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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/4/23 – GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA DAY!

Leave a Comment / National Days / By Bob Crespo

Since this is one of those years when Independence Day and the Fourth of July fall on the same day, thus canceling each other out, today is, by default, INTERNATIONAL GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA DAY! Born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy, Luigina Lollobrigida was director Robert Z. Leonard’s only choice to play “The World’s Most …

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/18/23 – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE DAY!

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Frank Russel Capra deserves a day just for giving us the phrase “Platinum Blonde.” This most American of early filmmakers was actually born Franceso Rosario Capra in Sicily on May 18, 1897, and at age 5 was brought to the country he would help define, earning him honors on a day that best describes his …

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