WAR MOVIE ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 69

Full Metal Jacket' star Kevyn Major Howard dies at 69

(TMZ) – Kevyn Major Howard, the actor best known for playing
Rafterman in the war movie Full Metal Jacket, has died.

Howard’s family told TMZ that he died at a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by loved ones on Friday, Feb. 14.

According to the outlet, Howard had been in hospital in the
weeks before his death due to respiratory issues. His official
cause of death, however, has yet to be determined.

Full Metal Jacket Star Kevyn Major Howard Dies at 69

Full Metal Jacket - Wikipedia
1987

Kevyn Major Howard dead at 69: Full Metal Jacket actor passes away after  being hospitalized for weeks | Daily Mail Online

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FIRST U.S. 9-1-1 CALL PLACED IN 1968


At 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 1968, history was
made. That’s when state Rep. Rankin Fite made the
first call to 911 in the nation.

Alabama marks the 50th anniversary of the first call to 911 | WHNT.com
U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill answers the first 911 call at the
Haleyville (Ala.) police station with “Hello.” Directly
behind him is Bull Connor, head of the state’s Public
Service Commission, and B.W. Gallagher, president
of the Alabama Telephone Co.

February 16, 1968 saw the first official "911" call placed in the
United States. Now taken for granted as first course of action
in the event of emergency by nearly all of the nation’s 327
million people, 911 is a relatively recent invention and was
still not standard across the United States for many years
after its adoption by Congress.

As telephones became common in U.S. households, fire
departments around the country recommended establishing
a single, simple number to be dialed in the event of a fire or
other emergency.

A similar system had been implemented in the United Kingdom
decades earlier, in 1936, when the code 999 was chosen for
emergency telegraph and phone communications.  

The Federal Communications Commission decided to act in
1967, but the number itself came not from the government
but from AT&T.

   


The red phone used to make the first call to 911.


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DISNEY MOVIE OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1950

Cinderella (1950) Poster #1 - Trailer Addict

On this day in 1950, Cinderella made a bibbidi, bobbidi de-boo
in theaters. In the ads to market the film, Cinderella promised
to “Put a smile in your heart… and laughter in your dreams.”

The ad continued, “A story written in stardust… six years in
the making… Walt Disney’s Cinderella will give a new gleam
to your hopes, a new lift to your life.

You’ll take it to your heart, not only because it’s the greatest
love story ever told — though that’s reason enough if you’ve
ever been in love. But because it’s so full of the wonderful fun,
hilarious characters, singable songs — the sheer enchantment
that comes only from Disneyland.”

THIS DAY IN DISNEY February 15, 1950 ...

Cinderella Was Released in Theaters in 1950—Here's How it Went

Picture of Palace Theater (Gary, Indiana)

Cinderella 1950 Disney Movie

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FIRST ‘’TEDDY’’ SOLD ON THIS DAY IN 1903

Who Invented the Teddy Bear? | HISTORY

On February 15, 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris
Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window,
advertising them as Teddy bears.

Michtom had earlier petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt
for permission to use his nickname, Teddy.

The president agreed and, before long, other toy manufacturers
began turning out copies of Michtom’s stuffed bears, which
soon became a national childhood institution.

Teddy Bear: Rose & Morris Michtom


Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

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PRICELESS GUITAR DESTROYED IN MOVIE

Smashed Hateful Eight Martin acoustic goes on display for first time |  Guitar World

Double Feature Suggestion: The Hateful Eight & Green Room – dusty DVD
  2015

The guitar destroyed by Kurt Russell’s character was not a prop
but an antique 1870s
Martin guitar lent by the Martin Guitar
Museum. According to sound mixer
Mark Ulano, the guitar was
supposed to have been switched with a copy to be destroyed,
but this was not communicated to Russell; everyone on the set
was "pretty freaked out" at the guitar’s destruction, and actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine, though "Tarantino
was in a corner of the
room with a funny curl on his lips, because
he got something
out of it with the performance."

Museum director Dick Boak said that the museum was not told
that the script included a scene that called for a guitar being s
mashed, and determined that it was irreparable.

The insurance remunerated the purchase value of the guitar
and as a result of the incident, the museum no longer lends
props to film productions.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Hateful Eight song: Jim Jones at Botany Bay - Jennifer Jason Leigh (Kurt  Russel breaks guitar scene) - YouTube

Kurt Russell | Rotten Tomatoes
Kurt Russell will be 74 in March.

Priceless 1870s Guitar Accidentally Destroyed in Tarantino Film - Musing on  Music
Director Quentin Tarantino.

Quentin Tarantino on The Hateful Eight


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