Historical Moments On Screen

Daily big historical moments, as they're depicted in movies, TV shows, and video games. For fictional events on film: @todayonscreen. Curated by @lauraehall

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#OnThisDay, October 2, in 1902, Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London (depicted in Miss Potter, 2006, dir. Chris Noonan, starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor)

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#OnThisDay, October 1, in 1919, eight members of the Chicago White Sox threw Game 1 of the World Series in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate, which would become known as the Black Sox Scandal (depicted in Eight Men Out, 1988)

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#OnThisDay, September 30, in 1955, young movie star James Dean, who starred in Rebel Without A Cause, died at the age of 24 in a car crash in his Porsche in California (depicted in Crash, 1996, directed by David Cronenberg)

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#OnThisDay, September 29, in 1933, Lou Gehrig and Eleanor Twitchell got married, then headed to a game (depicted in Pride of the Yankees, 1942)

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#OnThisDay, September 11, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury (depicted in Hamilton, 2020)

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#OnThisDay, September 10, in 1931, crime boss Salvatore Maranzano was shot and stabbed to death by four men working for Charles "Lucky" Luciano (depicted in Boardwalk Empire, 2014)

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#OnThisDay, September 9, in 1971, the four-day Attica Prison riot began, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison (depicted in Attica, 1980)

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#OnThisDay, September 8, in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was released nationwide, following a June premiere at the DeMille Theatre in New York City (depicted in Hitchcock, 2012)

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Today, August 31, in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul passed away following a car crash in Paris (depicted in Diana and I, 2017)

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#OnThisDay, August 29, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana (depicted in Hours, 2013, starring @RealPaulWalker)

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#OnThisDay, August 28, in 1968, at the Chicago Democratic National Convention, thousands of people protesting the Vietnam War were beaten by police. Eight people were put on trial for conspiracy & crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot (depicted in The Chicago 8, 2010)

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#OnThisDay, August 27, in 1964, Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins”, directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke, premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles (depicted in Saving Mr. Banks, 1964)

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#OnThisDay, August 26, in 1920, the 19 Amendment made laws reserving the ballot for men unconstitutional. Some American women were able to vote. Due to voter suppression, Black women weren’t able to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (depicted in Iron Jawed Angels, 2004)

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#OnThisDay, August 25, in 1944, Germany surrendered the city of Paris to the Allies (depicted in Is Paris Burning? 1966)

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#OnThisDay, August 24, in 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles (depicted in The Killing of John Lennon, 2006)

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#OnThisDay, August 23, in 1973, an attempted bank robbery in Sweden led to a hostage situation. The hostages sympathized with their captors, leading to the coining of the term “Stockholm Syndrome” (depicted in Stockholm, 2018)

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#OnThisDay, August 22, in 1962, French president Charles de Gaulle and his wife narrowly escaped an assassination attempt (depicted in The Day of the Jackal, 1973)

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#OnThisDay, August 21, in 1929, artist Frida Kahlo married painter Diego Rivera (depicted in Frida, 2002)

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#OnThisDay, August 20, in 1940, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked in his study by Spanish-born NKVD agent Ramón Mercader using an ice axe (depicted in Frida, 2002)

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#OnThisDay, August 19, in 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft (depicted in The Crucible, 1996)