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TODAY IN HISTORY ~
THE FIRST FEMALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ~
Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965)
The first female flight attendant was a 25-year-old registered nurse from Iowa
Cresco, the manager of the San Francisco office Boing Air Transport, would
not hire her as a pilot, but did pass along her suggestion to put nurses on
board airplanes to help calm those with the fear of flying. Church was hired
in 1930 as head stewardess, and recruited seven others for a three-month
trial period.The job was one of only a few in the 1930s to permit women,
THE LOST INTERVIEW ON THIS DAY IN 1968
John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on NBC-TV’s Tonight Show
with guest-host Joe Garagiola sitting in for Johnny Carson. Actress
Tellulah Bankhead (far right) was also a guest on the show.
The video of this interview no longer exists. Almost all of the 1962 to
1970 episodes were erased by NBC (taped over). This audio of the
show was recorded by a Beatles fan who decided to capture the TV
interview by placing a small tape recorder next to their TV set.
TODAY IN HISTORY ~
NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1978
Yvonne Marianne Elliman will be 63 in December
"If I Can’t Have You" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice
Gibb of the Bee Gees. Yvonne Elliman”s version was recorded for
the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
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