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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 86 years old today.
Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two
Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also
received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA
Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008.
1991
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)
Reagan died of pneumonia, complicated by Alzheimer’s
disease,[at his home in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles,
California, on the afternoon of June 5, 2004. A short time
after his death, Nancy Reagan released a statement saying,
"My family and I would like the world to know that President
Ronald Reagan has died after 10 years of Alzheimer’s
disease at 93 years of age. We appreciate everyone’s
prayers."
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Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ. on this day in 1879.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran special trains to Menlo Park on the
day of the demonstration in response to public enthusiasm over the event.
Although the first incandescent lamp had been produced 40 years earlier, no inventor had been able to come up with a practical design until Edison, after
countless tests, developed a high-resistance carbon-thread filament that
burned steadily for hours and an electric generator sophisticated enough to
power a large lighting system.
Thomas Edison’s greatest contribution to the modern industrial world came
from his work in electricity. He acquired 1,093 patents in his lifetime and
died in 1931 at the age of 84.
The 1879-Thomas-Edison -Longines-Wittnauer-
Bronze-Commemorative-Medal.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 81 years old today.
Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins is best known for his portrayal
of the ingenious serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence
of the Lambs (1991), a role that won him the Academy Award
for Best Actor. He has also played roles in The Mask of Zorro
(1998), and Nixon (1995). He turned to TV in 2016 upon landing
a starring role on HBO’s Westworld.
Anthony Hopkins portraying Hannibal Lecter from The Silence
of the Lambs.
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On this day in 1879, Thomas Edison gave his first demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ.
On this day in 1961, the U.S. Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is80 years old today.
Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins is best known for his portrayal of the serial
killer Hannibal Lecter, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best
Actor.
1991
Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.
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Thomas Edison with his Electric Light Bulb.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 79 today.
Anthony Hopkins was encouraged by actor Richard Burton
to pursue acting at age 15.
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