A UFO smashes into Stage 14 on the Manka Bros. Studios lot in Burbank and just as quickly disappears. This blurry photo taken by Simeon Manka is the only proof of the event.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 9, 1923
Studio head Khan Manka (Sr.) marries his younger brother Harry’s financee – Miss Bulgaria 1921, Irina Borislava.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 6, 1954
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of D-Day, studio chief Harry Manka stages a reenactment of the Invasion of Normandy outside his Malibu beach house using studio employees.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 1, 1901
This Date in Manka Bros History – May 1, 1901:
Khan, Simeon and Harry Mankewitz arrive at Ellis Island from Yambol, Bulgaria. Their last name is shortened to ‘Manka’ by a processing clerk.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – December 25, 1933
This Day in Manka Bros History – December 25, 1933:
Khan Manka (Sr.) reads the classic Bulgarian Christmas tale ‘Ignazden’ (the story of Saint Ignatius of Antioch) to the ‘children of the world’ live from KMBS (the Manka Bros. radio network) – an annual tradition until his death in 1937.
This Date In Manka Bros. History – December 11, 1958
This Day in Manka Bros History – December 11, 1958:
Following his death on November 27, 1958, Simeon Olsa Mankewitz is buried next to the shack in Bulgaria where he was born. He is the only Manka brother buried in their homeland.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – November 1, 1886
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 1, 1886:
Harry Manka, the youngest of the Manka brothers and father to current Chairman and CEO Khan Manka, Jr., is born in Yambol, Bulgaria.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – August 24, 1972
This Day in Manka Bros History – August 24, 1972:
For studio co-founder Harry Manka’s 90th birthday, the town of his birth (Yambol, Bulgaria) is renamed ‘Mankagrad.’ After his death in 1976, it is renamed ‘Yambol.’
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 20, 1958
This Day in Manka Bros. History – June 20, 1958:
The Bulgarian shack where the Mankewitz (Manka) brothers were born is moved from the original dirt patch in Yambol, Bulgaria, to the Manka Bros. studio lot in Burbank.
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This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 9, 1923
This Date in Manka Bros history June 9, 1923:
Khan Manka (Sr.) marries his younger brother Harry’s fiancée – Miss Bulgaria 1921, Irina Borislava.
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