| It
was on this day... | 1964
Calls For Help In Leaning Tower of Pisa Slow-Mo Collapse
| The
Italian government puts out a call, on this day, for help in stopping the Leaning
Tower of Pisa from it's slow-motion collapse. The
Leaning Tower of Pisa, a medieval building, is one of Italy's top tourist attractions
but was believed to be in imminent danger of complete collapse in the event of
an earthquake or violent storm. Work
on the tower didn't actually start until 1999 when engineers began removing soil
from the north side in an attempt to force the tower to re-balance itself, which
proved successful. |
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was on this day... | 1936
Shirley Temple Receives The Unheard of Sum of $50,000 a
film. | Shirley
Temple signs a contract with 20th Century Fox in which the 7 year-old star will
receive $50,000 a picture, a record. Temple
became the number one box office draw in 1938 and is credited with helping 20th
Century Fox weather the depression. Some
of Shirley Temple's biggest films were: Poor Little Rich Girl, Wee Willie Winkie,
Heidi, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. As
she entered her teenage years her movie career declined. She would later take
up a successful political and public service career. |
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this page to a friend | | Birthdays | 1943 |
Mary Frann | 1934 |
Ralph Nader | 1932 |
Elizabeth Taylor | 1902 |
John Steinbeck | 1807 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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News | 1933
The Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, is set on fire. 1974
The first issue of People magazine, a weekly entertainment and popular news title,
goes on sale for the first time in the USA. 1990
The Exxon Corporation is indicted on five criminal charges relating to the 1989
Alaskan oil spill. |
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