Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for February 8th: https://ko-fi.com/post/February-8-James-Dean-W7W41AOIWJ
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Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: James Dean
Bummer February 8th
February 8, 1968: In what becomes known as the Orangeburg Massacre, the South Carolina state highway patrol opens fire on African-American college students protesting the segregation of a local bowling alley. Three young men are killed and more than 20 people are injured, including a pregnant woman who is beaten and suffers a miscarriage. The nine troopers who participated in the beatings and shooting were acquitted of all charges; one protestor serves seven months in prison for “rioting.”
February 8, 2007: 39-year-old model and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith dies of multiple prescription drug intoxication complicated by multiple infections. The Hollywood, Florida, hotel in which Smith is found unresponsive contains multiple prescription bottles, all prescribed by the same doctor, but none of which are prescribed to Smith. She appears to have been taking over-the-counter cold medicine to counter the effects of skin and intestinal infections, which she may have gotten from giving herself improperly sterilized injections of a diet drug. The cold medicine may have amplified the sedative effects of the prescription drugs she used to help her sleep.
Sadly, Smith’s daughter Dannielynn is only five months old at the time of her mother’s death.
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Anna Nicole Smith at Dorothy Surrenders: https://dorothysurrenders.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-weekend-crush_09.html
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