


Nothing looked stagy or stilted in the sets and costumes, which provided an unusual authenticity of period style for television drama. The design values of the film were also superb. The political, military, and personal issues were all thoughtfully brought to life. The filmmakers worked closely to David McCullough's outstanding book for the details, along with the human side of the story captured in the voluminous correspondence of John and Abigail Adams. The challenge of the series was to breathe life into those stories and lives we know so well. It was impressive to see such giants as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, as well as the lesser known individuals, truly inhabited by the actors. It was an immediate hit with theatergoers.Although the miniseries title and episodes focus on the life of John Adams, the strength of the film lies in the exceptional ensemble cast. Eventually, it became the highest-grossing film of all time - until E.T. In 1977, in the year of Cheryl Gasz's passing, on May 25th, Star Wars premiered in theaters. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. In 1963, by the time she was merely 15 years old, on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. In 1960, when she was merely 12 years old, on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.

He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. In 1955, she was only 7 years old when on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. That evening, Egypt launched an air assault on Israel. In 1948, in the year that Cheryl Gasz was born, on May 14th, the State of Israel was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, who became Israel's first Premier, and the U.S. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Cheryl's lifetime.
