

The earliest known Hot Dog Day was held in Alfred, New
York in 1972.

The Twilight Zone is an anthology television series created
by Rod Serling (above).The first series, shot entirely in black
and white, ran on CBS for five seasons from 1959 to 1964.
TV Guide ranked the original TV series #5 in their 2013 list of the 60 greatest shows of all time and #4 in their list of the 60 greatest
dramas.


Emmy-winning meteorologist Elise Finch has died, according
to WCBS New York, the station she worked at for 16 years.
According to a statement issued by the TV station, Finch died
at a local hospital, and her cause of death remains unknown.
Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator
Edward “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts drove an Oldsmobile
off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond. Kennedy escaped
the submerged car, but his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo
Kopechne, did not. The senator did not report the fatal car
accident for 10 hours.


January 10, 1969