May 6, 1840: World's first adhesive postage stamp, the "Penny Black", is first used in the UK. It was first issued in the UK on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria.
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May 6, 1889: Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), the Eiffel Tower was opened to the public in Paris. Not to be outdone, London decided to get a new tower of their own and held a competition to design it, with some interesting results!
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Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)
May 6, 1895: Rudolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Italy. He was the 1st male Hollywood original Latin Lover "sex symbol" during the silent film era. Films include: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Sheik (1921), Blood and Sand, The Eagle (1925), and The Son of the Sheik (1926) his final film, released shortly after his death. He died August 23, 1926 of ruptured gastric ulcer and general peritonitis.
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May 6, 1937: the LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951). The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically". Imagine her for a mother in law!
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Marjorie Main
Orson Welles (born May 6, 1915), discussed Citizen Kane on the BBC programme, Monitor, with Huw Wheldon. Originally broadcast 13 March, 1960. "Anything you say about Hollywood is true, good or bad there is no statement too extreme which does not apply."
May 6, 1965: at a hotel in Clearwater, Florida, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones can't sleep because there's a guitar riff running through his head. He rolls a tape, falls asleep and wakes up the following day to find he's recorded the riff to...
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May 6, 1966: Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were found guilty of murder. Between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England they had killed 5 children aged between 10 and 17: Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey, and Edward Evans, and were sentenced to life. It was one of the most shocking British criminal cases.
Dozens of books, movies, & docu's about these two evil psychopaths.
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Article from The Telegraph (July 2009) & Wiki.
May 6, 1983: The Hitler Diaries, initially verified by the British historian, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lord Dacre of Glanton (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003), and serialised in The Sunday Times, were revealed as fake within two weeks by forensic scientist Julius Grant. It was deeply embarrassing for Trevor-Roper as he had previously been regarded as a leading expert on Hitler’s Germany. This incident prompted the satirical magazine Private Eye to nickname him "Hugh Very-Ropey", "Lord Lucre of Claptout", or more concisely, "Lord Facre". I guess he should of stuck to England's history of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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The Hitler Diaries were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.3 million or $3.7 million) by the West German news magazine Stern, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was The Sunday Times, who asked their independent director, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine.
Konrad Paul Kujau (27 June 1938 – 12 September 2000) on his release from prison after three years, became something of a minor celebrity, appearing on TV as a "forgery expert", and set up a business selling "genuine Kujau fakes" in the style of various major artists. He stood for election as Mayor of Stuttgart in 1996, receiving 901 votes. Kujau died of cancer in 2000.
In 2006, someone claiming to be his grandniece, Petra Kujau, was charged with selling "fake forgeries", cheap Asian-made copies of famous paintings with forged signatures of Konrad Kujau.
May 6, 1985: The Highwaymen - Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - released their debut album, Highwayman.
The only way this thing is gonna make any money is a "coupon: the movie" style lawsuit where everyone in the country is legally required to watch it.
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May 6, 1889: Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), the Eiffel Tower was opened to the public in Paris. Not to be outdone, London decided to get a new tower of their own and held a competition to design it, with some interesting results!
Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)
May 6, 1895: Rudolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Italy. He was the 1st male Hollywood original Latin Lover "sex symbol" during the silent film era. Films include: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Sheik (1921), Blood and Sand, The Eagle (1925), and The Son of the Sheik (1926) his final film, released shortly after his death. He died August 23, 1926 of ruptured gastric ulcer and general peritonitis.
May 6, 1937: the LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground.
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951). The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically". Imagine her for a mother in law!
Marjorie Main
Orson Welles (born May 6, 1915), discussed Citizen Kane on the BBC programme, Monitor, with Huw Wheldon. Originally broadcast 13 March, 1960. "Anything you say about Hollywood is true, good or bad there is no statement too extreme which does not apply."
May 6, 1965: at a hotel in Clearwater, Florida, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones can't sleep because there's a guitar riff running through his head. He rolls a tape, falls asleep and wakes up the following day to find he's recorded the riff to...
May 6, 1966: Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were found guilty of murder. Between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England they had killed 5 children aged between 10 and 17: Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey, and Edward Evans, and were sentenced to life. It was one of the most shocking British criminal cases.
Dozens of books, movies, & docu's about these two evil psychopaths.
Article from The Telegraph (July 2009) & Wiki.
May 6, 1983: The Hitler Diaries, initially verified by the British historian, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lord Dacre of Glanton (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003), and serialised in The Sunday Times, were revealed as fake within two weeks by forensic scientist Julius Grant. It was deeply embarrassing for Trevor-Roper as he had previously been regarded as a leading expert on Hitler’s Germany. This incident prompted the satirical magazine Private Eye to nickname him "Hugh Very-Ropey", "Lord Lucre of Claptout", or more concisely, "Lord Facre". I guess he should of stuck to England's history of the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Hitler Diaries were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.3 million or $3.7 million) by the West German news magazine Stern, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was The Sunday Times, who asked their independent director, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine.
Konrad Paul Kujau (27 June 1938 – 12 September 2000) on his release from prison after three years, became something of a minor celebrity, appearing on TV as a "forgery expert", and set up a business selling "genuine Kujau fakes" in the style of various major artists. He stood for election as Mayor of Stuttgart in 1996, receiving 901 votes. Kujau died of cancer in 2000.
In 2006, someone claiming to be his grandniece, Petra Kujau, was charged with selling "fake forgeries", cheap Asian-made copies of famous paintings with forged signatures of Konrad Kujau.
May 6, 1985: The Highwaymen - Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - released their debut album, Highwayman.
The only way this thing is gonna make any money is a "coupon: the movie" style lawsuit where everyone in the country is legally required to watch it.
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell