Duncan Hines (March 26, 1880 – March 15, 1959)
Duncan Hines was a pioneer of restaurant ratings for travelers and a
newspaper food columnist. He is best known today for the brand of
food products that bears his name. A museum exhibit on the campus
of Western Kentucky University in his hometown of Bowling Green
showcases the life of Duncan Hines.
The original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a play by Tennessee Williams,opened at the Morosco Theater in New York. It was directed Elia Kazan
and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie; Ben Gazzara as Brick; and Burl
Ives as Big Daddy. The play had 694 performances and won the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama in 1955.
From left: Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan
Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie
Copy of the Gutenberg Bible on display in the New York Public Library. It
was purchased in 1847 and is the first copy of the book brought to the U.S.
The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42)
was the first major book printed with movable type and the first major book produced
on a printing press anywhere in the world.
The most reliable source of information concerning the Bible’s date comes from a
letter, in March 1455, future Pope Pius ll wrote about having seen the promotional
edition of the Bible on display in Frankfurt.
A copy of the Gutenberg Bible owned by the U.S. Library of Congress
A statue of Gutenberg superimposed on the bible he created
Eight Is Enough is a television sitcom series which ran on ABC from March
15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after a book written
by syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with
eight children. The series was rare in that it was one of the few hour-long
television series to use a laugh track.
Thomas Braden
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 — September 24, 1991)
Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was a writer and cartoonist, best known for his
classic children’s books including The Cat the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and
How the Grench Stole Christmas. Seuss died following several years of illness
in La Jolla, California.
