Lord of the Universe is a 1974 American documentary film about Prem
Rawat at an event in November 1973 at the Houston Astrodome called
"Millennium '73". Lord of the Universe was first broadcast on PBS on
February 2, 1974, and released in a VHS format on November 1, 1991. The
documentary chronicles Maharaj Ji, his followers and anti-Vietnam War
activist Rennie Davis who was a spokesperson of the Divine Light
Mission at the time. A counterpoint is presented by Abbie Hoffman who
appears as a commentator. It includes interviews with several
protagonists, including followers, ex-followers, a mahatma, a
born-again Christian, and a Hare Krishna. The production team of Top
Value Television produced the documentary, using Portapak video
cameras. The TVTV team followed Maharaj Ji across the United States
over a period of six weeks, and edited a large amount of tape down to
the fifty-eight minute piece. The documentary was generally
well-received, and garnered its TVTV production team the 1974 Alfred I.
du Pont/Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism. The
documentary received a negative review in the New York Post, and
positive reviews in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Los
Angeles Times, and the Chicago Sun-Times. The San Francisco Bay
Guardian wrote that the TVTV team had improved since their previous
work, but wanted them to move on to more challenging subjects.
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1653:
The Dutch colony New Amsterdam received municipal rights, thus becoming
a city on territory that is now New York City.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam>
1659:
Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle
of South African wine.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_wine>
1982:
The Syrian army bombarded the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt
by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing about 7,000–25,000 people.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama_massacre>
1994:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its final
ruling in Ney v. Landmark Education Corporation and Werner Erhard and
affirmed the decision of the District Court; Werner Erhard defaulted on
the payment due to Ney.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ney_v._Landmark_Education_Corporation_and_Werner_Erhard>
2004:
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men's
singles player, a position he held for a record 237 weeks.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer>
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