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Michael Moore's cinematic assault on U.S. President Bush, Fahrenheit 911, takes in $8.2 million to $8.4 million in its first day, positioning it as the weekend's No. 1 film. |
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Regal Entertainment Group spokesman, Dick Westerling, announces that it will show Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 in its theatres in spite of limited communication from the opposition. |
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Michael Moore is booed after delivering his Oscar Acceptance Speech in which he says "Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up." |
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The movie Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore, is released. The movie focuses on America's love affair with firearms and the pathology of violence in the United States. |
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Comedian Steve Allen, 78, dies. |
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"Dreams & Nightmares" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
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Michael Moore's comedy/satire film Canadian Bacon is released. |
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Schindler's List, Stephen Spielberg's movie about Oscar Schindler who saved numerous jews during the Holocaust, opens in U.S. threatres. |
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"Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances |
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"Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances |
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Michael Moore's film Roger & Me, a documentary about General Motors' elimination of 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. |
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Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in New York NY |
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Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in New York NY |
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CBS Radio premiers General Mills Adventure Theatre. |
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"Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances |
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The Sex Pistols play their first live gig at London's St Martin's School of Art. Their set lasts 10 minutes before organizers turn off the electricity |
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The final episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" airs on BBC. |
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Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album |
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Joseph A Walkers "River Niger" premieres in New York NY |
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George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass". |
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US National Educational Television debuts the children's television program entitled Sesame Street. |
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Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP |
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Pink Floyd releases its album "A Saucerful of Secrets" in the United States. |
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Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit |
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Beatles land at New York's JFK airport and are welcomed by supportive fans of the British Invasion.
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Buddy Holly, Jiles P Richardson, and Ritchie Valens die in a plane crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa. Don McLean will immortalise the event with his 1972 hit American Pie. |
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William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in New York NY |
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Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in New York NY |
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Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS, overriding Sullivan's earlier vow never to allow the performer on his show. |
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"Dragnet" premieres |
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