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THESE PAST EVENTS MADE TODAY’S HISTORY
ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL DRAMA OPENED
Schindler’s List, starring Liam Neeson in the true story of
a German businessman who saves the lives of more than
a thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust, opened in
theaters.
The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and took
home seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best
Director.
It was the first Best Director win for Spielberg, who had
been nominated in the category for three of his earlier
films: 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1981’s
Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1982’s E.T.: The Extra-
Terrestrial.

Director Steven Spielberg will be 79 December 18th.

HOLLYWOOD ICON AND WIFE FOUND DEAD
The sitcom television series aired on CBS for nine seasons
from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979.

(FOX NEWS) – Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner,
68, have died, according to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Rob Reiner was a film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and
political activist.
“Personally, I am heartbroken by the tragic loss of Rob and his
wife Michele," Bass said.
Fox News Digital previously confirmed that two bodies were
found inside Reiner’s Brentwood home Sunday. Los Angeles
Fire Department officials responded to a home on the 200
block of Chadbourne Ave. at around 3:30 p.m.
Senior law enforcement officials report that both had stab
wounds, and their deaths are being investigated as apparent
homicides. Their bodies were reportedly found by their
daughter Romy.
SWEEPING EPIC MOVIE PREMIERED IN L.A.
On November 4, 1990, Dances with Wolves, a film about an
American Civil War-era soldier and a group of Sioux Native
Americans that stars Kevin Costner and also marks his
directorial debut, premiered in Los Angeles.
The film, which opened across the United States on November
21, 1990, was a surprise box-office success and earned 12
Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for Costner.
Dances with Wolves took home seven Oscars, including Best
Picture and Best Director, and solidified Costner’s place on
Hollywood’s A-list.
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SLASHER FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY
John Carpenter’s "Halloween" premiered, sending chills
across small towns nationwide.
Produced for $300,000, the slasher movie grossed more
than $47 million in North America.
Jamie Lee Curtis, 19 at the time, was paid only $8,000 for
her film debut.
Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising 13 films
which helped construct an extensive backstory for Michael
Myers.

Jamie Lee Curtis will be 67 years young on November 22.
Nick Castle played Michael Meyers right.
John Howard Carpenter (77)

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