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Hawaii
Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action satire comedy film written,
produced, and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Robert
Downey, Jr., and Jack Black. The main plot revolves around a group of
three prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film. When their
frustrated writer and director decide to drop them in the middle of a
jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills in order to
survive the real action and danger. Stiller's idea for the film
originated while playing a small part in Empire of the Sun. After the
film was greenlit in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on the
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1704:
Led by the Duke of Marlborough , the combined forces of England, the
Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces defeated France and Bavaria
in the Battle of Blenheim, one of the turning points of the War of the
Spanish Succession.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim>
1898:
Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock
battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in
order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_%281898%29>
1942:
Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
authorized the construction of facilities that would house the
Manhattan Project.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project>
1954:
The complete version of Qaumī Tarāna, the national anthem of Pakistan,
was broadcast for the first time on Radio Pakistan.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaum%C4%AB_Tar%C4%81na>
1962:
The Holy See agreed to refrain from denouncing Communism in exchange
for having Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend the
forthcoming Second Vatican Council.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz_Accord>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hebdomadal (adj):
Happening once a week; weekly
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hebdomadal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about
it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
--Alfred Hitchcock
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock>