For July 6, historic days, some of them on the tragic side.
In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed for what was called "high treason". If you are not familiar with the true story, Thomas was innocent. He was the highest religious person in England, the archbishop, head of the church of England, and known to be a man of honesty and high moral principals. Unfortunalety the dogma of the church was "no divorce" , but the Queen did not have the child that the King needed as a successor, so the King divorced her and married a younger wife, a new queen. This was against the church teaching, so Sir Thomas would not give his blessing. He and the King had been friends, but power won out and Thomas was arrested and given a rigged trial.
The movie of this, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS is probably the best movie I have ever seen. No warbirds, but the power of the govt.vs the conscience of the individual. Remember the shark hunter in Jaws, played by Robert Shaw: he is the King in this movie. Moore is Paul Scofield, as good an actor as ever was, later the German officer on the movie about the train. There is some action, and great dialog, suspense and drama.
And in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in their attic in Amsterdam and survived for 2 years before their betrayal and execution.
In 1917, T E Lawrence, later Sir Lawrence, led Arab forces across the desert and captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks. Not a pilot, but he loved Rolls Royce cars, used them like armored cars, and motorcycles.
Perhaps the 3rd or 4th best movie I've ever seen, with great action, scenery, and lot's of major stars. Only a few warbirds, but lot's of great action and drama, and again dialog.
In 1885, French Dr. Louis Pasteur successfully treated a 9 year old boy with the first rabies vaccine. See , the French can make something besides great food, wine and art, and skis, and bad cars.