First moon photos, release of film ‘Shane’ this week

• On Aug. 3, 1861, the last entry of the serialized novel “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is published. Dickens’ father was thrown in debtors’ prison in 1824, and 12-year-old Charles was sent to work in a factory. The miserable treatment of children and the institution of the debtors’ jail became topics of several of Dickens’ novels.

• On Aug. 2, 1933, Irish actor Peter O’Toole is born. He received the first of six Oscar nominations in 1962 for his performance as the title character in “Lawrence of Arabia.”

• On July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 people. One engine from the plane went straight through the building and landed in a penthouse apartment across the street.

• On Aug. 1, 1953, “Shane,” considered by many critics to be the greatest Western movie, is released by Paramount Pictures. “Shane” was a new type of Western. After World War II, Americans who had lived through the horrors and hardships began to crave books and films that offered more realistic and complex characters.

• On July 30, 1974, under coercion from the U.S. Supreme Court, President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski.