On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1461 Edward IV is crowned King of England. Over a dozen actors will play him from silent film to TV miniseries including Roy Dotrice (The Wars of the Roses), John Wood (Richard III), and Max Irons (The White Queen) but despite awards-voters fetish for royalty porn this role has never resulted in an Oscar, Tony or Emmy nomination.
1838 Queen Victoria is crowned. Emily Blunt reenacts the ascenscion for Young Victoria (2009) receiving her third of five Golden Globe nominations (she's won once). Oscar, though, has yet to notice her gifts. When Oscar, when? What do you require?...
1880 Outlaw Ned Kelly is finally captured in a siege at Glenrowan, Australia. This event ends the film Ned Kelly (2003) with Heath Ledger as the outlaw. Kelly was hanged 5 months later after trial.
1902 Richard Rodgers of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Rodgers & Hart fame is borth. He is the first person to ever EGOT. Among his best known musicals: Pal Joey, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music all of which became movies.
1926 Mel Brooks, an indisputable giant of comedy, is born. Peaks in the 1970s with this amazing run: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, and High Anxiety. Can you imagine?
1946 Comedienne Gilda Radner is born in Detroit. Becomes a superstar via Saturday Night Live. If you've never seen Gilda Live (1980), you must. You'll fall and laugh hard.
1948 Kathy Bates is born. Wins an Oscar (Misery) & two Emmys but the Tony still eludes her for that Triple Crown. She hasn't been on Broadway since '88 though so don't hold your breath
1966 Two young icons of mid 80s to early 90s cinema are born: John Cusack and Mary Stuart Masterson. Happy 50th! Now get back to work, Mary Stuart! All the other three-named 80s & 90s ladies are still at it from MLP to SJP to JJL.
1969 The Stonewall riots begin in New York City. We've had only two features about this (a charming nobudget indie in '95 and the shameless Roland Emmerich flick in '15) though we clearly need a third less heavily fictionalized and more definitive
1972 Alessandro Nivola, a favorite of this site and still underutilized by filmmakers, is born. Among his best performances: Laurel Canyon, Junebug, Ginger & Rosa, and The Neon Demon.
1985 St. Elmo's Fire opens in movie theaters, the last 'great' communal hurrah of the short lived 'Brat Pack'. Among its pleasures: Demi Moore's funniest performance, Mare Winningham's peanut butter and jelly monologue, Rob Lowe's sluttiness, and hearing eternally gorgeous Andie MacDowell's southern twang for the first time (having been dubbed in her film debut, Greystoke, the year before).
Kåre Hedebrant in "Real Humans"
1995 Kåre Hedebrant, that little lonely blonde moppet in Let the Right One In is 21 today. Happy 21st! Did you know that he recently co-starred in the Swedish TV series "Real Humans" which just became the English language sci-fi series "Humans"?
2006 Superman Returns ...to theaters with new charming Christopher Reeve impersonator Brandon Routh and everyone gripes about the movie. Little did they know that this would one day look like a masterpiece in comparison with Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. Oh for the days of Superman II (1980)!
2013 The Heat opens in theaters. Is somehow even more hilarious three years later. McCarthy's best post-Bridesmaids? Or is that Spy? You tell us in the comments!