On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railroads met in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into
a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad
travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. No longer would western-
bound travelers need to take the long and dangerous journey by wagon
train, and the West would surely lose some of its wild charm with the new
connection to the civilized East.

                       
                      The original "golden spike", on display 
                      at the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford
                         University.
                            

Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
(December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020) 

(AP) – Little Richard, the rock legend best known for the hits "Tutti Frutti"
and "Good Golly Miss Molly," has died.

Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, told The Associated
Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning. The musician’s son,
Danny Jones Penniman, also confirmed his death to Rolling Stone and
said the cause of death was related to bone cancer.

Little Richard was nicknamed "The Innovator, The
Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll".

Time For Beany is a children’s television series, with puppets for characters,
which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949
and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television
Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett,
who later reused its main characters for the animated series Beany and
Cecil. The show won three Primetime Emmy Awards for best children’s
show.

Voice artist Stan Freberg was one of the puppeteer’s on the show.

Pictured from left: Daws Butler and Stan Freburg behind the wall.

Stan Freberg (Stanley Friberg) (August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015)