Above is a lovely Technicolor lithograph of an unknown model being sucked headfirst into a hole to another dimension. Or is that a hat? The shot is called “Black Magic,” and what has really disappeared here is the model’s breasts beneath some artist’s lacy paint job. We like it, though—it gives the shot a bit of quirkiness. No date for this, but we’re thinking early 1960s.
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.