On Nov. 11, 1831, Nat Turner, an American slave and educated minister who believed that he’d been chosen by God to lead his people into freedom, was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, for leading a revolt with 75 followers through Southampton County, killing about 60 white people.
On Nov. 12, 1969, investigative journalist...
‘Here’ is as messy as real life
Rating: ««out of ««««
Running Time: 104 minutes
This film from Sony Pictures will be released exclusively at theaters on Friday, Nov. 1.
One has to give credit where credit is due. Director Robert Zemekis isn’t afraid to experiment and try to tell stories in new ways. While he began his career with big Hollywood hits like Romancing the Stone and Back to the Future, he’s consistently been attempting to incorporate new storytelling techniques. Who Framed Roger Rabbit was an early example of a movie mixing live action with animation, while Cast Away featured a lone man sharing his innermost thoughts with an inanimate object. Later, the filmmaker became one of the first to...
Moments in Time
• On Nov. 4, 1960, English primatologist Jane Goodall was observing a group of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania when she saw one of them making and using a tool, something previously believed exclusive to humans.
• On Nov. 5, 1862, more than 300 Santee Sioux in Minnesota were found guilty of raping and murdering Anglo settlers and sentenced to hang. A month later, President Abraham Lincoln commuted all but 39 of the sentences. While one of the condemned was granted a last-minute reprieve, the others were hanged simultaneously on Dec. 26 in a mass execution witnessed by a large crowd.
• On Nov. 6, 2013, it was announced that the only known copy of Napoleon’s...
• On Nov. 5, 1862, more than 300 Santee Sioux in Minnesota were found guilty of raping and murdering Anglo settlers and sentenced to hang. A month later, President Abraham Lincoln commuted all but 39 of the sentences. While one of the condemned was granted a last-minute reprieve, the others were hanged simultaneously on Dec. 26 in a mass execution witnessed by a large crowd.
• On Nov. 6, 2013, it was announced that the only known copy of Napoleon’s...
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