TIM MAGUIRE

President Clinton (center) with other world leaders came to pay
tribute at the funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein in 1999.

The Orangeburg Massacre was a deadly protest in Orangeburg,
South Carolina in 1968.

A 1915  silent epic drama film released on this day.

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland portrayed secret agent and American hero Jack Bauer on
the hit FOX series 24 (2001–2010). He has also appeared in such films as
Stand By Me (1986), A Few Good Men (1992) and The Lost Boys (1987).

Donald Sutherland (left) with son Keifer.

2002

During the actual filming of "Fun in Acapulco", as Presley remained in Los
Angeles a Presley double was hired to dovetail his long shot scenes with
the rest of the crew while location filming was taking place. The movie
featured the Top 10 Billboard hit "Bossa Nova Baby" and reached #1 on
the national weekly box office charts a week after the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The film would be Presley’s
last release before the arrival of Beatlemania and was the top-grossing
movie musical of 1963.

The comedy film It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was produced and directed
by Stanley Kramer and stars Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast that includes
Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil
Silvers and Jonathan Winters.

The film marked the first time that Kramer had directed a comedy, though he
had produced the comedy So This Is New York in 1948.

The Three Stooges make cameo appearance.

The independent horror film Night of the Living Dead was directed by George
A. Romero and starred  Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. It was completed on
a $114,000 budget and became a financial success, grossing $12 million
domestically and $18 million internationally. The film has been a cult classic 
ever since. Night of the Living Dead has been selected by the Library of
Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, as a film deemed
"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

George Andrew Romero turned 76 in February.