcanal" Painting by Keinichi Nakamura 1943.

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