On May 1st 1941, Orson Welles’ landmark film Citizen Kane, which had generated such controversy that Radio City Music Hall refused to show it, finally debuted at at the smaller RKO Palace Theater. Citizen Kane is now revered as one of the greatest movies in history. George Orson Welles, an American actor, director, writer and … Continue reading May 1 1941 Citizen Kane released
On April 30th 1933, Willie Nelson, who would revolutionise country music, was born in Abbott, Texas. Willie Nelson's sound and his look made him one of that genre's most recognisable faces, and if his winning personality weren't enough reason to like him, then his good-natured struggles with the IRS would be. But before Willie Nelson … Continue reading April 30 1933 Willie Nelson born
On April 29th 1429, during the Hundred Years' War, the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc lead a French force in relieving the city of Orleans, besieged by the English since October. Joan was born around 1412 in the village of Domremy, on the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, in the current … Continue reading April 29 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orleans
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