The movie adaption of Agatha Christie's novel Evil Under the Sun, published in 1941, premiered March 5, 1982 with a stellar cast. Peter Ustinvo appears as Hercule Poirot for the second time. He previously played the detective in Death On The Nile. Evil Under the Sun also starred Dame Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, and Diana Rigg.
This movie did not do as well at the box office as previous Agatha Christie adaptions had, but it did receive critical acclaim with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86%.
Ray Conniff and Herb Alpert won Grammys at the 9th annual ceremony held March 2, 1967.
The Ray Connniff Singers won Best Performance by a Chorus for their performance of Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago).
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass won Best Instrumental Performance (Other than Jazz) and Best Instrumental Arrangement for What Now My Love. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
Ray Charles's performance of Crying Time won Best R&B Solo vocal Performance, Male or Female and Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.
Neal Hefti won Best Instrumental Theme for Composing and Arranging for the Batman Theme.
Hazel Johnson-Brown, born October 10, 1927 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is the first African American female general in the US Army. She moved to New York City to attend the Harlem School of Nursing, and in 1947, she started at the Harmlem Hosptial emergency ward.
Johnson-Brown enlisted in the US Army in 1955 and rose in the ranks as she impressed her superior with her skill in the operating room. She took assignments all over the world, including Japan where she trained nurses on their way to Vietnam.
Johnson-Brown was promoted to brigadier general in 1979(?), becoming the first black woman to attain that rank. She retired from the army n 1983.
During Operation Desert Storm in 1990, she volunteered to work at For Belvoir, Virginia's Army Hosptial.
She passed away in Wilmington, Delaware in August 2011.
George Miller's post-apocalyptic movie, Mad Max: Fury Road won six Oscars at the annual ceremony held February 28, 2016. It was nominated for ten, including Best Picture. It took home most of the technical awards though. It won Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing. It's other nominations were for Best Direction for George Miller, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects.
The Revenant garnered a whopping twelve nominations but only won three: Best Directing for Alejandro G. Inarritu, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Leonardo DiCaprio, and Best Cinematography. Tom Hardy, who also starred in Mad Max: Fury Road, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for five Academy Awards. John Williams was nominated for Best Music (Original Score), Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects.
Jimmie Lee Jackson, a peaceful, unarmed demonstrator, died February 26, 1965, eight days after being beaten and shot by Alabama State Troopers. Jackson was an African American civil rights activist, born December 16, 1938 in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church.
On February 18, 1965, about 500 people conducted a peaceful walk from Zion United Methodist Church to the Perry County jail, about half a block away. The demonstration was organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from Selma, Alabama, to protest the arrest of a civil rights worker James Orange was being held.
The police stated they believed the crowd was going to attempt a jail break and began beating the demonstrators. Jackson and his family, including his 82-year-old grandfather, fled to a cafe for safety, but the police pursued them there. They began to beat the family, and when Jackson tried to protect them, he was shot twice in the abdomen by Officer James Fowler.
Despite his injuries, he managed to flee, but was beaten further by the police. He finally collapsed, and was taken to the hospital. He died eight days later.
Martin Luther King spoke at one of two funerals held for Jackson. Jackson's death inspired the first march from Selma to Montgomery.
The officer who shot Jackson, Jim Fowler, was not brought up on charges at the time, claiming self-defense. However, in 2010, Fowler admitted to shooting Jackson and plead guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced to six months in prison.
Seriously?
He served only five months before being released due to health reasons.
My girls, the Pointer Sisters, won two Grammy Awards at the annual ceremony held February 26, 1985. Their song Automatic won Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices, arrangements by Ruth, June, and Anita. Jump (For My Love) won Best Pop Performance for a Duo or Group with Vocal. Their album Breakout should have won more Grammys in my opinion.
This was a time when music was awesome!
Tina Turner won Record of the Year and Song of the Year for What's Love Got To Do With It.
Cyndi Lauper received the Grammy for Best New Artist.
"Weird Al" Yankovich won Best Comedy Recording for Eat It.
John Williams tied for Best Instrumental Composition for Olympic Fanfare and Theme the official music of the XXIII Olympiad.
The Judds won their first Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Mama, He's Crazy.
Donna Summer won Best Inspirational Performance for Forgive Me.
Ray Parker, Jr. won Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the instrumental version of Ghostbusters.
Madeline Swegle, from Burke, Virginia, is the first African American woman to become a US Navy tactical jet pilot, July 7, 2020. She graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2017. She completed her Tactical Air Strike pilot training in Kingsville, TX.
