'Confidential'.... a magazine launched in 1952 by Robert Harrison to dig the dirt on the Hollywood stars. 4th April 1958.. Lana Turner's daughter Cheryl ( age 14 ) stabs and murders her mother's lover Johnny Stampanato. The 1960's opened with the publication of ... 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' in England and America..... closely followed by Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' this kind of set the tone for the swinging 60s. The Globe was built in 1599 on the South Bank... not far from the Rose Theatre. The Globe was the first playhouse in London to be owned by the actors themselves. Shakespeare earned his living as an actor... not a writer... and he became a shareholder in the Globe Theatre. Unlike many playwrites, he had no financial pressures on him to write. Robert Houdin was a French watchmaker and inventor. He did nt become a full time magician till he was in his 40s. A certain guy called Erik Weisz was a big fan of his and took the stage name....... Harry Houdini. William Robinson performed as a Chineses Magician.......... Chung Ling Soo.... he even spoke in a fake Chinese language and kept up the Chinese persona at all times in public. He died on stage in 1918, attempting to catch a bullet in his mouth. The great series of plagues that had shadowed England's history finally came to an end when the Brown Rat finally drove out the Black Rat. The Brown Rat harboured a different kind of flea. Lady Diana visited Mother Teresa in India. Diana knew that her charity had received millions from all over the world.... so where was it ? Diana saw people lying in rags on dirty mattresses... this was absurd, what had happened to all that charity money ? Diana could have helped raise millions more, but why should she raise money for the Catholic Church... the richest institution in the world. Also Mother Teresa refused to publish audited figures for her order of nuns. May 1864 the 51 year old Wagner met the 18 year old King Ludvig 2nd of Bavaria. The young King idolized the talented German composer of operas and became his patron. 1905 'The Magic Circle' was formed in London. Plautus is said to have spent his whole life in the theatre. He wrote 150 plays, 21 of which have survived. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. Plautus' comedies are mostly adapted from Greek models for a Roman audience, and are often based directly on the works of the Greek playwrights. He reworked the Greek texts to give them a flavour that would appeal to the local Roman audiences. He was an actor as well as playwrite. John Rich became the manager of Lincoln's Inn Theatre and came to be known as the ... Father of English Pantomime. The Frenchman Charles Perrault became a huge influence on English Pantomime. In 1695, when he was 67 he decided to dedicate himself to his children and published 'Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals' (Histoires ou Contes du Temps passé) (1697), with the subtitle: 'Tales of Mother Goose' from his fairy tale writings we have Puss in Boots Cinderella Sleeping Beauty Little Red Ridinghood Charles Perrault's book became the source of plots for some of the most enduring pantomimes. By the autumn of 1918 London was a frightened city.... having lost 18,000 of its citizens to the Spanish Flu in just a matter of weeks. The "Cult of the Virgin " dates back to the 12 century. The earliest cult figure of the Virgin and Child of any size, is a painted wooden statue in St Denis which dates back to 1130. The painter Rembrandt was steeped in the bible . He knew every story down to the minutest detail. The composers Bach and Handel were both born in 1685. Both went blind from long nights of copying music scores. Both were operated on by the same surgeon Both operations failed. 1751 The Chambers Encyclopaedia was published in England This inspired Diderot and the French Encylopaedists in Paris. Plutarch's.. " Parallel Lives " was widely read in France and inspired the painter 'David' and the French Classical Revival after the execution of King Louis 16th. Henri Paul deposited 164,000 francs into his bank account , shortly before the tragic accident with Lady Diana. "The 30 Years War" 1618 to 1648.... began as a protest by Bohemian Protestants against a violation of thir religious rights. It developed into a revolt against the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand 2nd. It also became a struggle for territory between the Hapsburg Empire .. France... Spain and Sweden. France emerged with her frontiers enlarged and her influence enhanced. The Hapsburg power was curtailed to mainly Austria. It all ended in 1648 with the Treaty of Westphalia . In 70 years we have gone from the first crude air flight.... to walking on the moon. Most of the huge leaps of technology took place after 1947....... is it just a coincidence that Roswell happened in 1947 ? Rumour has it that at Roswell the US Military intelligence captured aliens who have since brought on the astounding technology... computors, digital TV etc..... that we see around us today. Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered ? in 1965. She investigated the Kennedy assassination and discovered that Ruby, Oswald and Bernie Weissman all met up in Ruby's strip club a week before the assassination. Winston Churchill took part in the last cavalry charge of the British Army under Lord Kitchener. Anthony Eden won the Military Cross in 1917. Harold MacMillan was wounded 3 times in the First World War. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jayne Mansfield was more than a dumb blonde, she was a skilled pianist and violinist .... (can't think of any movies in which she displayed these skills !) Peter Ustinov's ancestry was white Russian.... his father was a British Spy. Yul Brynner was born in Siberia. Cecil B De Mille owned a girl's school. Peter Falk lost his right eye at the age of 3. In 1810 Napoleon offered a prize of 12,000 francs for someone to invent a means of preserving food for French troops on long expeditions. Nicolas Appert .. a chef.... came up with the idea of a tin can and won the prize. By 1992 US Breweries had been consolidated into just 5 giant breweries controlling 90% of the huge US beer market. 80% of the world's computors now operate on Intel microchips. The Camera Obscura was being used by artists as an aid to drawing , as far back as the 1500's Sir Robert Watson Watt developed radar for aircraft detection.... he was a direct descendent of James Watt who developed the steam engine in the 18th cent. By 1580 the codpiece went out of fashion, they were thought far too lewd for genteel society. The modern Greek language has the longest continual existance of any Indo European language Superman.... the world's first cartoon superhero... was created by two 17 year old guys.... writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jo Shuster. The Bank of England was founded in 1694. Kama..... the ancient Indian God of all things pleasurable... including erotic sex. Sutra..... means short book. In 1945 Arthur C Clarke predicted that satellites would one day transmit TV pictures around the globe Telstar was launched in 1962 to relay TV transmissions between USA, France and Britain. Feb 1984 ..... Bruce McCandless did a space walk with a jet pack strapped to his back... this was the very first space walk without an umbilical cable. Gordo.... the first monkey in space went up in Dec 1958 . The poor guy survived the space flight but on re-entry drowned in the ocean as his flotation device failed. The Gatling gun , developed during the American Civil War.... first used in 1861... was the first successful machine gun ..... capable of firing 200 rounds per minute. The Maxim Gun came out in 1884.... this was the first truly automatic machine gun.... capable of firing 500 rounds per minute. Maxim emigrated to England where he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1901. The MI6 was founded in 1909 as the overseas arm of the SIS ( Secret Intelligence Service ) The MI5 was also founded in 1909 as the intelligence agency for internal security and domestic counter intelligence. The Gestapo was established in 1933 and took over the role of the Prussian Secret Police. From 1934 the Gestapo's role was extended over the whole of Germany.... with the exception of Bavaria..... which came under Himmler and his SS troops. Later Goering handed over control of the Gestapo to Himmler. James Bond was introduced to the world in 1953 with the publication of Casino Royale. |
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