HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
After fire destroyed his well two months after it found oil along
Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, Edwin L. Drake rebuilt at the original
site. Drake, right, stands with his friend Peter Wilson of Titusville.
FIRST TELEVISED BASEBALL GAME IN 1939
On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball
game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was
to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber (below) called
the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn
Dodgers at Ebbits Field in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1939, the World’s Fair—which was being held in New York,
became the catalyst for the historic broadcast. The television
was one of the fair’s prize exhibits, and organizers believed
that the Dodgers-Reds doubleheader on August 26 was the
perfect event to showcase America’s grasp on the new
technology.
ICONIC PONCHO IS STILL OWNED BY ACTOR
‘It’s never been washed!’ Clint Eastwood revealed he still owns his
iconic old poncho from director Sergio Leone’s 1966 Spaghetti
Western masterpiece The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
Clint Eastwood turned 91 the 31st of May.
THE TRUE STAR OF GREEN ACRES TV SHOW
Arnold Ziffel (above) was a pig featured in Green Acres, a situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971.
Arnold’s first TV appearance was in the second season of Petticoat Junction (CBS) in the episode "A Matter of Communication".
Stars Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor and Arnold.
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