The Biblical epic film The Robe was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for
being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.

The musical variety series "Shindig!" premiered on ABC-TV. The first
show, which was also the pilot, opened with Sam Cooke, The Everly
Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman
and Alan Sues. The show aired until January 8, 1966.

The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill,
a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time.

James Franklin "Jimmy" O’Neill
(January 8, 1940 – January 11, 2013)

Antoinette Louisa Brown (later Antoinette Brown Blackwell)
(May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921)

Reverend Blackwell was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream
Protestant minister in the United States. She distinguished herself from 
her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand
women’s rights. Blackwell founded the Association for the Advancement
of Women in 1873. In 1888 she was elected as a delegate to a hearing
of the International Council of Women.

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Roy Claxton Acuff
(September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992)

Roy Acuff was a country music singer, fiddler, and promoter,
known as the "King of Country Music," He was the first living
artist to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Acuff began his music career in the 1930s, gaining regional
fame as the singer and fiddler for his group, the Smoky
Mountain Boys. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938.

The annual Miss America beauty pageant originated September 8, 1921 and
is run by the Miss America Organization, a not-for-profit corporation based in 
Linwood, New Jersey. It developed the "Miss America Scholarship Program, 
that awards educational scholarships to successful competitors between the
ages of 17 and 24. 

Margaret Gorman, of Washington, D.C., was the first
Miss America Pageant winner in 1921.

The current title-holder, Miss America 2015, is Miss New York 2014,
Kira Kazantsev. She is the third consecutive Miss America winner
from the state of New York.