General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, as a holding company
for Buick, then controlled by William Crapo Durant (below). General
Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931
through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently
among the world’s largest automakers by vehicle unit sales.
William C. “Billy” Durant
George Robert "Bob" Newhart tearfully holds up his Emmy. The comedian
turned 84 September 5.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Newhart, among TV’s most enduring stars with shows stretching back more than five decades, wept as he finally captured his first Emmy
Award.
Newhart, 84, was honored at Sunday’s creative arts Emmy ceremony for his guest
role last season on "The Big Bang Theory" as Professor Proton, a down-on-his-luck former host of a children’s science show.
"This is my seventh shot at this…I just love this very much," he said, gazing tearfully
at the trophy in his hand as the audience gave him a standing ovation.
Bob Newhart receives applause from cast member on the set of “The Big Bang
Theory”
The Biblical epic The Robe tells the story of a Roman military tribune who
commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century
Fox and is notable for being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.
Opening at the Roxy Theater in New York
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The Outer Limits series that aired on ABC-TV from 1963 to 1965. It is
often compared to The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on
science fiction, rather than simply bizarre or supernatural, stories. The
Outer Limits is an anthology of self-contained episodes.
Allen Neuharth (far right), the CEO of Gannett Newspapers, celebrates the
first issue of USA Today along with the staff
USA Today is a national daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company
and founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal
for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United
States, USA Today is distributed in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, Canada and the United Kingdom. The newspaper is headquartered
in the Tysons Corner area of Fairfax County, Virginia.
USA Today headquarters
