ON THIS DAY: In 1738, the man who would become King George III was born in London (he died in 1820). Famous not only as the monarch who lost the British colonies in America but also as the one who lost his mind while on the throne, his tale gets the big-screen treatment in 1994's THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE. Nigel Hawthorne gives a magnificent performance as the irrational ruler who faces sadistic treatment at the hands of a society for whom mental illness is still a mystery. [today's movie at IMDb]

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