Daily Archives: June 13, 2012

‘Lolita’ opens in New York City 50 years ago tonight (1962)


Video: 'Lolita' profiled (at 7:05)

(Wednesday, June 13, 1962)Lolita, a comedy-drama film about a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a teenage girl, opened tonight at the Loew’s State and the Murray Hill theaters in New York City.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the film stars James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon and Peter Sellers.

President Roosevelt creates Office of War Information 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: 'Wartime Nutrition (1943) '

(Saturday, June 13, 1942, during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI) today to consolidate government information services, and appointed radio news commentator Elmer Davis to be its head.