Kevin Delaney Kline is an American actor. In a career spanning over five decades, he has become a prominent leading man across both stage and screen. His accolades include an Academy Award and three Tony Awards, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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1947Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.^[†]

Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some of the greatest films ever by the American Film Institute.

1947United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.^[†]

United Air Lines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37510, on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States. All five crew members and 47 passengers on board were killed. It was the first crash of a DC-6, and at the time, it was the second-deadliest air crash in the United States, surpassed by Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 by only one fatality.

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Hollywood Communists 'Militant,' But Small in Number, Stars Testify; FILM COMMUNISTS CALLED A MINORITY TESTIFYING BEFORE HOUSE GROUP IN CAPITAL

BILLION AID SOUGHT; France Held in Urgent Need of $357,000,000, Italy $285,000,000 NO GOP PLEDGES ASKED Summons Issued Solely by President, Who Will Explain Reasons on Radio Tonight PRESIDENT CALLS A SPECIAL SESSION

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Republican Leaders Favor Widening Scope of Session; Putting Responsibility for It on Truman, Taft Stresses Tax Revision and Martin 'Would Take Up Any Domestic Issue' GOP LEADERS FAVOR WIDER OBJECTIVES

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