Charles Addams, cartoonist and Addams Family creator, was born on this day in 1912 | |
William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) was born on this day in 1928 | |
Poet and New York Times editor Harvey Shapiro (The Eye, National Cold Storage Company) died on this day in 2013 | |
On this day in 2015, two gunmen committed a mass shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 and injuring 11. Intended to silence the magazine after its cartoon depiction of the Prophet Muhammed, the attack had the opposite effect, prompting many news outlets to republish the "offending" drawings and reigniting the debate over the limits of freedom of the press. |
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