In 1929 The Seeing Eye, the first US school to train guide dogs
for people with vision impairment, opened in Tennessee. For
reporters skeptical of the idea, co-founder Morris Frank
showcased his own dog, Buddy (below) on busy New York
streets.
Morris Frank
(March 23, 1908 – November 22, 1980)
“The paths that our heroes have blazed and the legacies they have left provide us with purpose and meaning.” —Dr. Dean Tuttle
Stanley Kubrick’s black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opened in
theaters to both critical and popular acclaim.
The movie’s popularity was evidence of changing attitudes
toward atomic weapons and the concept of nuclear deterrence.
Stanley Kubrick in the directing chair.
On January 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected
its first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe
Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson.
The Hall of Fame actually had its beginnings in 1935, when
plans were made to build a museum devoted to baseball
and its 100-year history.
A private organization based in Cooperstown called the Clark
Foundation thought that establishing the Baseball Hall of
Fame in their city would help to reinvigorate the area’s
Depression-ravaged economy by attracting tourists.
To help sell the idea, the foundation advanced the idea that
U.S. Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in
Cooperstown.
The story proved to be phony, but baseball officials, eager
to capitalize on the marketing and publicity potential of a
museum to honor the game’s greats, gave their support to
the project anyway.
SANDY KOZEL
President Ronald Reagan
‘’The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger honored us by the
manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget
them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they
prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped
the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
On January 27, 1965, the Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford
Mustang sports car developed by the American auto racer
and car designer Carroll Shelby,was launched.
The Shelby GT 350, which featured a 306 horsepower V-8
engine, remained in production through the end of the
1960s and today is a valuable collector’s item.
Carroll Hall Shelby
(1923 – 2012)
