By the time James Cameron (above) took the stage to accept
his Academy Award for Best Director on the night of March 23,
1998, the Oscar dominance of his blockbuster film Titanic was
all but assured.
Titanic tied the record for most Oscar nominations with 14—
joining 1950’s _All About Eve—_and by night’s end would tie
with Ben Hur (1959) for most wins by sweeping 11 categories,
including the coveted Best Picture.
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Canadian born actor William Shatner is 94 years old today. His
career spans seven decades and is best known for his portrayal
of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut
as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of
the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as
Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek
Generations (1994).
The History Channel series debuted July 19, 2019.
On March 22, 1893, the first women’s college basketball game
was played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
With each made basket counting as one point and the game
lasting two 15-minute halves, a sophomore class team prevailed
over a freshmen team, 5-4.
Men are not permitted inside the gym at the all-women college,
but a crowd of fascinated women cheered on their fellow
classmates from the running track of the campus gymnasium.
The winning team earned a gold and white banner.
SANDY KOZEL
Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario
of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more
than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has
composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two
film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.
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2004
Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his famous search
through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David
Livingstone.
In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were
fascinated by the continent of Africa. Few did more to
increase Africa’s fame than Livingstone, one of the United
Kingdom’s most famous explorers.
In August 1865, he set out on a planned two-year expedition
to find the source of the Nile River. Livingstone also wanted
to help bring about the abolition of the slave trade, which
was devastating Africa’s population.
Almost six years after his expedition began, little had been
heard from Livingstone. James Gordon Bennett, Jr., editor
of the New York Herald, decided to capitalize on the public’s
craze for news of the explorer. He sent Stanley to lead an
expedition into the African wilderness to find Livingstone
or bring back proof of his death.
Henry Morton Stanley (1841 – 1904)
David Livingstone (1813 – 1873)
