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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay, Australia
1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, ending the American Civil War
1914 The first full-color film, The World, The Flesh and the Devil, was shown in London
1963 Winston Churchill becomes the first honorary US citizen
1970 Paul McCartney announces the official break-up of the Beatles
I remember as a kid watching The World, The Flesh and the Devil. It certainly wasn't in color on the TV in our house. Of course, nothing was. I've remembered that movie so many times, maybe it was the first movie I ever saw. Thanks for the memory!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen it. I'll have to see if I can check it out now.
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