Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won both the 1963 Tony
Award for Best Play and the 1962–63 New York Drama
Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. It is frequently revived
on the modern stage. The film adaptation was released in
1966.
Playwright Edward Franklin Albee III
(March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016)
MIKE GRACIA
Bob Stevens of American Media in Florida.
On this day in 1988, during a debate between candidates for vice president of
the U.S., Democrat Lloyd Bentsen (left) told Republican Dan Quayle, “You’re
no Jack Kennedy."
On this day in 1962, "Love Me Do" by the Beatles was released in the U.K. It
was their first single.
On this day in 1969, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television. The British sketch comedy series, created by the comedy group Monty Python, aired until 1974.
It was on this day in 2001.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1995.
On this day in 1951.
Bobby Thomson
On this day in 1955, "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV.
Captain Kangaroo is a children’s television series that aired weekday mornings
on the CBS television network for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955, until
December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s
television program of its day. The show was conceived and the title character
was played by Bob Keeshan who had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown
on The Howdy Doody Show on NBC.
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)
"The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC-TV on this day in 1955
and aired intermittently as a variety show for children until 1996. It
was Walt Disney’s second venture into producing a television series,
the first being the Walt Disney anthology television series, initially
titled Disneyland.
"The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The anthology series was created
and hosted by Rod Serling (above) and ran for 5 years for a total of 154
episodes.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born on this day
in 1869.
On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke
that left him partially paralyzed.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in in this day in 1967. He was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
On this day in 1985.
"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for
the first time in seven newspapers on this day in 1950.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 66 years old today.
British born Sting is a multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, known
for such hits as "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" and "Message in a Bottle." He
also became a successful solo artist, releasing his first album The Dream of
the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by ten more albums the next two decades.
