coolchicksfromhistory: Young widow Yvonne Roques worked with Bishop Paul Rémond in Nice to hide approximately a hundred Jewish children during World War II. Yvonne’s home served as a way station before […]
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on May 21, 1924, Leopold & Loeb attempt the ‘perfect crime’ by murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a ‘thrill killing’ above, Loeb’s ‘girlfriend’, Germaine Reinhardt, who was a witness at their infamous […]
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The first Academy Awards ceremony were held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor the outstanding film achievements of the 1927/1928 film season Frank Borzage’s Seventh […]
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Plane Crazy is an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, produced in 1928 by The Walt Disney Studio, was the first to feature the character Mickey Mouse (and Minnie!). It was […]
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded on this day, May 11, 1927 above – posters for the first ever (and last ever) set of Best Picture […]
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On May 1, 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building’s lights. Hoover’s gesture, […]
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Ethel Jane Cain (May 1, 1909 – September 19, 1996) was a British telephonist and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom [listen!!!]. She was appointed in […]
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women pose in front of a Butchertown building damaged by the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, which struck at 5:12 am, Wednesday, April 18 plenty more photos can be found here […]
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chicagohistorymuseum: Group portrait of the University of Chicago Jazz Band playing their instruments, 1926.