Globe manufacturing has come a long way since the early 20th
century when globes were painstakingly crafted by hand.
In 1933, the process involved carving wooden spheres and
meticulously painting maps of the world onto strips of paper,
which were then painstakingly attached to the globes (above).
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A 1930’s Art Deco world globe.
The NASCAR world lost one of its legends Saturday when
Bobby Allison died at the age of 86.
NASCAR released a statement from Allison’s family that
said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina.
A cause of death wasn’t given, but Allison had been in
declining health for years.
East German officials opened the Berlin Wall on November 9,
1989, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following
day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down.
One of the ugliest and most infamous symbols of the Cold War
was soon reduced to rubble that was quickly snatched up by
souvenir hunters.
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Anthony Tiran "Tony" Todd (1954 – 1924)
(AP) — Actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of
a killer in the horror film “Candyman” (1992) and roles in many
other films and television shows, is dead. He was 69.
Todd died of cancer at his home in Marina del Rey, California
his longtime manager Jeffrey Goldberg confirmed.
Todd’s films include Platoon (1986)
as Sergeant Warren.
At dusk on November 9, 1965, one of the biggest power failures
in history occurred as all of New York state, portions of seven
nearby states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into
darkness.
The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour,
delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in
New York’s subways, and stranding thousands more in office
buildings, elevators, and trains.
Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000 off-duty policemen
were called into service.
The blackout was caused by the tripping of a transmission line
near Ontario, Canada, at 5:16 p.m., which caused several other
heavily loaded lines also to fail.
