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HUMANITARIAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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            Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) 

Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist credited
with saving the lives of about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust
of World World War ll by employing them at his enamelware and
ammunitions factories, located in what is now Poland and the
Czech Republic. He is the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler’s
Ark
, and the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List.

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Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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LOOKING BACK AT THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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     Stone in Vietnam (Sept. 16, 1967 – late November, 1968)

Oliver Stone was part of the battle at Firebase Burt on the
evening of January 1, 1968.  He was wounded twice and
awarded the Bronz Star for combat gallantry. He was also
awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.

Oliver Stone today

Oliver Stone is 66 today

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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    Grace Patricia Kelly
(November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982)

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Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Grace on their wedding day in
April, 1956

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ON THIS NIGHT ELEVEN YEARS AGO

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Ground zero night operations

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