#OnThisDate, 40 years ago, Ayrton Senna won his first Formula 1 GP in Estoril, Portugal. The race occurred under heavy rain, and Senna, driving the Lotus #12, crossed the finish line one minute ahead of the second place, Michele Alboreto, in the Ferrari.
#OnThisDate, June 30, 蠱 [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981) is the #FilmDuJour
#HongKong #Thailand #ChihHungKuei #ShawBrothers #horror #1980s #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film ★★★★☆
One of the greats of American #Architecture died 100 years ago #OnThisDate. He was a pioneer in the emerging high-rise form made possible by steel frame construction and safety elevators.
#Architect #Chicago #SkyScraper #Buildings
https://mastodon.ie/@IrishStewPodcast/112271156079155149
Harry Clarke was born in #Dublin 135 years ago #OnThisDate.
In the world of #VisualArts, Clarke is acknowledged as one of the most extraordinary talents to have worked in the medium of stained glass. He belongs in the pantheon of great #IrishArtists.
#GlobalIrishNation #IrishArts #IrishBiography #IrishHistory #OTD #Mastodaoine
https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/harry-clarke-stained-glass-genius-1889-1931
The #author of one of the most important accounts of #Irish island life was born 120 years ago #OnThisDate
#GlobalIrishNation #IrishHistory #IrishArts #IrishCulture #OTD #Gaeilge #Mastodaoine
https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/muiris-o-suilleabhain-author-1904-1950
– On Saturday 14th February 1900 a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon several members of the party disappeared without trace…
#OnThisDate, February 14, Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975) is the #FilmDuJour. #PeterWeir #JoanLindsay #BookAdaptation #Australia #drama #1970s #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film ★½
#OnThisDate, November 16, The Walking Dead (Michael Curtiz, 1936) is the #FilmDuJour. #USA #MichaelCurtiz #BorisKarloff #crime #drama #SciFi #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #1930s ★★★½
- They call me *Mister* Tibbs.
#OnThisDate, September 13, In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967) is the #FilmDuJour. #USA #crime #racism #NormanJewison #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #WarrenOates #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #1960s ★★★★☆
On August 8, 1998, The Thing was released on DVD in the United States. Here’s some original Wilford Brimley art to celebrate!
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#TheThing #JohnCarpenter #Horror #WilfordBrimley #HorrorMovies #MonsterMovies #80sHorror #FanArt #HorrorArt #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Art #PenDrawing #DVD #HomeMedia #OnThisDate
