Showing posts with label June 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label June 6. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Wednesday, June 6, 1934

Didn't take any tests today. Just sat around in Gym and then waited for Ruth Ray to walk home with me.

Bain News Service, publisher Augustine Voldemaras
Augustine Voldemaras
Dictator of Lithuania 1926-1929
Succeeded by Antanas Smetona

On June 6, 1934, followers of Augustine Voldermaras attempted a coup to overthrow
 the Lithuanian government. Having already been convicted of high treason in May 1930 and
 exiled to a village, Voldermaras was imprisoned for twelve months as a result of the coup attempt.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Tuesday, June 6, 1933

Today in English we finished "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Luckily, we do not have any test on it.

The world's first drive-in movie opens in Camden, New Jersey, on June 6, 1933
(Note: This is the reverse side of the movie screen)

The concept was developed by Richard Hollingshead Jr., who experimented with various
projection and sound techniques in the driveway of his house. Using a 1928 Kodak
projector mounted on the hood of his car and aimed at a screen pinned to some trees,
 Hollingshead worked out the spacing logistics to make sure that all cars had an
unobstructed view of the screen. He received a patent for his idea in May 1933 and opened
his first drive-in theater only three weeks later. They quickly fanned out across the country.