De Soto Lands on Florida Coast in 1539
The explorer Hernando de Soto arrives from Spain and lands along the Florida coast on May 28, 1539, initiating his expedition in the new world.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1975
Page
7
The explorer Hernando de Soto arrives from Spain and lands along the Florida coast on May 28, 1539, initiating his expedition in the new world.
Bruce Dern credits his breakthrough to a slew of roles and the film Gatsby. He cites a formula of 100 TV shows 19 years and 30 films plus luck as key to his ascent. He stars in Smile and Posse this year while shooting Deceit for Hitchcock and Won Ton Ton.
Public TV airs the Fourth National Young Filmmakers Festival featuring nine prize winning amateur films by children aged six to 18. Charlesetta Turner stars in Little Black Riding Hood which reimagines the Red Riding Hood tale with humor and social edge.
Bernard Cornfeld, noted Playboy financier, indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts for using a "blue box" device to place 343 overseas calls from his Beverly Hills mansion. Prosecutors say he directed several female employees to route calls to London, Geneva and other destinations, costing Pacific Bell about $1,000 monthly over four months.
Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award winning producer of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, is honored as Alumnus of the Year by UCLA. He earned a master's in motion pictures from UCLA Theatre Arts in 1967.
Listings show Joe Garagiola hosting college baseball and a run of dramatic series across channels 2 to 22. Notable items include Gunsmoke, Jacques Cousteau program, Maude, SWAT, Rhoda, Medical Center, Alfred Hitchcock, and Love American Style with film noir The Poppy is Also a Flower airing at 11:30 on channel 7 and 9.
Sir Henry Vane was chosen as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 25 1636, a year after his arrival from England.
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