Howard Hughes with his record-setting Northrop Gamma
Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles, California to Newark Airport in New Jersey. The West to East flight took 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds to complete.
Hughes climbs out of the Northrop Gamma at Newark, New Jersey.
Donald Hugh (Don) Harron (September 19, 1924 – January 17, 2015)
TORONTO (AP) – Don Harron, who entertained TV audiences in Canada and the U.S. with his comic alter ego Charlie Farquharson and helped bring the classic Canadian novel "Anne of Green Gables" to the stage, has died.
Harron’s eldest daughter Martha said her father died Saturday morning surrounded by family at his Toronto home after choosing not to seek treatment for cancer.
Harron introduced his Farquharson character — a country bumpkin from rural Ontario — on a CBC television revue in 1952. He went on to perform as Farquharson on the U.S. TV variety show "Hee Haw" from 1969-82.