Reader Mark G writes to note the March 31, 1948 birthday of our favorite messenger of planetary disaster — close, but, no, not “Gort” from the dreary remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, though there could be something there…or else one of those closeted Hollywood conservatives snuck in a good one.
He also mentions, on a completely unrelated note, that a certain little excitement in Roswell, NM occured the first week of July, 1947. You do the math.
