Rare copy of the first issue of News-week magazine

Newsweek, the second-largest news weekly magazine behind Time, has
announced it will cease print publication with the December 31, 2012 issue
and transition to an all-digital format that will be called Newsweek Global. The
announcement was made today by Newsweek editor Tina Brown who also
edits the magazine’s sister online site, The Daily Beast. The two merged
in 2010. Newsweek was to have celebrated its 80^th anniversary this
coming February.  

 Tina Brown

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is 86 today and continues to perform
live.

1957

Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) in Gilligan’s Island

Actress Dawn Elberta Wells is best known for playing Mary Ann
Summers on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967)

The debut of Superman, 1938

LOS ANGELES (AP) – DC Comics will retain its rights to Superman after
a judge ruled Wednesday that the heirs of one of the superhero’s co-
creators signed away their ability to reclaim copyrights to the Man of
Steel roughly 20 years ago.

The ruling means that DC Comics and its owner Warner Bros. will retain
all rights to continue using the character in books, films, television and
other mediums, including a film reboot planned for next year.

In April, the $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and
other creative works by Shuster and Siegel sold for $160,000 in an online
auction.

The cancelled check sent to Siegel and Shuster in 1938 to acquire Superman

The creators of the Superman character, artist Joe Shuster, left, and  
writer Jerry Siegel.

Ben E. King and The Drifters

"Save the Last Dance for Me" spent three non-consecutive weeks at the #1  
Billboard Hot 100 position, in addition to spending one week atop the R&B
chart.

The Drifters today