Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by the
American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered
on Broadway in February 10, 1949, running for 742
performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s
Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams,
and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling
salesman who is despondent with his life and appears to
be slipping into senility. The play addresses a variety of
themes, such as the American Dream, the anatomy of truth,
and infidelity. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and
Tony Award for Best Play. It is considered by some critics
to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.

Arthur Asher Miller
(October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)

Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock in the 1949
Tony Award-winning production of "Death of
a Salesman."

On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the
1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, died at
her Woodside, California, home at age 85. The cause of death,
according to her death certificate released on March 3, 2014,
was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Temple began
taking dance lessons when she was three. In 1932, she was
discovered by an agent and cast in a series of short films called
Baby Burlesks. Her career took off in 1934, when she appeared
in the film Stand Up and Cheer.

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America met the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on this day
in 1964. It is estimated that 73 million Americans were watching
that night as the Beatles made their live U.S. television debut.

The Beatles with TV host Ed Sullivan during their first appearance on his show.

John Albert Elway Jr. will be 64 on June 28th.

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland
and has been the largest publicly held food company in the world. 

Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs
around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal,
the world’s largest cosmetics company.

Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company", which was established in 1866 by brothers George
and Charles Page, and "Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé" founded in
1867 by Henri Nestlé.

              
Henri Nestlé (1814–1890)