Hans Remembers- Monday June 15, 1970- 50 Years Ago.

- The trial for Charles Manson and three of his followers- Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins for the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others opened today in Los Angeles. The trial would last for seven months- with guilty verdicts coming back on all four defendants on January 25, 1971. Manson and Atkins have died in prison- Krenwinkel and Van Houten remain in prison.

- The Land Of Oz theme park based on the Wizard Of Oz book series and movie- opened at Beech Mountain, North Carolina. The theme park would suffer from a fire in 1975 and close in 1980.
- The U.S.S.R. made news when Soyuz 9 Cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov broke the record for stay outer space by humans- surpassing the record of 13 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes set by American’s Frank Borman and Jim Lovell on Gemini 7.

- Born on this day King of Queen’s star- Leah Remini- in Brooklyn, New York.
Manson was just plain evil. I remember being sad that CA did not have the death penalty at the time to end his reign.
I’m glad Leah R. got out of Scientology and started revealing their dark machinations…not that everyone doesn’t already know, but to hear the details is chilling.
I haven’t paid that much attention to it- but it doesn’t sound like something I’d want involved in. If Tom Cruise is involved that’s enough for me to know- stay clear!
LOL! Not a Tom Cruise fan, huh?! hahahaha !!!
I liked him in Tropic Thunder…that’s about it.
Oh, yeah! Really good unexpected character role for him!
In all honesty, I used to despise him for years and years. But I do think he improved as an actor with time. I know he basically plays “himself” in everything, but….you should see Edge of Tomorrow. That was really a pleasant surprise!
I haven’t seen Edge of Tomorrow. A friend of mine raves about those Mission Impossible movies- but I haven’t seen any of them. Recently viewed again for the first time since seeing it in the theaters- Rain Man- and I think he was good in that,
Yeah, Mission Impossible’s like the James Bond movies to me–all the same.
Rainman was good too, though! God…so long ago. Thanks, Hans, for making me feel bitter again, lol !! Just kidding.
But as a non-Cruise fan and a so-so sci-fi fan, even, Edge of Tomorrow was da bomb. I highly recommend it if you ever get the time!
I will look for it.
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