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'''On This Day in History and Fiction'''
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Better Than News

  • M*A*S*H (an acronym for Medieval Army Surgical Hospital) is a war comedy drama television which follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at various times and places in Medieval Europe.

    M*A*S*H (an acronym for Medieval Army Surgical Hospital) is a war comedy drama television which follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at various times and places in Medieval Europe.

  • The Bounty Whacker is a 2010 American action comedy film about a landscape architect (Gerard Butler) hired to retrieve his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), who has skipped bail.

    The Bounty Whacker is a 2010 American action comedy film about a landscape architect (Gerard Butler) hired to retrieve his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), who has skipped bail.

  • Monumental Barkitecture is a canine modern dance company famed for their imitations of monuments, ziggurats, and other large-scale sculptural works.

    Monumental Barkitecture is a canine modern dance company famed for their imitations of monuments, ziggurats, and other large-scale sculptural works.

  • I'm OK, You're OK, Throw the Ball is a self-help book by celebrity animal trainer Thomas Anthony Harris. It is a practical guide to humans throwing things and dogs fetching them as a method for solving problems in life.

    I'm OK, You're OK, Throw the Ball is a self-help book by celebrity animal trainer Thomas Anthony Harris. It is a practical guide to humans throwing things and dogs fetching them as a method for solving problems in life.

  • Home for the Holidays is a 2024 family comedy-drama science fiction adventure film directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Bancroft.

    Home for the Holidays is a 2024 family comedy-drama science fiction adventure film directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Bancroft.

  • A Piece of the Casino is a science fiction crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonard Nimoy and Sharon Stone.

    A Piece of the Casino is a science fiction crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonard Nimoy and Sharon Stone.

  • Dune: Par 5 is a science fiction sports novel by Frank Herbert and Tiger Woods.

    Dune: Par 5 is a science fiction sports novel by Frank Herbert and Tiger Woods.

  • "I'm Just a Slinger (in a Rock and Roll Band)" is a song by the Doubly Some.

    "I'm Just a Slinger (in a Rock and Roll Band)" is a song by the Doubly Some.

  • 2001: A Cain Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction religion film about a farmer (Cain) who rises up and slays his brother (Abel), leading up to a tense showdown between man and God that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

    2001: A Cain Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction religion film about a farmer (Cain) who rises up and slays his brother (Abel), leading up to a tense showdown between man and God that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

  • Cool Hand Lube is a 1967 psychological crime thriller film about Luke Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran who wages a one-man war on corrupt parking meters.

    Cool Hand Lube is a 1967 psychological crime thriller film about Luke Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran who wages a one-man war on corrupt parking meters.

Are You Sure

• ... that American physicist and Soviet spy Theodore Hall worked on the Manhattan Project), and that Hall gave Soviet intelligence a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, along with several processes for purifying plutonium?

• ... that biochemist and academic Severo Ochoa Arthur Kornberg were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid"?

• ... that aerospace engineer and weapons designer Ludwig Roth headed Germany's Future Projects Office during the Second World War, developing advanced rocket designs; and that near the end of the war, Roth was recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1585: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer Jan Brożek born. Brożek will contribute to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories, and be Copernicus' ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.

    1585: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer Jan Brożek born. Brożek will contribute to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories, and be Copernicus' ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.

  • 1790: Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.

    1790: Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.

  • 1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration Alice and Niles Dancing is a smash hit.

    1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration Alice and Niles Dancing is a smash hit.

  • 1967: Aerospace engineer and weapons designer Ludwig Roth dies. During World War II, Roth headed Germany's Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rocket designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Near the end of the war, Roth was recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip.

    1967: Aerospace engineer and weapons designer Ludwig Roth dies. During World War II, Roth headed Germany's Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rocket designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Near the end of the war, Roth was recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

    1973: Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

  • 1993: Biochemist and academic Severo Ochoa dies. In 1959, Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid".

    1993: Biochemist and academic Severo Ochoa dies. In 1959, Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid".

  • 1999: American physicist and Soviet spy Theodore Hall dies. During his work on US efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II (the Manhattan Project), Hall gave Soviet intelligence a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, along with several processes for purifying plutonium.

    1999: American physicist and Soviet spy Theodore Hall dies. During his work on US efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II (the Manhattan Project), Hall gave Soviet intelligence a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, along with several processes for purifying plutonium.

Topic of the Day

Star Trek

  • The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner.

    The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner.

  • "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

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