Anne Rice's debut novel, "Interview with the Vampire" was published #50yearsagotoday. The book, which got mixed reviews, was later adapted into a film of the same name starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
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Episodes of "Almost Anything Goes," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Emergency," "Doc," "The Bob Newhart Show," and "The Carol Burnett Show" were all aired in primetime on broadcast television #50yearsagotoday.
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#50YearsAgoToday #SKULL #rearedItsHead for the first time in @DC.com #Superman #comics #301 #criminalOrganization composed of #disgruntledSuperScientists who #causeHeadaches for #TheManOfSteel with #AlbertMichaels i.e. #TheAtomicSkull an #earlyFigurehead & also employ #TheDukeOfOil & #MajorDisaster
"Sparkle" was released by Warner Bros. #50yearsagotoday. Starring Irene Cara and Philip Michael Thomas, the film depicts the rise and fall of a girl group in 1950's Harlem. Despite negative reviews, the film did turn a modest profit. A remake of the film was released in 2012.
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#50YearsAgoToday #DuelaDent debuted in @dc.com #BatmanFamily #comics #6 pulling #Robin’s leg as #TheJokersDaughter returns in #8 as #Catgirl & #9 as #TheRiddlersDaughter before finally revealed #TheDaughterOfTwoFace #HarveyDent eventually joins #TheTeenTitans as #TheHarlequin II armed w #bagOfTricks
#50YearsAgoToday #DennyONeil’s #TimTrench #PrivateInvestigator not seen since 1969 #WonderWoman85 #comics returned for #TheColdFireCaper a quick #6pageBackUpFeature in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #460 featuring a #JewelryStoreRobbery & a #fakeRuby but #heDisappearsAgainAfterTheFollowingIssue
#50yearsagotoday, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" made a clean sweep at the 48th Academy Awards. The film won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (Adapted). Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher won the top acting prizes. Michael Douglas, who produced the film, also won.
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The Washington Metro began operations #50yearsagotoday in Washington, DC. Construction began in 1969. The rapid transit system now has six lines and 98 stations.
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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born #50yearsagotoday. In 1991, Witherspoon, adopting her middle name, made her screen debut at age 15. Witherspoon, perhaps best known for her roles in "Legally Blonde," "Walk The Line," and "Wild," has won an Oscar, 2 Golden Globes, and an Emmy.
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Patty Hearst, member of the Hearst family, was convicted of bank robbery #50yearsagotoday. Hearst, who had been kidnapped and held for ransom two years earlier by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a radical far-Left group, claimed that she had been coerced into participating.
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#50YearsAgoToday #LaurelKent debuted in @DC.com #Superboy & #TheLegionOfSuperHeroes #comics #217 #30thCentury #DesendentOfSuperboy #LegionAcademy #recruit with #invulnerability #herOnlySuperPower #late80s #Millennium plot revealed to be an #android #Manhunter plant #lyingInWaitSinceThe20thCentury
#50yearsagotoday, "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) by The Four Seasons was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single from their album "Who Loves You," it was the last song from the group to hit number one. The song is certified gold in the US and platinum in the UK.
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#50YearsAgoToday while #TheUS celebrated its #bicentennial #Superman celebrated the #tricentennial issue of #hisTitularComicBookTitle with @DC.com Superman #comics #300 introducing #Superman2001 conceived as #AnImaginaryStory with #TheInfantFromKrypton landing in #TheOcean in 1976 & named #SkyBoy
#50yearsagotoday, William Bradford Bishop, a Foreign Service officer, inexplicably murdered his wife, mother, and three sons. After attempting to burn their bodies the next day, Bishop disappeared without a trace. Bishop was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List until 2018.
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Rashida Leah Jones was born #50yearsagotoday. The daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton, Jones is an actress and filmmaker who has appeared in over 30 films and 40 tv shows. Jones, perhaps best known as Karen Filipelli on "The Office," has been nominated for two Primetime Emmys.
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#50yearsagotoday, "Almost Anything Goes," "Emergency," "The Bob Newhart Show," and "Bert D'Angelo, Superstar" all aired on primetime television.
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#50YearsAgoToday #StarSapphire III debuted in @dc.com #SecretSocietyOfSuperVillains #comics #1 as #Camille a #mysteriousFrenchWoman who welcomes #Sinestro to the #NewSuperVillainSuperTeam headquarters before transforming herself as #CarolFerris’ #successor possessing #herCostumeAndPowers
#50YearsAgoToday #TheSecretSocietyOfSuperVillains #comics #1 debuted as #The1stSuperVillainTeamSeries @dc.com #CaptainComet acts as the lead #antagonist #AMysteriousFrenchStarSapphire is intro’d & #TheCrimeSyndicate #returnsToComics after14years but #noBatmanCasting in sight #theseWereDifferentTimes
#50YearsAgoToday #Vulcan debuted in #AllStarComics #60 w #JackKirby back@ #MarvelComics creating #TheEternals #TheJSA hosted @dc.com #hotTempered fallen #GoldenAgeHero fan & #flamingAxe-armed neo #RomanDiety #astronaut #ChristopherPike whose #VulcanProbeOne skimmed #theSurfaceOfTheSun & bonded w him
"Taxi Driver" was released #50yearsagotoday. Directed by Martin Scorcese and starring Robert De Niro, the film was critically acclaimed and commercially successful, despite its controversial subject matter. Jodie Foster received her first Oscar nomination for her performance.
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#50YearsAgoToday "The Secret of #BIGFOOT" Part I aired on ABC-TV Sunday, February 1, 1976. Where were YOU?
"Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 #50yearsagotoday. The 2nd single from the band's 7th studio album, "Love Rollercoaster" is certified gold. The Red Hot Chili Peppers covered the song for the soundtrack of "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America."
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#50YearsAgoToday #Blackrock debuted in @dc.com #ActionComics #458 when #UnitedBroadcastingCompany #RAndDDirector #DrPeterSilverstone sought to challenge #GalaxyBroadcasting’s #Superman #eyeballGarneringCoverageSuccess by inventing via #RadioAndTVWaves #UBC’s own #SuperPoweredRevenueGeneratingMascot
"Laverne and Shirley" premiered on ABC #50yearsagotoday. One of the seven spin-offs of "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley" starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. The series ran for 178 episodes over eight seasons. Both actresses received Golden Globe nominations for their roles.
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Agatha Christie's "Curtain" was at the top of the New York Times Best Seller List #50yearsagotoday. "Curtain" was the final novel published by Christie during her lifetime. The novel first topped the NYT Best Seller list in November, 1975 and remained at the top for over four months.
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#50YearsAgoToday "Welcome Home, Jaime Part II" aired on Jan 21, 1976. It includes a stunt where Jaime uses her bionic leg to stop her speeding car. This was a major component of the #BionicWoman Sports Car TOY was also depicted on a lunch box! Here's our retro episode promo! youtu.be/NkgafG0a2tE?...
Vandaag is het 50 jaar geleden dat Station To Station werd uitgebracht. Een van mijn favoriete platen van David Bowie.
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#50YearsAgoToday #Tyroc debuted in @dc.com #SuperboyAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes #comics #216 #30thCentury #BlackTeenWithSuperSonicVocalPowers who meets #TheSuperTeam while they #attemptToRecover a #fallenSatellite on his #Wakanda-like #Mediterranean #islandCityOfMarzel #heSavesTheDay & #joinsTheTeam
#50YearsAgoToday Conway O’Neil & Vosburg reintroduced #JackKirbysNewGods characters @dc.com in #FirstIssueSpecial #comics #13 #theLastIssue of #theAnthologyTitle that #debutedThePreviousYear mainly to run various #Kirby concepts he’d produced for #DC before returning @marvelcomics.bsky.social
#50YearsAgoToday @dc.com #MetalMen #comics #45 saw the series revived with its first new adventures since its original cancellation in 1969 #dynamicallyDrawn by #WaltSimonson and later by #JoeStaton runs until cancelled again with issue #56 in 1977
