FRANK SINATRA AND HIS 1955 FORD T-BIRD

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WAR MOVIE OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1979

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Apocalypse Now, the acclaimed Vietnam War film directed
by Francis Ford Coppola, opened in theaters around the
United States on August 15, 1979.

The film was inspired in part by Joseph Conrad’s 1899
novella Heart of Darkness, among other sources.

The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards,
including
Best Picture
, Best Director (Coppola), and
Best Supporting Actor (Duvall); it went on to win Best
Cinematography
and Best Sound.

Apocalypse Now
is today considered one of the greatest
films ever
made
.

′The Godfather′ of filmmaking, Francis Ford Coppola turns 80 | Film | DW | 06.04.2019
Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now (1979) - Backdrops — The Movie Database (TMDb)
‘I love the smell Of Napalm in The Morning’… Robert
Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore.

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Harrison Ford

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Dennis Hopper

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Laurence Fishburne

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MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENED ON THIS DAY

Woodstock Ticket Display Poster

On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock music festival opened
on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate
New York town of Bethel.

Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and
Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to
raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll
retreat near the town of Woodstock, New York.

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Woodstock 69 opening 2014 - YouTube

Jimi Hendrix in Woodstock, 1969 | ssssimone!

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KEEP YOUR PHONE CLEAN AND SANITARY

Sani-Phone Hygienic Telephone Discs Ad, World Almanac and … | Flickr
   1912

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THE ‘’BRICKYARD’’ OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1909

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Indianapolis businessman
Carl G. Fisher
first
envisioned building the speedway in 1905 and
construction began in March of 1909.

At one time the whole track used to be paved
with bricks. The bricks were replaced with
asphalt in the 1930’s.

In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway
also hosts
NASCAR‘s Verizon 200 and Pennzoil
150
.

The  Speedway is currently owned by Roger
Penske
‘s company Penske Corporation.





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Carl Graham Fisher (1874–1938)


    
    
    
Roger Penske isn't interested in hearing any excuses about Ford's performance - alt_driver   
Roger Penske

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The speedway is located in Speedway, Indiana.


One yard, of original bricks remain today 
exposed at the start-finish line.
  

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