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is 1st person o color whose name will adorn 1 o ’s 23 squares. First time in 140 years that it has approved name change 4 one o picturesque, park-like squares that r treasured features of original plan.

“It’s 1 thing 2 make history. It’s something else 2 make sense. In this case, we’re making both,” Savannah Mayor said. He noted 5 women sit on 9-member city council, something people of Taylor’s era “never would have fathomed”

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#susiekingtaylor #savannah #vanjohnson #black

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67 years ago:
23 Paces to Baker Street (US)
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.
1956-05-18
themoviedb.org/movie/71171

#23pacestobakerstreet #henryhathaway #vanjohnson #veramiles #cecilparker #20thcenturyfox #classicfilm

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72 years ago:
Go for Broke! (US)
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time. The 442nd serve in Italy, then France, distingui...
1951-05-04
themoviedb.org/movie/37214

#goforbroke #vanjohnson #henrynakamura #mgm #film

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75 years ago:
State of the Union (US)
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
1948-04-30
themoviedb.org/movie/33792

#stateoftheunion #frankcapra #spencertracy #katharinehepburn #vanjohnson #mgm #movies

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55 years ago:
Yours, Mine and Ours (US)
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
1968-04-24
themoviedb.org/movie/27983

#yoursmineandours #LucilleBall #henryfonda #vanjohnson #classicfilm

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70 years ago:
Confidentially Connie (US)
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks...
1953-03-12
themoviedb.org/movie/292498

#confidentiallyconnie #vanjohnson #janetleigh #genelockhart #mgm #movies

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