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CHILDREN’S TV SHOW DEBUTED IN 1969

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On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV
show that would teach generations of young children the
alphabet and how to count, made its broadcast debut.

The show is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the
Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) until June 2000) and
was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett (below).

As of 2018, Sesame Street has won 189 Emmy Awards and 
13 Grammy Awards, more than any other children’s show.

 

 

 

Black and white photo of a smiling woman about fifty years of age and wearing a jacket and tied-up scarf 

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BIRTH OF THE MARINE CORPS ON THIS DAY

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During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed
a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for
service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy.

The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and
adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is
now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

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John Adams (October 30, 1735– July 4, 1826)

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FORMER CHILD ACTOR HAS DIED AT 85

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Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021)

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor
who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series
Quantum Leap and in a string of indelible performances in
film, including David Lynch’s “
Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders’
“Paris, Texas” and Jonathan Demme’s “Married to the Mob,”
has died.

Agent Jay Schwartz said Stockwell died of natural
causes at his home Sunday.

 

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Quantum Leap is a science-fiction television series, that originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 25,
1989 through May 5, 1993. It stars
Scott Bakula (right) as
Dr.
Sam Beckett
, and Dean Stockwell as Rear Admiral “Al”
Calavicci.

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A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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