Pulp International - 1956 promo shot of American actress Sheree North

Aug 30 2011

Well-appointed from top to bottom.

There’s nothing truly new under the sun. This shot of American actress Sheree North is beautiful, but what we really like about it is the telltale glint at lower right. That’s a toe ring. Not just some unobstrusive golden band, either, but a fully blinging you-better-worship-me-from-head–to-toe ring. Remember when everyone thought toe rings were so fresh and counterculture in the ’90s? Try 1956 on this shot. Call us crazy, but somewhere under that little dress we bet there’s a tribal tattoo. Doubtful? Maybe you should see her famous tiger dance.

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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

1963—Warren Commission Formed

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. However the long report that is finally issued does little to settle questions about the assassination, and today surveys show that only a small minority of Americans agree with the Commission's conclusions.

1942—Nightclub Fire Kills Hundreds

In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the fashionable Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people. Patrons were unable to escape when the fire began because the exits immediately became blocked with panicked people, and other possible exits were welded shut or boarded up. The fire led to a reform of fire codes and safety standards across the country, and the club's owner, Barney Welansky, who had boasted of his ties to the Mafia and to Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, was eventually found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

1934—Baby Face Nelson Killed

In the U.S., killer and bank robber Baby Face Nelson, aka Lester Joseph Gillis, dies in a shoot-out with the FBI in Barrington, Illinois. Nelson is shot nine times, but by walking directly into a barrage of gunfire manages to kill both of his FBI pursuers before dying himself.

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