James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
James Dean was one of those rare stars whose persona became more famous than any of his films — and yet he would only live to see one of those films released. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s epic novel “East of Eden” (1955).
James Dean’s brief yet iconic time in the spotlight came to an abrupt end when he died in a tragic car accident . The details of his death remain both perplexing and disturbing to this day.
It was on this day in 1968 when a South Carolina civil rights protest turned deadly.
Businessman William Dickson Boyce (1858 – 1929) incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on this day in 1910. According to Scouting magazine, Boyce was completely lost in a thick London fog in 1909 when a boy came up to him and led him to where he wanted to go.
The funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein was on this day in 1999.
President Clinton (center) among those attending the funeral of King Hussein.
The Birth of a Nation(originally calledThe Clansman)is a 1915 American silentepicdrama film directed and co-produced byD. W. Griffithandstarring Lillian Gish.The screenplay is adapted from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay (with Frank E. Woods), and co-produced the film (with Harry Aitken). The film premiered on this day in 1915.
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993)
A civil rights protest in Orangeburg, South Carolina turned deadly on this day in 1968. The incident became know as the Orangeburg Massacre.
William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on this day in 1910.
William Dickson "W. D." Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929)
James Byron Dean(February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
Actor James Dean starred in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “East of Eden” (both 1955). He became a cultural icon well before he died in a car crash at age 24.He became the first actor to have received multiple posthumous acting nominations.
