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  • RAGE AGAINST DIÊM REGIME

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    This week, 56 years ago, monk Thích Quảng Đức sat down at a busy Saigon intersection, doused himself in petrol and set himself alight. He did not utter a sound as he died. The Buddhist crisis in Vietnam throughout 1963 precipitated the downfall and assassination of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm. It began with…

  • MARTHA GELLHORN ON D-DAY

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    This week, 75 years ago, Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the shores of Normandy on D-Day.⁣⁣ Each news outlet could only send one reporter and Collier’s magazine chose Ernest Hemingway who at the time was the estranged husband to Gellhorn. Hemingway asked for her slot and all women who applied were…

  • KERRANG FIRST EVER ISSUE

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    Today, 38 years ago, first ever Kerrang issue was published. AC/DC’s guitarist, Angus Young, was on the cover.⁣⁣ Founded by Geoff Barton, it was first published as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the word that derives …

  • KEITH, TINA, & BOWIE AT THE RITZ

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    Keith Richards, Tina Turner, and David Bowie partying backstage. One of the most iconic photographs ever in rock ’n’ roll history.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣The picture was taken in January 1983 at The Ritz, New York City. The club was managed by Jerry Brandt who discovered Chubby Checker, booked acts like The Beach Boys and Sonny &…

  • DOG DAY AFTERNOON

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    Mugshot of John Wojtowicz who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden’s gender reassignment surgery. Apparently, Wojtowicz had based his plans on the movie, The Godfather (1972), which he had watched earlier th…