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October 10, 1928: Chiang Kai-shek becomes chairman of the Republic of China. Following two civil wars, separated by a World War, Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang party would head into exile in 1949 following defeat at the hands of the Communists.


Morgenthau bonds were these bonds that were exchanged directly from the federal reserve to Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist government in China in return for Chiang kai-shek moving all nationalist China's gold into the federal reserve system.

There are still holders of these Chinese nationalist war bonds from the Chiang Kai-shek era which had hopes the communist gov't would redeem them but no such luck. Some of these people approached the Trump Administration to see what they could do about getting them redeemed. Trump basically said we'll look into it and AFAIK, nothing became of it.

Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson Chiang Wan-an aka Wayne Chiang born Dec 26, 1978; member of the Kuomintang party is the current mayor of Taipei.


Debra Paget born Debralee Griffin on August 19, 1933 in Denver Colorado.
Her sultry, seductive gaze got her a starring role in Princess of The Nile and had a supporting role in the Oscar winning The Ten Commandments. In 1956 she worked with Elvis Presley in the musical Love Me Tender. Elvis called Debra "the most beautiful girl in the world" but her mother would not allow them to date. (mom knows best!) Debra's first marriage, to singer David Street, was annulled after four months. She married director Budd Boetticher in 1960 but they divorced a year later. By this time her career had stalled and she decided to leave Hollywood. Her last role was in the 1963 horror film The Haunted Palace.

Debra married Chinese-American oil executive Ling-chieh (Louis) K'ung aka Louis C. Kung, in 1964 and had a son named Gregory. Kung is a nephew of Madame Chiang Kai-shek who married Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ('Kai-shek Chiang') in 1927. She died in 2003 at the age of 105!!

The couple divorced in 1980. Debra became a born again Christian and came out of retirement to host a religious show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. As of 2004 she lives a quiet life in Texas. AFAIK, she's still alive.


It's 10:10 TIME (1955, 1950, 1983, 1994) "silencioso y sin tic-tac" (silent and non-ticking)





October 10, 1973: VP Spiro Agnew resigned to avoid conviction and imprisonment for corruption and tax and bribery charges connected to misbehavior in passing out contracts as Governor of Maryland.



Politicians never change.




October 10, 1985: Hollywood director and actor Orson Welles died at age 70. His 1st film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is ranked as one of the greatest films ever made. His other films include: Black Magic (1949), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1965). Also, docu's Future Shock (1972) and F for Fake (1973) Director/writer/actor.




October 10, 1985: Yul Brynner (Yuliy Borisovich Briner) died at age 65. He played the King of Siam an astounding 4,625 times on stage in The King and I (1956) and in the film musical. Other films include: The Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Brothers Karamazov (1958), Anna and the King (1972) and Westworld (1973).



Just prior to his death, he made a powerful anti-smoking commercial for the American Cancer Society, which aired posthumously, where he expressed his desire that his message would make viewers realize the dangers of smoking. "Now that I'm gone, I tell you: Don't smoke, whatever you do, just don't smoke."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI



R.I.P. Ethel Kennedy (April 11, 1928 – October 10, 2024)
Ethel Kennedy, a matriarch of America's most celebrated political family — widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, mother of 11 children, Ethel Skakel Kennedy is only one of two surviving spouses of the original "Kennedy Nine"; the other is Joan Kennedy, 88. #11 child is Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy, born December 12, 1968.






October 10, 1962: The BBC banned The Original Monster Mash by Bobby ("Boris") Pickett & The Crypt Kickers from being played on radio or TV. It was deemed "too ghoulish". Even so, it became a graveyard smash and a US No.1 hit.



From American Bandstand, October 13, 1964. Bobby "Boris" Pickett.





October 10, 1971: The old London Bridge reopened in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was purchased by Robert P. McCulloch from the City of London, dismantled in 1967, relocated to Arizona, and rebuilt.



You can read all about The London Bridge and the crazy American who bought London Bridge.