On August 11, 1973, the nostalgic teenage coming-of-age
movie American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George
Lucas, opened in theaters across the United States. Set in
California in the summer of 1962, the film was nominated 
for five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best
Picture, and helped launch the big-screen careers of Richard 
Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford, as well as the former child actor
and future Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.

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Harrison Ford

The Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums, education
and research centers, the largest such complex in the world,
created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge”.  Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a
trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the
three branches of the federal government. The institution is
named after its founding donor, British scientist James
Smithson. It was originally organized as the United States
National Museum, but that name ceased to exist in 1967.
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James Smithson  (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829)

WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING AT THE STORE AND IT’S ALWAYS OUT OF REACH ON THE TOP SHELF!

"King of the Hill" voice actor Johnny M. Hardwick has died.

Hardwick’s death was confirmed to Fox News Digital by
the Austin (Texas) Police Department.

The police responded to a welfare check call on Tuesday
and found a deceased body that was later identified as
Hardwick. The actor’s death is not being investigated
as a homicide. , Austin police told Fox News Digital.

The cause of death will be determined by the Travis
County Medical Examiner but remains unknown at
this time.

Hardwick had four Prime Time Emmy nominations and in 
1999 he won an Emmy Award for his work as a producer
on King of the Hill.

On August 10, 1984, the action thriller Red Dawn, starring
Patrick Swayze, opened in theaters as the first movie to be
released with a PG-13 rating. The Motion Picture Association
of America (MPAA), which oversees the movie rating system,
had announced the new PG-13 category in July of that same
year.