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oswald family apartment
from jfk, lee harvey oswald posted in history by donkeyoti
Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, Marina, were renting the upstairs apartment of this duplex at the time of the Kennedy assassination.
In the backyard, Marina took a picture of Lee Harvey with a rifle that was widely circulated after the event. Conspiracy theorists note that the shadow on Oswald's face appears to be at noon, while the remaining shadows appear to be in the afternoon.
Oswald was separated from Marina at the time of the JFK assassination and was living at 1026 North Beckley Avenue.
sanctum sanctorum
from dr. strange posted in comic books by nevereatshreddedwheat
Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich, both writers for Marvel comics, lived together at this address in the 1960s.
Thomas, who launched the Conan the Barbarian comic and wrote for Uncanny X-Men and The Avengers among many other titles, wrote an entire run of Dr. Strange from 1968-69. He gave Dr. Strange's fictional townhouse the address of his apartment at the time.
Thomas would eventually take over as editor-in-chief of Marvel in 1972 when Stan Lee became Marvel's publisher.
dallas municipal building
from jfk, lee harvey oswald posted in history by donkeyoti
After Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theatre on November 22, 1963, he was interrogated and jailed here for two days.
On November 24, Oswald was being escorted to a more secure facility through the basement exit when Jack Ruby shot him. It was the first televised assassination.
Today, the building houses municipal courts and the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law.
hoosier dome
from wrestlemania, hulk hogan posted in pro wrestling by pete_nice
Before the Hoosier Dome became the RCA Dome, and before the RCA Dome imploded, Wrestlemania VIII was held at this location on April 5, 1992.
In the eighth installment of the Wrestlemania franchise, the headline was a rare double match-up. Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice by disqualification, and Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair.
Fun fact: After the RCA Dome (rename of the Hoosier Dome) was imploded on December 20, 2008, the canopy of the dome was recycled to make messenger bags, wallets, and clutches.
texas theatre
from jfk, lee harvey oswald posted in history by donkeyoti
Originally opened and operated by aviator-mogul Howard Hughes in 1931, the Texas Theatre is famous for being the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended after wounding Texas Governor John Connally and killing JFK and Dallas Officer J.D. Tippit.
Oswald ran into the theater without paying for a ticket after shooting J.D. Tippit nearby. He sat in the fifth seat from the aisle in the third to last row. The seat location is now marked with gold lettering (not the actual seat- that one was brought home by the owner before the FBI got there). Oswald was watching the 1962 film War is Hell when the police arrived.
Today, the Texas Theatre is an independent and repertory cinema.