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October 1st, “Lilies of the Field” is released starring Sidney Poitier who wins “Best Actor in a Leading Role” for this film, becoming the 1st African-American to recieve an Oscar.

Kenneth Anger’s experimental short film “Scorpio Rising” debuts. it contains no dialogue & has a 60’s pop soundtrack. Themes include: homosexuality, the occult, Leather, bikers, Nazism, Catholicism, & rebel worship.

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KENNETH ANGER’S SCORPIO RISING FOOLS RUSH IN: RICKY NELSON

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‘A change is gonna come’ was partially inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” & the events of this day.

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October 8th, Sam Cooke calls & makes reservations for him and his band in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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October 10th, South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated in Saigon with the help of the united States.

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French singer Édith Piaf dies of liver cancer at the age of 47 at her villa in the French Riviera.

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October 13th, Lena Horne

the President ' s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) issues its final reports to President Kennedy, entitled " American Women " , documenting the status of American women & making recommendations for further action on the 79th anniver sary of PCSW ' s 1st chairman - Eleanor Roosevelt ' s birth.

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MEET ME IN ST LOUIS @ 32:07 LEENA HORNE & JUDY GARLAND

this style was inspired by the fluid & erotic linework of Jean Cocteau

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