1965 CE - The Battle of Ia Drang begins at 10:48 am -- the first major engagement between American GIs and North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War.
Photo of the Day
Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London, England.
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Quote of the Day
"The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest". --Rabindranath Tagore
Song of the Day
Artist - Nancy Sinatra
Album - Boots
Film of the Day
Director - Michael Curtiz
Starring - Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Wiki of the Day
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It follows an investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) into the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Its pilot episode was first broadcast on April 8, 1990, on ABC. Seven more episodes were produced, and the series was renewed for a second season that aired until June 10, 1991. The show's title came from the small, fictional Washington town in which it was set. Exteriors were primarily filmed in the Washington towns of Snoqualmie and North Bend, though additional exteriors were shot in southern California. Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in a San Fernando Valley warehouse.
Twin Peaks became one of the top-rated shows of 1990 and was a critical success both nationally and internationally. It captured a devoted cult fan base and became a part of popular culture that has been referenced in television shows, commercials, comic books, video games, films and song lyrics. Declining viewer ratings led to ABC's insistence that the identity of Laura's murderer be revealed midway through the second season. The series was followed by a 1992 feature film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which serves as both a prequel and an epilogue to the television series.
The pilot episode was ranked No. 25 on TV Guide's 1997 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[2] The series was ranked No. 45 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002,[3] and it was included in its 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon."[4] Twin Peaks was listed as one of Time's "Best TV Shows of All-TIME" in 2007,[5] and it placed No. 49 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list[6] and No. 12 in their list of the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years."[7]
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