Most days we appear to live in a world gone mad, a time and place in which ignorance of history is treated as a kind of virtuous purity. But sometimes, cosmically, the right movie arrives at just the right time: right now Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk feels like a salve. Its visual and sound effects are elaborate and impressive. This is a grand spectacle, not an empty one, a rare example of the Hollywood blockbuster dollar well spent. Read More...
June 7 Calendar 555 Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies King of Scots (1306-1329) and national hero, dies at 54
1337 William the Good, Count of Hainaut and Earl of Holland and Zealand, dies at about 49 1358 Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305) 1394 Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II, dies at 28 1492 Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64 1549 Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded 1555 Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 1571 Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer, dies at 68 1618 Thomas West, 3rd & 12th Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist and Governor of Virginia, dies at 40 1626 Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, dies at 76 1654 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L'adamo), dies at 76 1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried 1672 Willem Joseph van Gendt [Ghent], Dutch admiral and Governor of Breda, dies struck by artillery during the Battle of Solebay at about 37 1676 Paul Gerhardt, German Luthern hymnist, dies at 69 1710 Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (1661-67), dies at 65 1711 Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. Read More...
October1973 Calendar Oct 1 Rodney Kite-Powell, historian Oct 2 Efren Ramirez, American actor Oct 2 Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian Eurodance-pop singer (Aqua - "Barbie Girl"), born in Tønsberg, Norway Oct 2 Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician Oct 2 Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1973) Oct 2 Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian entertainer Oct 3 Black Thought [Tariq Trotter], American rapper, hip-hop MC (The Roots), and actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [some source give year as 1971, others as 1972] Oct 3 Grace Dent, English food critic (Guardian), born in Carlisle, England Oct 3 Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress Oct 3 Lena Headey, British actress (Game of Thrones), born in Hamilton, Bermuda Oct 3 Canadian actress (Party of 5; Scream), born in Guelph, Ontario Read More...