COMPTON, CALIFORNIA

Tinkle, tinkle, little star.

Joyce Compton, née Olive Joyce Compton, launched her Hollywood career in 1925 and managed a few uncredited roles before being named one of the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers’ Baby Stars in 1926. WAMPAS Baby Stars was an award that each year singled out thirteen young actresses on the cusp of fame, and Compton went on to appear in well over one-hundred films during more than five decades in show business. The shot above is a First National Pictures promo from 1926 showing her modeling a tinkle garter, which was a garter belt with bells on it. To what end? Don’t ask us. It was the twenties, so maybe they helped women be heard above all the roaring.

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September 10

1935—Huey Long Assassinated

Governor of Louisiana Huey Long, one of the few truly leftist politicians in American history, is shot by Carl Austin Weiss in Baton Rouge. Long dies after two days in the hospital.

September 9

1956—Elvis Shakes Up Ed Sullivan

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, performing his hit song “Don’t Be Cruel.” Ironically, a car accident prevented Sullivan from being present that night, and the show was guest-hosted by British actor Charles Laughton.

September 8

1966—Star Trek Airs for First Time

Star Trek, an American television series set in the twenty-third century and promoting socialist utopian ideals, premieres on NBC. The series is cancelled after three seasons without much fanfare, but in syndication becomes one of the most beloved television shows of all time.

September 8

1974—Ford Pardons Nixon

U.S. President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office, which coincidentally happen to include all those associated with the Watergate scandal.

September 7

1978—Giorgi Markov Assassinated

Bulgarian dissident Giorgi Markov is assassinated in a scene right out of a spy novel. As he’s waiting at a bus stop near Waterloo Bridge in London, he’s jabbed in the calf with an umbrella. The man holding the umbrella apologizes and walks away, but he is in reality a Bulgarian hired killer who has just injected a ricin pellet into Markov, who develops a high fever and dies three days later.