1512. Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time.
1947. The Spruce Goose, flown by Howard Hughes, takes its first and only flight.
1979. Communist Worker's Party hold a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
2008. Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election and makes history as the first African American U.S. president.
Hopes and Dreams by 1994. George Foreman becomes the oldest heavyweight champion.
1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States.
1944. President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt by 1951. Yogi Berra is the AL MVP.
1938. Nazis launch Kristallnact.
1969. Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV.
Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television by
Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice Magazine By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. In the eyes of the reform-minded, commercial television crassly exploited young viewers; its violence and tastelessness served no higher purpose than the bottom line. The Children's Television Workshop (CTW)--and its fresh approach to writing and producing programs for kids--emerged from this growing concern. Sesame Street--CTW's flagship, hour-long show--aimed to demonstrate how television could help all preschoolers, including low-income urban children, prepare for first grade. In this engaging study Robert W. Morrow explores the origins and inner workings of CTW, how the workshop in New York scripted and designed Sesame Street, and how the show became both a model for network television as well as a thorn in its side. Through extensive archival research and a systematic study of sample programs from Sesame Street's first ten seasons, Morrow tells the story of Sesame Street's creation; the ideas, techniques, organization, and funding behind it; its place in public discourse; and its ultimate and unfortunate failure as an agent of commercial television reform.
1918. World War I ends.
World War One : 1914-1918 : the war to end all wars by 1980. Voyager I flies near Saturn.
1940. Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is released.
1851. Herman Melville's Moby Dick is published.
1806. Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountain top now known as Pike's Peak.
Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by 1973. President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaska pipeline.
The Alaska Gas Pipeline by 1869. The Suez Canal opens in Egypt.
1928. Mickey Mouse makes his debut in Steamboat Willie.
1863. Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Address : Perspectives on Lincoln's Greatest Speech (eBook) by 1945. Nuremberg Trials begin against German World War II leaders accused of war crimes.
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