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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the UN Assembly in 1960.
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12
Oct
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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12
Oct
ACCLAIMED ACTOR HAS DIED FROM CANCER
Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (Robert Wallace Foster Jr.)
(July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019)
Breaking Bad and Jackie Brown star Robert Forster has died aged
78.
The Oscar-nominated veteran actor died from brain cancer – the
day his new film, the Breaking Bad movie El Camino was released.
Forster was born in Rochester, New York, and began training to
become an actor at the University of Rochester, where he was as
a law student.
He would earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and took starring roles
in the student drama productions.
Forster landed a role on Broadway before appearing Reflections
In A Golden Eye by John Huston, which would spark his long
career.
1968
Robert Forster and Carla Gugino in the crime drama TV series Karen
Sisco, debuted on October 1, 2003 on ABC and was canceled after
seven episodes.
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12
Oct
MOVIE STAR KILLED ON THIS DAY IN 1940
Cowboy-movie star Tom Mix was killed when he lost control of his speeding
Cord Phaeton convertible (above) and rolls into a dry wash (now called the
Tom Mix Wash) near Florence, Arizona. He was 60 years old. Today, visitors
to the site of the accident can see a 2-foot–tall iron statue of a rudderless
horse (below) and a somewhat awkwardly written plaque that reads: “In
memory of Tom Mix whose spirit left his body on this spot and whose characterization and portrayals in life served to better fix memories of
the Old West in the minds of living men.”
Mix was born in Driftwood, Pennsylvania; deserted the Army in 1902; and
was a drum major in the Oklahoma Territorial Cavalry band when he went
off to Hollywood in 1909. Before there was a Clint Eastwood and before
there was a John Wayne … there was Tom Mix.
Thomas Edwin Mix (Thomas Hezikiah Mix)
(January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940)
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11
Oct
SHOW MADE TV DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1975
Saturday Night Live (SNL), a topical comedy sketch show featuring Chevy
Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane
Curtin and Laraine Newman, makes its debut on NBC; it will go on to
become the longest-running, highest-rated show on late-night television.
The 90-minute program, which from its inception has been broadcast live
from Studio 8H in the GE Building at Rockefeller Center, includes a
different guest host and musical act each week. The opening sketch of
each show ends with one actor saying, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday
Night!”
10
Oct
DAVID LEE ROTH IS 65 TODAY
Rock vocalist David Lee Roth was with Van Halen from 1974 to 1985 and went
on to pursue a solo career. He has a webcast via YouTube called The Roth
Show. He was born into a family of surgeons, working as a hospital orderly
while attending Pasadena City College. Before becoming a rock star, he was
a radio personality.
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