BONA FIDE ICON MADE ITS DEBUT IN 1959
On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll went on display at the
American Toy Fair in New York City.
Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was
the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult
features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who
co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband (below) in 1945.
Elliott and Ruth Handler
Mattel’s headquarters and factory near LAX in 1956.
A COMEDIC LEGEND DIED ON THIS DAY
Burns started smoking cigars when he was 14.
On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer
George Burns dies at his home in Beverly Hills, California,
just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday.
George Burns is one of the few entertainers whose career
successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television.
Zenith Console Floor Radio
Model 11S474, 1940s.
Burns and Allen’s radio show was inducted into the National Radio
Hall of Fame in 1994.
Burns is also a member of the Television Hall of Fame, where he
and Gracie Allen were inducted in 1988.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on
CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958.
1977
FLIGHT WENT MISSING ON THIS DAY IN 2014
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying
227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost contact with
air traffic control less than an hour after taking off from
Kuala Lumpur, then veers off course, disappears and
most of the plane, and everyone on board, were never
seen again.
About an hour after Flight 370 was scheduled to land in
Beijing, Malaysia Airlines announced it was missing.
Prior to the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance, it had
been flying seemingly without incident.
There were no distress signals from the plane, reports
of bad weather or technical problems.
In 2015, French police officers carried a piece of airplane
debris on the island of Réunion which later proved to
have been from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
More debris from Flight 370 found.
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