CCH HISTORY TODAY 10 JUNE 2008

History Today - 10 June 2008Run Date(s): 06/10/2008In early June 1943 the world learned that German aircrafthad shot down an unarmed, unescorted civilian airliner flyingout of Portugal en route to the UK. The famous British actorLeslie Howard was among the passengers killed over theBay of Biscay. The photograph shows the actor portrayingHamlet; his best known role in the United States was thesouthern planter Ashley in 1939's Gone with the Wind.A couple of books, one in 1957 and another in 1974,s...