![]() In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians. In 1946, when he was 22 years old, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. ![]() ![]() At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. In 1939, when he was just 15 years old, in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. ![]() Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. In 1924, in the year that Bertram E Simon was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Bertram's lifetime. ![]()
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