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PRESIDENTIAL RUN ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot five times by Arthur Bremer
while campaigning for the U.S. Presidency in Laurel, MD. The shots left Wallace permanently paralyzed from the waist down.


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Arthur Bremer is taken into custody by Maryland police moments
after Wallace was shot

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George Wallace (in wheelchair) with Ted Kennedy

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FIRST DETECTIVE STORY IN THIS DAY IN 1841

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George Rex Graham, founder of Graham’s Magazine,hired Edgar
Allan Poe as a critic and editor in February 1841 at an annual salary
of $800. The magazine was the first to publish Poe’s first detective
story "
The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Poe left Graham’s employ
in April 1842 but still made occasional contributions.

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George R. Graham

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Title page for Graham’s Magazine, June 1852

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ACTRESS BARBARA HALE TURNED 90 TODAY

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Barbara Hale is best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street
on more than 250 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason CBS
television series and later reprising the role in 30 made-for-TV
movies.

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NEW TO DVD THIS WEEK !

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Malloy and Reed hit the streets one last time in the 4-disc DVD
release of the 7th and final season of the TV series Adam-12.

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SUPPORTING ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

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John Arthur Kennedy
(February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990)

Arthur Kennedy got his big break when he was discovered by James
Cagney. His first film role was of Cagney’s younger brother in City for
Conquest in 1940. He appeared in many Western films and police
dramas, equally adapting as hero or villain.

Kennedy won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his stage
portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman in 1949. His role in Trial
(1955) won him a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor
and his part as the newspaper reporter in Elmer Gantry (1960)
gained him a Film Daily Award and a Limelight Award.   


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1952

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Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, and James Stewart from Bend of the River

 

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Arthur Kennedy as seen in Elmer Gantry

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