Andjar Asmara (1902–1961) was a dramatist and filmmaker active in the cinema of the Dutch East Indies. Born in West Sumatra, he first found employment as a reporter in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) before becoming a writer for the Padangsche Opera in Padang. In Padang he developed a new, dialogue-centric style which later spread throughout the region. After returning to Batavia in 1929 he spent several years as a theatre and film critic before joining the Dardanella touring troupe. He left Dardanella in 1936 to establish his own troupe and subsequently worked at a publisher, writing serials based on successful films. In 1940 he was asked to join The Teng Chun's company, Java Industrial Film, helping with marketing and working as a director for two productions. Andjar directed three films in the late 1940s and wrote four screenplays before spending the remainder of his life writing serials based on local films and publishing film criticism. Historians recognise him as a pioneer of theatre and one of the first native Indonesian film directors.
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Eighty Years' War: Soldiers of the Spanish Tercios waded across the river Scheldt at its mouth, walking overnight in water to chest height, to relieve the siege of Goes in the Spanish Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_of_Goes
1917:
The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparing for and carrying out the Russian Revolution, held its first meeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Revolutionary_Committee
1951:
African-American college football player Johnny Bright was the victim of an on-field assault that eventually provoked changes in NCAA football rules and mandated the use of more protective helmets with face guards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bright_Incident
1961:
The Soviet Union performed the first armed test of a submarine- launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 (monument pictured) from a Golf class submarine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine-launched_ballistic_missile
1967:
Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject at Six Rivers National Forest in California who they claimed was a Bigfoot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film
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