{"id":1502,"date":"2009-06-09T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2009\/06\/09\/on-this-day-in-history\/"},"modified":"2009-06-09T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T19:19:00","slug":"on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2009\/06\/09\/on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t1870<\/b><\/span>: Author Charles Dickens died at age 58.<\/p>\n

So Charles Dickens death is not as exciting as Mark Wahlberg’s birthday. BUT, his stories became the basis of a lot of movies. Here are two titles that were made and remade (and are available in our home use collection).<\/p>\n

Great Expectations<\/a> (1946) – HU DVD 4777
Great Expectations<\/a> (1998) – HU DVD 3962<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oliver Twist<\/a> (1948) – HU DVD 633
Oliver Twist<\/a> (2005) – HU DVD 1773<\/p>\n

1973<\/b><\/span> Secretariat became horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.<\/p>\n

Horse racing. Frankly, I get more excited about wearing a large hat than I do about the actual horses. Never the less, here are some movies or or centered around horse racing.

Charlie Chan at the race track<\/a> – HU DVD 4002
A day at the races<\/a> – HU DVD 3415
The first Saturday in May<\/a> – DVD 4365
Seabiscuit <\/a>– DVD 1176
Shadow of the thin man<\/a> – HU DVD 4974<\/p>\n

1980:<\/b><\/span> Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home when a mixture of “free-base” cocaine exploded.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t help but post this fun fact. Get your friends together and come watch this 1982 film here in Media Services.<\/p>\n

Richard Pryor live on the Sunset Strip<\/a> – VHS 2832<\/p>\n

(See more events “On This Day”<\/a> at the New York Times website)\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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