On July 2, 1964,  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law     
the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony
at the White House.

The Grapes Of Wrath

Darryl Hickman (right) with Mickey Rooney in 1941’s ‘Men of Boys Town.’  

Darryl Gerard Hickman (July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024)

Darryl Hickman, who started his career in Hollywood as a child
star before going on to appear in more than 40 movies, has died
at the age of 92. His family confirmed that Hickman died on
Wednesday. In one of his biggest roles he played Winfield, the
youngest member of the Joad family in John Ford’s film adaption
of The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) when he was just eight-years-old.

Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024)

Longtime character actor M. Emmet Walsh has died. The
actor, known for his roles in films like Knives Out,
My Best Friend’s Wedding, Blade Runner, The Jerk, 
Romeo + Juliet, and more, died of cardiac arrest on
Tuesday, March 19. He was 88.

Walsh’s manager, Sandy Joseph, said he died at Kerbs
Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont. 

Walsh has been a working actor in Hollywood since his first
role in 1969 in Alice’s Restaurant. He racked up over 200
onscreen credits throughout his long career.

The  Jerk (1979)

Blade Runner (1982)

Blood Simple (1984)

Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)

Harvey died on February 28, 2009, at age 90 at a hospital in
Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by family and friends. No
cause of death was stated.

Paul Harvey (right) was an on – air guest when this blogger worked at KATN radio in Boise, Idaho.

On January 26, 1926, John Logie Baird (1888 – 1946) a Scottish
inventor, gave the first public demonstration of a true television
system in London (above), which launched a revolution in the
communication and entertainment fields.

Baird’s first television program showed the heads of two
ventriloquist dummies, which he operated in front of the
camera apparatus out of view of the audience (below).          

The original television model, invented by the Scottish
television pioneer John Logie Baird.

This image is the first recorded picture taken from a TV
screen.