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The Evil Dead opens in US theaters (1983). The Evil Dead is a horror movie written and directed by Sam Raimi, and starring Bruce Campbell. The movie made its debut on October 15, 1981, in Detroit, Michigan, and also aired at several film festivals before receiving a full theatrical release in the United States two years later, eventually becoming a cult favorite.

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Emma Watson is born (1990). Emma Watson is an English actress known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Hermione Granger. Watson was born in Paris, France.

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Henry James is born (1843). Legendary American novelist Henry James's classic ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw," has been adapted numerous times to the big screen, to television, and even to the opera stage. The most enduring version, retitled The Innocents (1961), was directed by Jack Clayton and based on an adaptation by Truman Capote and William Archibald. The film starred Deborah Kerr as the repressed governess haunted by the spirits of a pair of demented lovers. James, who died in 1916, was born in New York, New York.

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