BOATS THIS WEEK (OCT 7-13, 2024) — 57 years ago tomorrow, Che Guevara was captured in Bolivia just before his execution. Then, two years later, Omar Sharif portrayed him in the movie version of Che's story that we'll compare to the true story of this week's event. Then, we'll shift to Eight Men Out because as baseball season comes to a close, one of the darkest moments in Major League Baseball history happened this week back in 1919.

This Saturday marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus making landfall, which was shown in the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise. For this week's historical movie release, the Tom Hanks movie Captain Phillips was released 11 years ago this Friday.

Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.

Events from this week in history

Tuesday: Che! | BOATS #115
Wednesday: Eight Men Out | BOATS #132
Saturday: 1492: Conquest of Paradise | BOATS #186

Birthdays from this week in history

Wednesday: Eugene Bullard in Red Tails
Friday: Eleanor Roosevelt in The First Lady
Sunday: Jane Grey in Becoming Elizabeth

Historical movies releasing this week in history

Friday: Captain Phillips | BOATS #28

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