PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A holiday staple returned to
Portland on Wednesday: Rudolph is back!

The red nose of the iconic “White Stag” sign on the west
end of the Burnside Bridge is always illuminated the day
before Thanksgiving.

The Rose City tradition started back in 1959 as a gift when
“Elizabeth Blair Hirsch suggested it and her husband Harold
S. Hirsch made it happen, adorning the sign for his sportswear
company White Stag,” the city said.

In the 1940s, the sign used to be an ad for "white satin sugar."
It didn’t have the deer logo. Then, the building housed the
"white stag" sportswear company (below).

The sign was named a historic landmark in the 70s. In the 90s
the letter was changed to say "Made in Oregon, Old Town" as
we know it today.

The University of Oregon started leasing space in
the building in 2006 and bought the block in 2015.

Soviet-born Garry Kasparov, 22 (above) beat Anatoly Karpov to
become the youngest world chess champion. Eleven years later,
he defeated Deep Blue, IBM’s powerful custom-built chess
computer, then lost to an upgraded Deep Blue the following
year.

Chess Grandmaster Garry Kimovich Kasparov, born
April 13, 1963.

California born Sally Field has performed in movies, Broadway
theater, television, and made records of popular music. Known
for her extensive work on screen and stage.

Sally Field has received many accolades throughout her career
spanning six decades, including two Academy Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in
addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British
Academy Film Awards.

Sally was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center
Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award in 2023.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

1977

Jackie Gleason

Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields.

ABC TV series…September 7, 1967 to April 3, 1970.

1994

The May 28 – June 3, 1966, issue.

The Hughes Flying Boat, at one time the largest aircraft ever built,
was piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight
in Long Beach Harbor, California.

Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the
Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan
longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than
700 men to battle.

Howard Hughes was a successful Hollywood movie producer when
he founded the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932. He personally
tested cutting-edge aircraft of his own design and in 1937 broke the transcontinental flight-time record.

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (1905 – 1976)

The Spruce Goose is now on display at the Evergreen
Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

John Carpenter’s "Halloween" premiered, sending chills
across small towns nationwide.

Jamie Lee Curtis, 19 at the time, was paid only $8,000 for
her film debut.

Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising 13 films
which helped construct an extensive backstory for Michael
Myers.

Jamie Lee Curtis will be 67 years young on November 22.

Nick Castle played Michael Meyers right.