TIM MAGUIRE
The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter and its crew of 29
vanished during a storm in Lake Superior on this day in 1975. It was
the largest ship to sail on the Great Lakes.
Edmund Fitzgerald in its watery grave.
On this day in 1969, the children’s TV series "Sesame Street" made
its debut on PBS.
Shown above is an early cast and crew photo. (click to enlarge)
DIANE KEPLY
On this day in 1957, the Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into
Little Rock’s Central High School.
Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994)
The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel on this day in
1957. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market
two years later.
Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers on this day in
1781. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina
de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of
the Queen of Angels."
View of a statue depicting the Governor Felipe de Neve, in Los
Angeles Plaza.
George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his
roll-film camera on this day in 1888. The camera took 100 photos
per roll.
On this day in 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh
Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
Mark Andrew Spitz turned 68 in February.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is 37 years young today.
Former member of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child who also
became a widely successful solo artist. She has won a total of 2
2 Grammy Awards for songs such as "Single Ladies (Put a Ring
on It)," "Drunk in Love" and "Crazy in Love." She won her first
school talent show with her rendition of "Imagine" by John
Lennon.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC)
On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F.
Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be
his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice
president on a major party ticket.
Russian republic president Boris N. Yeltsin (above) announced
his resignation from the the Soviet Communist Party on this day
in 1990.
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
George Eastman was an American entrepreneur who
founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized
the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the
mainstream.
George Eastman taking pictures with his Kodak
camera, 1926.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
(July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960)
Oscar Hammerstein was an American music writer,
theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre
director of musicals for almost forty years. He won
eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for
Best Original Song.
John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018)
John Mahoney was a stage, film, and television actor, best known for
playing the blue-collar patriarch, Martin Crane, in the American sitcom
Frasier on NBC from 1993 to 2004. He also worked as a voice actor, and
performed on Broadway and in Chicago theatre. Mahoney died Sunday
while in hospice care in Chicago after a short illness.
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Lux Radio Theatre was a radio show that ran on CBS from 1934–1955. Every
week they broadcast an hour-long adaptation of a popular film or Broadway
play, often starring members of the original cast.
Left to Right: Cecil B. DeMille, unidentified actor, Gary Cooper, and
Helen Mack rehearsing "The Virginian" for a 1939 episode of Lux
Radio Theater.
Jane Wyman and Jimmy Stewart in the Lux Radio Theater
adaptation of the 1947 film “Magic Town”.
Cary Grant and Greer Garson during a 1942 Lux Radio Theatre
broadcast of “Bedtime Story”.
May 31, 1943
