[Wikipedia Daily Article] October 3: Thunderball

Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It
was created with the intention of being turned into a film, and is
officially credited as being "based on a screen treatment by Kevin
McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming", a shared credit which has
been the subject of much controversy. The novel was published in 1961
and stands, technically, as the first novelisation of a James Bond
screenplay, even though at the time it was written and published, no
such film had yet been produced. It was subsequently adapted as a
daily comic strip beginning in 1961. Thunderball has, to date, been
adapted twice for the cinema. The first adaptation was released in
1965, with Sean Connery as James Bond. It was the fourth official Bond
movie in EON Productions' series. McClory later produced an unofficial
remake, 1983's Never Say Never Again, which again starred Connery as
Bond. Thunderball was originally scheduled to have been the first
James Bond film, in 1962, but this was later changed to Dr. No due to
a lawsuit brought about by McClory.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1283:
Dafydd ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, the last native ruler of Wales
to resist English domination, was executed by drawing and quartering.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_ap_Gruffydd)

1935:
Italy invaded Ethiopia, igniting the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Abyssinian_War)

1990:
German reunification: The five re-established German states
(Bundesländer) of East Germany formally joined West Germany.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_reunification)

1993:
Soldiers from Malaysian, Pakistani and U.S. armed forces attempted to
capture Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in the Battle of
Mogadishu.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu)

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Wikiquote of the day:

"Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual
rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely
to mitigate the idiocy of this age." -- John Perry Barlow
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow)

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