Daily Archives: September 9, 2021

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ premieres at Venice Film Festival 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1951)

1950s, Movies 1950s

(Sunday, September 9, 1951, evening Central European Time) — A Streetcar Named Desire, an American drama film about a fading southern belle who tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans, premiered tonight at the 12th Venice International Film Festival.

Adapted from Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play of the same name, the film was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.

Streetcar‘s official premiere was held nine days later on Sept. 18, 1951, at Warner Bros. Beverly Theater in Beverly Hills, California, and then opened in New York on the following day.

‘Nixon’s Enemies List’ with 250 names submitted to White House Counsel’s Office 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1971)

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Video: 'Nixon's Enemies List'

(Thursday, September 9, 1971; during the Watergate scandal) — What would become known as U.S. President Richard “Nixon’s Enemies List,” prepared by White House Public Liaison Charles Colson, was sent today in the form of attachments to a memorandum written by Colson to White House Counsel John W. Dean, initially with 250 names. Continue reading ‘Nixon’s Enemies List’ with 250 names submitted to White House Counsel’s Office 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1971) →

Prisoners seize control of maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1971)

1970s


Video: 'Attica Prison Riot - William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe . POV on PBS'

(Thursday, September 9, 1971, 8:50 a.m. EDT; during the Attica Prison riot) — An uprising of prisoners broke out at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility penitentiary near Buffalo in western New York this morning as a group of inmates on the 5 Gallery on cellblock “A” charged from the prison dining hall and overpowered guards who were attempting to stop them. Continue reading Prisoners seize control of maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1971) →