#80YearsAgoToday in @DC.com #BatmanComics #35 #TheCatWoman goes on a #gonzo #GothamCityCrimeSpree as a #blondeBombshell #forTheFirstTime intent to convince #herFormerGang to reassemble #onHerBehalf by convincing them #sheHasNineLives but she ditches the #peroxide #afterHerNextOuting #thatDecember
#80YearsAgoToday in @dc.com #BatmanComics #35 #DinosaurIsland debuted conceived by #MasterShowman #MurrayWilsonHart with #MechanicalPrehistoricCreatures #theAttraction #BatmanAndRobin offer to #parryWithTheBeasts #forCharity but #mobBoss #Chase #swipesTheControls hoping to get #Gotham to himself
#80YearsAgoToday in @dc.com #FlashComics #71 #Hawkman met #Worla leader of the #hiddenCity of #Feithera a #SecretSocietyOfIntelligentAvianCreatures settled in #Greenland appears next in 1983 with the introduction of Worla’s #grandson the #InfinityInc #hero #Northwind son of #Osoro & #FredCantrell
#80YearsAgoToday @dc.com #Superman #comics #40 hosted #TheMxyztplkSusieAlliance when #TheExtradimensionalImp #MrMxyztplk & #LoisLane’s #fib-prone #niece #Susie #poolTheirResources to pixilate #TheManOfSteel misadventures includes seeing #AnOperaHouseInTheClouds above #Metropolis performing #Faust
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born #80yearsagotoday in TN. The 4th of 12 children, Parton began performing at a young age. After moving to Nashville, Parton embarked on a music career. As of this writing, Parton has recorded 50 studio albums, won 11 Grammys, and written over 3,000 songs.
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#80YearsAgoToday #RealFactComics #1 docu-comics series debuted @DC.com featuring a
#JackKirby cover & work by #Kirby #JoeSimon #DickSprang & #FredRay issue #6 introduces #TommyTomorrow #10 visits #TheVigilante #movieSerial set #behindTheScenes & #15 tells #HowTelevisionWillChangeYourFuture!
Diane Hall was born #80yearsagotoday. Pursuing an acting career, Hall adopted her mother's maiden name, Keaton. After appearing on Broadway, Keaton appeared in her first film, "Lovers and Other Strangers" in 1970. Keaton appeared in over 60 films and won an Oscar and 2 Golden Globes.
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#80YearsAgoToday #SivanaJr debuted in #FawcettPublications #CaptainMarvelAdventures #comics #52 #ThaddeusBodogTheYounger sonOf #TheOriginalCaptainMarvel’s #archEnemy & #WorldsWickestBoy studied #AncientAtlantisScrolls forFailed40sPlot alsoGot Pop #ShazamFamily et al trapped in #Suspendium for20years
#80YearsAgoToday #TheTurtle debuted in @DC.com #AllFlashComics #21 when #TheGoldenAgeFlash met this #SlowMovingFoe & his #inertialInclinations toward #speedEvadingCriminality he appears twice more in #The40s &has distinction as #1stSilverAgeSuperVillainReboot in 1956 for #TheDebutOfTheSilverAgeFlash
James LaRue Avery was born #80yearsagotoday in Suffolk, VA. Appearing in nearly 50 films and doing extensive voice work, Avery is perhaps best known for his role as Phillip "Uncle Phil" Banks in the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
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#80YearsAgoToday #BlackAdam debuted in #TheMarvelFamily #comics #1 #AncientEgypt #TethAdam OG #Shazam champion #corruptedByPower #banishedToTheFarReachesOfTheUniverse travels 5000 years to challenge #CaptainMarvel liveAction initiates #TheWrestlerThatDoomedTheDCU plot @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social
#80YearsAgoToday #TheMarvelFamily debuted in #FawcettPublications #MarvelFamily #comics #1 #1stSuperHeroComicBookFamilyFranchise liftsOff #AGenerationBefore #Superman or #Batman as #TheOriginalCaptainMarvel #CaptainMarvelJr #MaryMarvel & #UncleMarvel box in #BlackAdam #21stCentury #goesFullSpectrum
#80YearsAgoToday #GeorgiaSivana debuted in #FawcettPublications #MaryMarvel #comics #1 #TheWorldsWickedestGirl #daughter of #evilScientist #DrSivana & as he sought the defeat of #TheOriginalCaptainMarvel #sheUsedHerGeniusToFollowInHerFathersEvilFootsteps making #TheWorldsMightiestGirl her #archEnemy
#80yearsagotoday, "Ebony" released its first issue. Founded by John H. Johnson, the initial press run of 25,000 quickly sold out. The magazine went bankrupt in 2020.
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Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball #80yearsagotoday. Robinson, a shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs, broke the color barrier in baseball by signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson played in six World Series for the team over the course of ten seasons.
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Clifton Duncan Davis was born in Chicago, IL #80yearsagotoday. After a brief stint as a songwriter, Davis embarked on an acting career, appearing in several Broadway plays. He later branched out into television and eventually landed the role of Rev. Reuben Gregory in NBC's "Amen."
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Donny Edward Hathaway was born #80yearsagotoday in Chicago. After dropping out of college, Hathaway found work as a producer, songwriter, and session musician before he began recording. Scoring a record deal in 1969, Hathaway is now known for "This Christmas," and "The Ghetto, Pt. 1"
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World War II, the deadliest war in human history, officially ended #80yearsagotoday when Supreme Allied Commander, Douglas McArthur, accepted the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
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George Orwell published his second-to-last novel "Animal Farm" #80yearsagotoday. A political satire, "Animal Farm" was Orwell's allegory about the Stalin-era Soviet Union. In 2005, "Time Magazine listed it as one of 100 best English-language novels of the previous 100 years.
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Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers #80yearsagotoday. The surrender came 6 days after the bombing of Nagasaki and 9 days after the bombing of Hiroshima. The 2 bombings, the only times nuclear weapons were used in warfare, killed between 150,000 to 260,000 people.
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#80YearsAgoToday #NeptunePerkins debuted in @dc.com #FlashComics #66 #bornWithWebbedFeetAndHands & a #saltDeficiency hisParents #raisedHimOnABoatAtSea #soHeCouldConstantlyBeInTheWater he meets #Hawkman when RiceRyan triesToStealHisBoat #2yearsLater #travelsToVenus w #TheWingedWonder then MIA til ‘87
Adolf Hitler, alongside his new wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in his bunker as the Soviet Army approached Berlin. Karl Dönitz succeeded him as President of Germany and agreed to Germany's surrender days later.
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#80yearsagotoday, Benito Mussolini, along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by communist partisans in a small village in Northern Italy. Mussolini had been captured the day before as he attempted to flee Italy disguised as a German soldier.
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Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President of the United States #80yearsagotoday. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage earlier that day.
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#80yearsagotoday, Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to be depicted on a US postage stamp.
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#80YearsAgoToday in #LeadingComics #14 #TheBanditsFromTheBooks featured #TheFinalGoldenAgeAppearance of #TheSevenSoldiersOfVictory #TheCrimsonAvenger & #Wing with issue #15 #funnyAnimal features #takeOverTheTitle and #TheSuperTeam doesn’t return in #DCComics until 1972’s #JLA #100
The battle of Iwo Jima started #80yearsagotoday when the US Marines invaded the Japanese Island. The battle lasted for five weeks and resulted in about 25,000 casualties.
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#80YearsAgoToday #HocusAndPocus debuted in #ActionComics #83 #TwoAmateurMagicians #DocAndFlannelhead who #thinkTheyveCraftedTrueMagic but it was coincidence & #Superman whoHelped✨they #disappeared in 1947 aft3MoreAppearances but #ENelsonBridwell #makesThemReappear in 1981’s #MrAndMrsSuperman feature
#80YearsAgoToday #TheMonocle debuted in #FlashComics #64 #optician #JonathanCheval descendant of #ALongLineOfMasterOcculists devises #monoclesThatManipulateSolarCosmicAndXRays & kills the #mortgageHolders who swindled him out of #hisLensShop #Hawkman wingsHim with #The6thCommandment #JLA 1981 return
