LOOKING BACK AT A HITCHCOCK CAMEO

“Lifeboat” (1944)
William Bendix in “Lifeboat” (1944) 20th Century Fox.

This is one of the iconic Hitchcock cameos mostly because of
the logistics of it. After all, this is a film about a group of people
stranded on a lifeboat. How could Hitch finagle himself in? Why
by having himself appear in an ad in a newspaper. Hitchcock
can be seen in the before-and-after photos for Reduco Obesity
Slayer.

Lifeboat | Movie posters, Hitchcock, Alfred hitchcock

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LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION ON THIS DAY

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation | Fox News

On October 3, 1863, expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army
victory at Gettysburg, President
Abraham Lincoln announced that
the nation will celebrate an official
Thanksgiving holiday on
November 26, 1863.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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POLITICAL HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

(FOX NEWS) – Lawmakers have voted to oust Speaker Kevin
McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, the first time in the
history of the House of Representatives that the chamber voted
to boot a member from the top job.
 

Eight Republicans voted with every present Democrat to vacate
the speaker’s chair. The final vote was 216 to 210 in favor of
McCarthy’s ouster.

Gaetz surrounded by media

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy.

Republican North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is the new temporary leader
of the House of Representatives.

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SIMPSON WAS ACQUITTED ON THIS DAY IN 1995

Today in photo history - 1995: O.J. Simpson acquitted of double murder

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson
was acquitted of the brutal
1994 double murder of his estranged
wife,
Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers
employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors
that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable
doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a
“mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.

American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson: Where the Real-Life Players Are Now | E! News

‘Let 1994 go’: Simpson case’s racial symbolism now a relic | The Seattle Times

O.J. Obsessed | Envisioning The American Dream

Simpson Trial : Latest News, Breaking News Headlines | Scoopnest

AP Was There: Police question OJ Simpson in killings

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FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JISTICE

Thurgood Marshall Becomes The First Black Judge On The United States Supreme Court - African ...

On September 2, 1967, Chief Justice Earl Warren swore
in
Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court.

As chief counsel for the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (
NAACP) in the 1940s 
and ’50s, Marshall was the architect and executor of
legal strategy that ended the era of official racial
segregation 


                                        MR. HALL'S AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS: Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993)
                                         
Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993)       
      
                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                     


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