1992: Sorry Charlie Day Charlie the Tuna has been a mascot for Starkist tuna since 1961. He was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett advertising agency. In numerous animated commercials for the product, Charlie would try to convince fishermen that he was a fish of good taste but in reality, he didn’t taste good. Over and over again,
Read more1887: Anne Sullivan Teaches the Word “Water” to Helen Keller Many are aware of the relationship between teacher Anne Sullivan and pupil, Helen Keller as dramatized in the play and movie, The Miracle Worker. After a long and trying time, Sullivan was successful in getting Keller to associate the finger-spelling of the word, “water” on one hand while she poured
Read more1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated One year to the day after delivering his Beyond Vietnam speech, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing outside of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on this day in 1968. The month before, King visited Memphis in support of African American sanitation workers who had been treated poorly. On March 28
Read more1953: TV Guide Debuts The early stages of the creation of what was to become TV Guide magazine started as far back as 1948 when Lee Wagner, the circulation director of MacFadden Publications printed the New York City area listings of TV shows for the local magazine The TeleVision Guide. Gloria Swanson was the first celebrity to appear on its
Read more1968: ‘2001 A Space Odyssey’ Premieres While some people say Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey is a terribly boring film, others regard it as greatest and most influential films ever made. Nevertheless, the film premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. on this day in 1968. Starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, the movie was inspired by Arthur
Read more1989: The Day the Space Needle [Almost] Collapsed It was on this day in 1989 when Seattle’s local comedy sketch show, Almost Live went too far with an April Fool’s joke that fell flat. The show was called Almost Live because it was always filmed days before airing on the weekend, but on this day, the show was actually shown
Read more1997: Invasion of the Teletubbies Popular as it was controversial, the British pre-school TV series, Teletubbies aired for the first time on this day in 1997 and continued to air in the U.K. until 2001. The show was created by Ragdoll Productions and was praised for its high production values, but was criticized for being a show to get toddlers
Read more1964: ‘Jeopardy!’ Airs For the First Time Jeopardy!’s long-held gimmick was that instead of the host asking trivia questions, he would give the answers and the contestants would reply with the correct question. Those who are younger may not realize how long the game show Jeopardy! has been on the air. The very first airing of show was on this
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