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On November 16, 1959, The Sound of Music opened on
Broadway, becoming a smash success from the first night.
The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin
and Theodore Bikel, won five Tony Awards, including
Best Musical, out of nine nominations.
On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker was unveiled in
New York City. The advent of the ticker revolutionized the
stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available
to investors around the country.
Prior to this development, information from the New York
Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792,
traveled by mail or messenger.
The ticker was the brainchild of Edward Calahan, who
configured a telegraph machine to print stock quotes
on streams of paper tape (the same paper tape later
used in ticker-tape parades).
The ticker, which caught on quickly with investors, got
its name from the sound its type wheel made.
Edward Augustin Calahan (1838–1912)
The First Stock Ticker – Postcard.
Leavey and Rex in 2012.
Megan Leavey (41) is a US Marine corporal who served as a Military
Police K9 handler. She was paired with military working dog Rex
(E168). The pair served two deployments in Iraq together.
They were first deployed to Fallujah in 2005, and then to Ramadi
in 2006, where they were both wounded by an improvised explosive device. Leavey was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and
Marine Corps Achievement Medal with a "V" device denoting
heroism in combat.
In 2012, Rex developed facial palsy, which ended his bomb-
sniffing duties. Leavey was able to adopt him through the
intervention of Senator Chuck Schumer, around April 2012.
While living with Leavey, Rex died of old age on December 22,
2012.
Lance Corporal Leavey with Rex in Iraq, November 2005.
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Leavey and Rex became the subject of the 2017
biographical film Megan Leavey. (GREAT FILM!)
Leavey is portrayed by Kate Mara, and had a
cameo appearance in the film as "Female Drill
Instructor #3". In 2019, she was one of two
recipients of the Genesis Legacy Medal which
was presented to her by the National Purple
Heart Honor Mission.
Kate Rooney Mara (41)
The Chicago Tribune criticized Vice President Kamala
Harris’ failed presidential campaign for reportedly
paying celebrities like Oprah Winfrey for fundraising
events. Harris reportedly paid $1 million to Oprah in
campaign-related fees. (FOX NEWS)
Craig Breedlove (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023)
On November 15, 1965 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, 28-
year-old Californian Craig Breedlove set a new land-speed record,
600.601 miles an hour, in his car, the Spirit of America, which
cost $250,000 and was powered by a surplus engine from a
Navy jet.
He drove across the desert twice that day, since international
world-record rules require a car to make two timed one-mile
runs in one hour. The average speed of the two trips was logged.
During his first trip, Breedlove traveled at a rate of 593.178 mph;
during his second, the first time any person had officially gone
faster than 600 mph, he traveled at a rate of 608.201 mph. “That
600 is about a thousand times better than 599,” he said afterward.
“Boy, it’s a great feeling.”
Spirit of America on exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
