Above: a Japanese poster for the 1959 crime drama Odds Against Tomorrow , starring Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan. Its Japanese title was 拳銃の報酬, meaning “pistol reward,” which is pretty good, we think. The movie is good too. It reached Japan today in 1960.
1976—Gerald Ford Rescinds Executive Order 9066
U.S. President Gerald R. Ford signs Proclamation 4417, which belatedly rescinds Executive Order 9066. That Order, signed in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, established “War Relocation Camps” for Japanese-American citizens living in the U.S. Eventually, 120,000 are locked up without evidence, due process, or the possibility of appeal, for the duration of World War II.