"The Gene Autry Show" premiered on CBS-TV on July 23, 1959.
The western/cowboy television series starring Gene Autry aired for 91
episodes from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored
by Wrigley’s Doublemint chewing gum.
Gene and Pat promoting the TV and radio
shoe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, c. 1953.
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SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1933, aviator Wiley Post ended his around-the-world
flight. He had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45
minutes.
Wiley Hardeman Post
(November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935)
The "Winnie Mae" a Lockheed Vega aircraft of Wiley Post, when it
was on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934)
John Dillinger was an American gangster in the Depression-era
who was shot and killed by the special agents on July 22, 1934
at approximately 10:40 p.m, according to a New York Times
report the next day. His death came only two months after the
deaths of fellow notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde.
A crowd formed at Chicago’s Biograph Theater shortly after Dillinger
was killed there by FBI agents.
In northern Iraq on this day in 2003, Saddam Hussein’s sons Odai
and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.
The September 11 commission’s final report was released on this
day in 2004. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government." The report was released to White House officials the day before.
The members of The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
the United States.
Walter Frederick Morrison (January 16, 1920 – February 9, 2010)
Inventor and entrepreneur Walter ”Fred” Morrison introduced the Frisbee, as
we know it today, on this day in 1957. It was originally called the Flyin-Saucer.
William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871 in
Bridgeport, Connecticut. Students from nearby universities
discovered that the empty pie tins (above) could be tossed
and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Full diplomatic relations were established between the United States
and Vietnam on this day in 1995. President Clinton (above) made the
announcement of the normalization.
The United States’ first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel on this day in 1804.
On this day in 1979, the abandoned United States space station
Skylab returned to Earth. It burned up in the atmosphere and
showered debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox on
this day in 1914.
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989)
Laurence Olivier was among actors who dominated the British stage of the
mid-20th century. For his work in films, Olivier received four Academy
Awards: an honorary award for Henry V (1947), a Best Actor award and
one as producer for Hamlet (1948), and a second honorary award in 1979
to recognize his lifetime of contribution to the art of film. He was nominated
for nine other acting Oscars and one each for production and direction. Late
in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.
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CAMILLE BOHANNON
Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay on this day in 1853.
Matthew Calbraith Perry
(April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858)
Industrialist John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
(July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)
Business Magnate John D. Rockefeller is widely considered
the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person
in modern history.
What became known as the Roswell Incident was on this day in 1947.
Major Jesse Marcel from the Roswell Army Air Field with debris
found 75 miles north west of Roswell, NM.
Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New
York Theater in New York City on this day in 1907.
Florenz (Flo) Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932)
Workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the
first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an
American icon. The first completed production car rolled off
the assembly line two days later (below), one of just 300
Corvettes made that year.
