"It Can't Happen Here" was published #90yearsagotoday. One of Sinclair Lewis' better-known works, the novel is a work of political dystopia, detailing the rise of a fascist dictatorship in the US.
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Jerome Bernard Orbach was born #90yearsagotoday. Best known for his portrayal of Det. Lenny Briscoe in "Law & Order," Orbach got his start in a few minor roles in film before working on Broadway. He appeared in over 40 films and numerous TV shows during the course of his career.
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Ken Elton Kesey was born in Colorado #90yearsagotoday. Kesey began working on his most famous work, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1960. Kesey published three more novels, a children's book, and multiple collections of essays. Kesey died of surgical complications in 2001.
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The Nuremberg Race Laws were enacted #90yearsagotoday. The laws forbade marriages and sexual relations between Jews and Germans. They also forbade German women under the age of 45 from working in Jewish households and stripped Jews of citizenship.
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#90YearsAgoToday #DrOccult created by #JerrySiegel #JoeShuster ( #Superman ) debuted in @dc.com #NewFunComics #6 #RichardOccult known as #TheGhostDetective solves cases with a #supernatural slant aided by #assistant #RosePsychic who later #dueToMysticManipulations #endedUpSharingHisForm #DCCOMICS90
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed The Social Security Act into law #90yearsagotoday.
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#90yearsagotoday, Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Canada. Sutherland appeared in over 90 films during the course of his career, including The "Hunger Games" trilogy
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Carol Diann Johnson was born #90yearsagotoday. Working under the name, Diahann Caroll, she became an actress, model, singer, and activist. In 1968, Caroll became the first African-American actress in a starring television role who didn't portray a domestic servant.
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William Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith (known as Bill W. and Dr. Bob) founded Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio #90yearsagotoday.
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#90YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Apr. 12, 1935): The Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough, lays cornerstone for Calgary's Permanent Force Barracks. In 1937, the base is named Currie Barracks for the late General Sir Arthur Currie. Decomissioned 1996 & redeveloped. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social Library
#90yearsagotoday, Bruno Hauptmann, an undocumented immigrant from Germany who worked as a carpenter, was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Hauptmann, who protested his innocence, was executed the next year.
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#90YearsAgoToday #DCComics debuted #NewFunComics #1 #TheFirstComicBookInAmericaToFeatureAllNewMaterial series name is changed to #MoreFunComics with #7 introduces #DrOccult90 & later #TheSpectre85 #DoctorFate85 #Aquaman #GreenArrow #JohnnyQuick #Superboy series cancelled in 1947 #DCCOMICS90
