Archive for January 11th, 2013

HOST OF THE AIRWAVES ~ 1950

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SELLING SPONSORS ON A NEW TV SHOW!

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Screenwriter, novelist, and television producer Rod Serling pitched his new 
science fiction TV series, The Twilight Zone, to prospective advertisers in
the spring of 1959. This was before the pilot episode, “Where Is Everybody?”
was shown to them.

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THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Hamilton

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Alexander Hamilton
(January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804)

Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father and the first Secretary of 
the Treasury of the United States in the administration of President 
George Washington. He was also one of America’s first constitutional
lawyers and the founder of the American Federalist party..

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MAGAZINE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1902

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Popular Mechanics is a popular technology magazine, which was first
published by
H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the
Hearst Corporation. There are nine international editions. Popular
Mechanics
features regular sections on automotive, home, science,
outdoors, and technology topics.
 

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             Editor, Henry Haven Windsor

       (November 13, 1859 – May 11, 1924)

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January, 2013 issue

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