Archive for November, 2018
THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY
on this day in 1999, 40-Thousand protesters surrounded the World
Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington. The protests
are sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle.
NEWS THAT BECAME HISTORY
On this day in 1963, President Johnson named a commission headed
by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy.
Members of the Warren Commission present their report to President
Lyndon Johnson (fourth from right).
President John F. Kennedy(left) with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, riding in the presidential limousine, minutes before the assassination.
The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy
Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd (below) on this day in 1929.
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
(October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957)
Medal of Honor
NEWS THAT BECAME HISTORY
On this day in 1994, Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer,
was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
The Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut on station WSM on this day
in 1925.
The WSM broadcast Tower in Brentwood, TN.
George D. Hay, original announcer of WSM’s "Barn
Dance" and later "The Grand Ole Opry," known to
his listeners as "The Solemn Old Judge."
Uncle Jimmy Thompson (80) was the first performer on a new
show called "The WSM Barn Dance."
CREATOR OF ANIMATED SERIES DIES AT 57
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – "SpongeBob SquarePants" creator Stephen Hillenburg
has died.
Nickelodeon says Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known
as ALS.
Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series that
began in 1999 and went on to spawn hundreds of episodes, movies and a
Broadway show.
He began his animation career in 1987, pursuing a degree in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of Arts in Valencia and earning his
Master of Fine Arts in 1992.
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