The so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the
United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars
in damages, on November 25, 1950.
Also known as the “Appalachian Storm,” it dumped record
amounts of snow in parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
The storm was unique, however, because it featured not only
extremely strong winds and heavy snow, but both record high
and low temperatures.
TIM MAGUIRE
John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession to St. Matthew’s
Cathedral.
Funeral Mass card.
Sketches of the mysterious DB Cooper compiled from descriptions by passengers and crew from the hijacked
flight. (FBI)
A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his
possession. His brazen crime still stands as one of the most
mysterious in history.
Most authorities have assumed he died during his seemingly
suicidal jump. No trace of Cooper was ever found after a massive
search.
Cooper’s true identity has never been determined conclusively.
Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb and informing
the crew that he wanted $200,000, four parachutes, and “no funny
stuff.” The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
where authorities met Cooper’s demands and evacuated most of
the passengers.
N467US, the Northwest aircraft involved in the hijacking.
Crew of Flight 305 upon landing in Reno: (left to right)
Captain William Scott, Co-pilot Bill Rataczak, Flight
Attendant Tina Mucklow, Flight Engineer Harold E.
Anderson.
During the 1890s, publications were inserted into Joseph Pulitzer‘s
New York World and William Randolph Hearst‘s New York Journal.
Hearst had the eight-page Women’s Home Journal and the 16-page Sunday American Magazine, which later became The American
Weekly.
In November 1896, Morrill Goddard, editor of the New York Journal
from 1896 to 1937, launched Hearst’s Sunday magazine, later commenting, "Nothing is so stale as yesterday’s newspaper, but
The American Weekly may be around the house for days or weeks
and lose none of its interest.
William Randolph Hearst Sr.
(April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine
Life was published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck
Dam’s spillway by Margaret Bourke-White.
Life actually had its start earlier in the 20th century as a different
kind of magazine: a weekly humor publication, not unlike today’s
The New Yorker in its use of tart cartoons, humorous pieces and
cultural reporting.
When the original Life folded during the Great Depression, the
influential American publisher Henry Luce bought the name and
re-launched the magazine as a picture-based periodical on this
day in 1936.
Henry Robinson Luce (1898 – 1967)
This 2012 photo shows the Fort Peck Dam spillway in
northeast Montana.
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