#OnThisDayInHistory Robert E. Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, and the U. S. Marines defeated traitor, insurrectionist, terrorist, and religious zealot John Brown during his raid on Harpers Ferry. That Should Be A Movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs5k...

#OnThisDayInHistory The British outflanked the Americans on Manhattan Island but were unable to annihilate the Continental Army due to John Glover's 750 men holding off 4,000 British soldiers at Pell's Point. That Should Be A Movie Based On 1776 by David McCullough! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9eg...

#OnThisDayInHistory, the British Broadcasting Company (later the British Broadcasting Corporation) is founded in 1922. "BBC 7, BBC Heaven!"

#OnThisDayInHistory, a resolution to create the Texas Rangers is approved in 1835. Er, the law group represented fictionally by Chuck Norris, not the baseball team.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Walt and Roy Disney found Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood in 1923. I wonder if anything became of them.

#OnThisDayInHistory The terrorist John Brown and his followers began his Harpers Ferry raid by overrunning the federal arsenal and take civilian hostage. That Should Be A Nuanced Movie That Focuses On The Hostages www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs5k...

#OnThisDayInHistory Booker T. Washington became the first black American to dine in the White House. His meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt set off a firestorm of controversy, and should be a movie based on Guest of Honor by Deborah Davis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1-...

#OnThisDayInHistory The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge ended. Those who fought and died there, and all our Korean War veterans and fallen, should be honored with a movie. thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

#OnThisDayInHistory, Dolly Parton releases her hit single "Jolene" in 1973. It's a good one to sing to make sure you wash your hands long enough!

#OnThisDayInHistory, Theodore Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt and goes on to give his scheduled speech, in 1912. 'Tis but a scratch.

#OnThisDayInHistory Elements of the Rhode Island Regiment attacked the Redoubt No. 10 during The Siege of Yorktown. This should be the climactic scene in a movie about the First Rhode Island Regiment honoring our African American veterans. thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

#OnThisDayInHistory, around 15,000 Knights Templar are arrested in France in 1307. Put him in the van!

#OnThisDayInHistory Mary Hays was born. She lives on as the American legend Molly Pitcher, who served her husband's cannon at the Battle of Monmouth. She should be portrayed in an epic movie about the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777-1778! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zc4...

#OnThisDayInHistory, Oktoberfest starts when King Louis I gets married in Bavaria and they insist that the citizens celebrate, too, in 1810. It becomes a yearly event, and, well, here we are. Bride's side or groom's side?

#OnThisDayInHistory The British attempt to outflank George Washington on Manhattan Island by landing at Throg's Neck, but are thwarted by 25 Americans and geography. That Should Be In An Epic Movie based on 1776 by David McCullough! thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

#OnThisDayInHistory Casimir Pulaski died after being mortally wounded during an attack on Savannah, Georgia. He should be honored for his role in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown in an epic movie about the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777-1778!
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#OnThisDayInHistory, Kathy Sullivan is the first American woman to perform a spacewalk in 1984. Pictured: Me preparing (NOT) to go on a spacewalk. #Feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner at 17 in 2014. After learning she had won while in Chemistry, "I went to my physics class...because when you get the Nobel Peace Prize for education, you have to finish your school day."

#OnThisDayInHistory Kermit Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, was born. Checkout why Kermit's relationship with his father should be a main theme in a movie adaptation of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTf...

#OnThisDayInHistory Charles Martel and Prince Eudes led united Christian Europeans in defeating Muslim invaders and Moorish raiders in one of the most decisive battles in Western history at Poitiers, France. That Should Be An Epic Movie thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...