On March 31, 1999, the writing and directing sibling team of
Lana and Lilly Wachowski release their second film, the mind-
blowing science-fiction blockbuster The Matrix.
Later films include Cloud Atlas (2012) and Jupiter Ascending
(2015). A sequel to The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix
Resurrections, was released in 2021.
Lilly and Lana Wachowsk.
Oklahoma! opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943. In spite of
a less-than-promising lead-up, it would go on to set a Broadway
record of 2,212 performances before finally closing five years
later.
The magnolia tree (left of center, with a silver trunk) dates between the late 1820s and the 1860s.
According to folklore, two trees were planted by Andrew Jackson
to honor his late wife Rachel.
President Trump said “this tree is in terrible condition, a very
dangerous safety hazard, at the White House entrance, no
less, and must now be removed.”
Trump said the historic tree will be chopped down in coming
days, and replaced by another tree.
The president added: "The Historic wood from the tree will be
preserved by the White House Staff, and may be used for other
high and noble purposes!!!"
President Donald Trump-former President Andrew Jackson.
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the
chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by a drifter named
John Hinckley Jr.
The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting
at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his
entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among
a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting
Reagan and three of his attendants.
White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot in the
head and critically wounded, Secret Service agent Timothy
McCarthy was shot in the side, and District of Columbia
policeman Thomas Delahanty was shot in the neck.
After firing the shots, Hinckley (below) was overpowered
and pinned against a wall, and President Reagan, apparently
unaware that he’d been shot, was shoved into his limousine
by a Secret Service agent and rushed to the hospital.
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)
The former convict will be 70 years old May 29th.
Denis Arndt, the Tony Award-nominated actor whose many
onscreen roles included starring in "S.W.A.T."(2003) and
famously interrogating Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct,"
(1992) has died.
According to an obituary published Wednesday, Arndt died
"peacefully in his bed" at his longtime cabin home in Ashland,
Oregon on Tuesday, March 25.
Denis Arndt served in the Vietnam War as a United States
Army helicopter pilot, earning a Purple Heart and Medal of
Commendation
After the war, Arndt flew helicopters in Alaska for several
years before completing a degree at the University of
Washington.
He joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland,
Oregon where he completed 15 seasons and was a charter
member of Seattle‘s Intiman Theatre.
