On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV
show that would teach generations of young children the
alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut.
“Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can
you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”),
went on to become the most widely viewed children’s
program in the world.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson
was acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged
wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers
employed creative and controversial methods to convince
jurors that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a
reasonable doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution
called a “mountain of evidence” implicating him as the
murderer.
Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024)
In May 2023, Simpson reported that he had been diagnosed with
prostate cancer and expressed confidence that he would beat it.
He died of the disease at the age of 76.
Howdy Doody was broadcast on the NBC television network from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. It was a pioneer of children’s programming and set the pattern for
many similar shows.
Mid 1950s
Robert Wayne Amsberry
(June 2, 1928 – November 21, 1957)
Amsberry was born in 1928 in Boring, Oregon and
graduated from Franklin High School in Portland,
where he was a friend and classmate of popular
singer Johnnie Ray (below) born in Dallas,Oregon.
John Alvin Ray (1927 – 1990)
Amsberry worked on The Mickey Mouse Club, a
then-new series, writing skits as well as acting
on the show in various characters.
Bob was also a voice actor, with a posthumous
credit in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959).
On the morning of November 21, 1957, Amsberry
was involved in a car accident as a passenger
with Roy Williams, another Disney employee,
in Portland. Amsberry died of injuries sustained
in the accident.
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Hector Vincent “Heck Harper” Flateau (1919 – 1998)
