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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/18/26 – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE DAY!

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 […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 4/16/26 – INTERNATIONAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN DAY!

1 Comment / National Days / By Bob Crespo

By never saying a word, he spoke every language, becoming the most famous man in the world, making today INTERNATIONAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN DAY! One of the world’s first movies stars, Charles Spencer Chaplin (b. April 16, 1889, London, England) was a monumental talent; writer, actor, director, producer and a talented composer who scored his own films.

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