Today in Movies
Marie Antoinette (2006)
May
16th,
1770,
Marie Antoinette marries the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Man on the Moon (1999)
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
The Dam Busters (1955)
May
16th,
1943,
the attack on several dams
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
May
16th,
1962,
two nuclear bombs are detonated on the same day, by the US and USSR
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
