(Fox News) – "The Wizard of Oz,"(1939) the Hollywood epic
beloved by generations of Americans for its fantastical
allegory rooted in love of heartland, home and family,
appeared on the CBS television network for the first time
on this date in history, Nov. 3, 1956.
Suffragist organizers held the first-ever National Women’s
Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts on this day
in 1850.
More than 1,000 delegates from 11 states arrived for the two-
day conference, which had been planned by members of the
Anti-Slavery Society.
The convention followed the steps laid out at the landmark
Seneca Falls Convention two years before.
Abby Kelley Foster (1811-1887)
During her remarkable life, Abby helped develop
plans for the first National Woman’s Rights
Convention.
TIM MAGUIRE
I Love Lucy is a television sitcom that originally aired
on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with
a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons.
The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz
(above), along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley.
On October 11, 1975, Saturday Night Live (SNL), a topical comedy
sketch show featuring Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman,
made its debut on NBC. The 90-minute program, which from its
inception has been broadcast live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller
Center, included a different guest host and musical act each week.
The opening sketch of each show ends with one actor saying,
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
Chevy Chase
Dana Carvey as The Church Lady.
Gilda Radner
Chris Farley
The “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger” skit.
On October 5, 1947, President Harry Truman (left/above) made the
first-ever televised presidential address from the White House,
asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to
help starving Europeans.
At the time of Truman’s food-conservation speech, Europe was
still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine.
Truman, the 33rd commander in chief, worried that if the U.S. didn’t provide food aid, his administration’s Marshall Plan for European economic recovery would fall apart.
He asked farmers and distillers to reduce grain use and requested
that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and
poultry on Thursdays and save a slice of bread each day.
