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Category: history
Eartha, 1968
I’m seeing an upsurge of interest in Earth Kitt lately. The following video is of her performance at Sanremo in 1968. 1968 was a big year for her because it was the year that she bravely ran afoul of the White House over the Vietnam war — I give the full story in my Book of Days. “Within two hours” of the confrontation with Lady Bird Johnson, Kitt wrote, “I was out of work in America.” That may be why she was in Italy at Sanremo.
Interactive timelines
Some of the better timelines on the web:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History
- University of Texas anthropology department World Cultures Timeline
- Timeline index
The Met’s timeline is especially good. The last one is just a directory of timelines, some of which are good, others less so.
As I refine my timeline of the Maya I may need to make it interactive at some point.
