1961:Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minowvilifies commercial television as a “vast wasteland,” urging the need for more programs in the “public interest” during a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
1754: Ben Franklin publishes one of the earliest American political cartoons: a snake cut into pieces, representing the disunity of the American colonies, with the caption “Join, or Die,” in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
1944: Jimmie Davis, singer of “You Are My Sunshine” and other popular country tunes, is sworn in as governor of Louisiana for the first of two nonconsecutive terms.
1754: Ben Franklin publishes one of the earliest American political cartoons: a snake cut into pieces, representing the disunity of the American colonies, with the caption “Join, or Die,” in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
1944: Jimmie Davis, singer of “You Are My Sunshine” and other popular country tunes, is sworn in as governor of Louisiana for the first of two nonconsecutive terms.
1887:Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, famous in America, opens for first time in London.
1962:For the first time, a laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon.
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