Early 50’s HOFFMAN “EASY-VISION” TELEVISION.
Hoffman Radio (also Hoffman Electronics) was founded just after World War-II,
in 1946. They were located in Los Angeles, California. Initially the firm made
small tabletop radios, but got into television manufacturing in 1948, and stayed
in the TV business until 1977. Hoffman remains in business today as Hoffman
Video Systems.
Tim Maguire
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. turned 94 July 18.
Helms’s original version of “Jingle Bell Rock” charted at No. 13 on Billboard‘s
Most Played C&W by DJ’s chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs
chart.
Robert Lee Helms
(August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997)
Kellogg’s was founded as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company on
February 19, 1906, by Will Keith Kellogg as an outgrowth of his work with his
brother John Harvey Kellogg at the Battle Creek Sanitarium following practices
based on the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The company produced and
marketed the hugely successful Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes and was
renamed the Kellogg Company in 1922.
Will Keith Kellogg
(April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951)
First Kellogg’s package.
Tim Maguire
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is 60 today.
It’s been said that Gates hacked into his high school’s computer system to
make sure there would be more girls in his classes than boys.
Julia Fiona Roberts is 48 today.
Roberts reportedly wanted to be a veterinarian, but
she ended up signing with Click Modeling Agency
in New York.
