>>Today In History On This Day: In 1938, actor Buddy Ebsen was hospitalized after becoming seriously ill from his Tin Woodsman makeup during the filming of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen gave up his role and was replaced by Jack Haley. In 1939, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington premiered at New Yorks Radio City Music Hall. The Frank Capra film starred James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. In 1944, actor Marlon Brando made his stage debut in the Broadway hit, I Remember Mama, playing Nels, the teenage Norwegian son of a family living in San Francisco. In 1944, the Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (the WAVES). In 1955, the King and Mr. Clean. Elvis Presley and Pat Boone appeared in concert together in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1957, Maurice The Rocket Richard of the Montreal Canadians became the first NHL player to score 500 career goals. In 1959, The Miracle Worker opened on Broadway at the Playhouse with Anne Bancroft playing the leading role of teacher Anne Sullivan who brings Helen Keller out of her dismal and dark life. Bancroft won the Tony Award and later an Oscar for playing the part. In 1961, West Side Story premiered in theatres across the U.S.. The film later went on to win ten Academy Awards. In 1973, former White House counsel John Dean pled guilty to one count of conspiracy in the Watergate cover-up. In 1982, carmaker John DeLorean was arrested in Los Angeles and charged in a 24-million-dollars cocaine scheme aimed at salvaging his bankrupt sports car company. DeLorean was tried and acquitted. In 1983, the Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1994, actress Martha Raye died at the age of 78. In 1995, Argentinean President Carlos Menem commissioned a second Evita movie after hearing that Madonna would play the Argentinean legend in the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice movie version of the award-winning musical. In 1999, the Atlanta Braves won the National League pennant by beating the New York Mets in Game Six of the championship series. In 2003, in a ceremony in St. Peters Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul the Second beatified Mother Teresa, declaring her a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. Beatification is the last step before recognition as a saint. Mother Teresa earned the nickname Saint of the Gutters for her tireless efforts in tending to the sick and dying of Calcuttas slums. She died in September 1997 at the age of 87. In 2008, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced his endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama for President of the United States. Powell previously served in the Republican administration under President George W. Bush. In 2008, noted fashion critic Mr. Blackwell died on this date at the age of 56. A pop culture icon for almost 50 years, Blackwell, whose real name was Richard Sylvan Selzer, published his over-the-top Ten Best and Worst Dressed People list for American Weekly Magazine. The one-time model, actor and fashion designer was best known for taking shots at the fashion choices of celebrities. He went on to announce his Ten Worst Dressed Women every year at a press conference from his Hancock Park home. In 2010, actor Tom Bosley died on this date at the age of 83. Bosley was best known for playing Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days. Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries were also among his TV credits.
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