ACTOR REMEMBERS GENE HACKMAN ~

Morgan Freeman speaks onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Oscars 2025: Watch In Memoriam Segment With Morgan Freeman Honoring Gene  Hackman

Morgan Freeman opened the annual In Memoriam segment at the
2025 Oscars by sharing kind words about his former co-star, Gene Hackman, who died last week.

Freeman addressed the Dolby Theatre audience in Hollywood by
saying, “This week, our community lost a giant — and I lost a dear
friend, Gene Hackman.”

Freeman continued, “I had the pleasure of working alongside Gene
on two films, Unforgiven and Under Suspicion, and like everyone
who ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer and a man whose gifts elevated everyone’s work.

He received two Oscars, but more importantly, he won the hearts
of film lovers all over the world.”

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Unforgiven (1992) Movie: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman Full  Movie Review & Analysis - YouTube
1992
Unforgiven (1992)

Under Suspicion (2000)
2000

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today In History Podcast | Free Listening on Podbean App

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The first issue of Time magazine was published on March
3, 1923. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United
States.

Yale alumni Henry Luce and Briton Hadden sought to
revolutionize news delivery by creating TIME, a news 
publication that offered concise and informative articles.


Time Inc Story - Profile, CEO, Founder, History | Publishing Companies |  SuccessStory

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A BIG CELEBRATION ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Ford Traded the One-Millionth Mustang to Get the First One Back

On March 2, 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor
Company celebrated the
production of its 1 millionth
Mustang
, a white convertible.

The sporty, affordable vehicle was officially launched two
years earlier, on April 17, 1964, at the World’s Fair in
Flushing Meadows,
New York.

That same day, the new car debuted in Ford showrooms
across America; almost immediately, buyers snapped up
nearly 22,000 of them. More than 400,000 Mustangs were
sold within that first year, exceeding sales expectations.

Ford's Mustang Celebrates 50-Year Milestone - Engine Builder Magazine

8213B | 1966 Mustang; Grill Emblem ...

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BIG MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1933

King Kong" playing at the Capitol Theater in 1933.


The movie King Kong premiered in the Radio City Music Hall and
RKO Roxy in New York City on March 2, 1933. U. S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the four-day nationwide bank
holiday three days after the film’s premiere in New York City.

The film was a box-office success and during the opening
weekend earned an estimated $90,000.

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Theatrical advertisement from 1933.

King Kong' Review: 1933 Movie

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SPACE PROBE WAS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY

Pioneer 10 Launch - NASA Science

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, was launched
from Cape Canaveral,
Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar
system’s largest planet.

In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt
and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter
and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular
gas giant.

In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the
next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space.

NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997,
with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion
miles.

Pioneer 10, the Pioneer Plaque & the Pioneer Anomaly | Space

Launched March 1972, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel to Jupiter and send back data ...

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