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.

On this day in1877, the publication Scientific American
enthuses about Thomas Edison‘s new invention: the
phonograph, a way to record and play back sound.

Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article describes
the machine’s capability: "…whoever has spoken or
whoever may speak into the mouthpiece of the phonograph,
and whose words are recorded by it, has the assurance that
his speech may be reproduced audibly in his own tones long
after he himself has turned to dust.

Taxi Driver (1974

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is a actress and filmmaker who 
has received numerous accolades, including two Academy
Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards
and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also honored with
the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013 and the
Honorary Palme d’Or in 2021.

Foster began her professional career as a child model and
later gained recognition as a teen idol through various
Disney films.       
       
Jodie Foster’s early film work includes the Raquel Welch
vehicle Kansas City Bomber (1972) filmed in Portland,
Oregon. Foster played Rita in her second appearance
in a feature film.

1988

Foster made her directorial debut
with this 1991 film.

2005

2007

Original Poster

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.