On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV
show that would teach generations of young children the
alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut.
“Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can
you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”),
went on to become the most widely viewed children’s
program in the world.
On November 10, 1928, the first installment of All Quiet on the
Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed novel of
World War I, appeared in the German magazine Vossische
Zeitung.
Remarque died in 1970 with his wife, the actress Paulette
Goddard, at his side.
Erich Maria Remarque
(22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970
Globe manufacturing has come a long way since the early 20th
century when globes were painstakingly crafted by hand.
In 1933, the process involved carving wooden spheres and
meticulously painting maps of the world onto strips of paper,
which were then painstakingly attached to the globes (above).
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A 1930’s Art Deco world globe.
The NASCAR world lost one of its legends Saturday when
Bobby Allison died at the age of 86.
NASCAR released a statement from Allison’s family that
said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina.
A cause of death wasn’t given, but Allison had been in
declining health for years.
East German officials opened the Berlin Wall on November 9,
1989, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following
day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down.
One of the ugliest and most infamous symbols of the Cold War
was soon reduced to rubble that was quickly snatched up by
souvenir hunters.
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