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In the past 58 years, a total of 26 James Bond films has been made:
Title Year Actor Dr. No 1962 Sean Connery
From Russia with Love 1963
Goldfinger 1964
Thunderball 1965
Casino Royale 1967 David Niven
You Only Live Twice 1967 Sean Connery
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 George Lazenby
Diamonds are Forever 1971 Sean Connery
Live and Let Die 1973 Roger Moore
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
Moonraker 1979
For your eyes only 1981
Octopussy 1983
Never say never again 1983 Sean Connery
A view to a kill 1985 Roger Moore
The living daylights 1987 Timothy Dalton
License to kill 1989
GoldenEye 1995 Pierce Brosnan
Tomorrow never dies 1997
The world is not enough 1999
Die another day 2002
Casino Royale 2006 Daniel Craig
Quantum of solace 2008
Skyfall 2012
Spectre 2015
No time to die 202012 actors
And no less than 12 actors have portrayed James Bond in the media.
In chronological order: Barry Nelson, Bob Holness, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, David Niven, George Lazenby, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Dalton, Michael Jayston, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig & Toby Stephens.
On this day in 1720
John 'Calico Jack' Rackham protects the rum while Anne and Mary fight
Crossed swords and a grinning skull distinguish Calico Jack Rackham's flag, and that's just what pirate hunters find while prowling Jamaican waters. When they attack Pirate Jack's ship, his female crew, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, return the fight while the men, drunk on rum, wait it out in the hold.
Rackham and his pirates were swiftly tried and found guilty. Most of them were hanged. Bonny and Read were also sentenced to hang, but both of them declared they were pregnant. A judge ordered their claim checked out and it was found to be true, a fact which automatically commuted their death sentence. Read died in prison shortly thereafter, but Bonny survived. No one knows for sure what became of her and her child. Some say she reconciled with her rich father, some say she remarried and lived in Port Royal or Nassau.
In a famous quote Bonny told Rackham in prison:
“I'm sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog.”
After her role as First Lady came to an end, Jackie Kennedy went into the publishing business. She became an associate editor at Doubleday and worked mostly on autobiographies. In fact, she was one of two original editors for Michael Jackson's 2009 autobiography Moonwalk, a #1 New York Times bestseller.
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On this day in 1886 (28th October)
Lady Liberty was opened.
151 feet of copper neoclassical sculpture, is accepted as a gift from France and dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland after hundreds of thousands of revellers throw the world's first ticker-tape parade in honour of the new lady of Liberty Island.
Did you know that Franklin Roosevelt okayed a plan to bomb the Imperial Japanese Army with bombs attached to bats?
The Marine Corps took over the program and conducted tests beginning in December 1943. After 30 demonstrations and $2 million spent, the project was cancelled. Most people believe it's because the U.S. realized that all resources should be concentrated on the development of a far more powerful weapon: the atomic bomb.
Did you know ?
On this day in 1938 Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater Players scared the living S*** out of everyone with his War of the Worlds radio broadcast.
Probably not scary now but have a listen if you want to. (Just under an hour).
It really is rather good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I&ab&ab_channel=OrsonWelles-Topic
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