TIM MAGUIRE
William Oliver Stone is 73 years old today.
1991
JFK was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including
Best Picture, Best Director for Stone and Best Supporting
Actor for Jones and won two for Best Cinematography and
Best Film Editing. It was the most successful of three films
Stone made about American presidents, followed by Nixon
(1995) with Anthony Hopkins in the title role and W. (2008)
with Josh Brolin as George W. Bush.
From left: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill
Clinton, and Yasser Arafat at the agreement signing ceremony.
After decades of bloody animosity, representatives of Israel and Palestine
meet on the South Lawn of the White House and sign a framework for
peace. The “Declaration of Principles” was the first agreement between
the Israelis and Palestinians towards ending their conflict and sharing
the holy land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea that
they both claim as their homeland.
Israel and Palestine signed their first major agreement. Palestine was
granted limited self-government in the Gaza Strip and in Jericho.
ED DANAHUE
Sights and sounds of this day in 2001, when America suffered the worst terrorist attack on its soil.
TIM MAGUIRE
