PHHi mga ka ph. Trivia for the day. Enjoy :]
Jonestown Massacre
November 18, 1978
More than 900 followers, including 304 minors, of Rev. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. commit suicide, in Guyana, at the request of their leader. Jones had ordered them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape drink. Just hours before, Jones had ordered the killing of U.S. Representative You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. of California, three journalists, and a temple defector. Ryan was there to investigate reports of abuse within the cult.
Beatles' First Appearance On U.S. TV
November 18, 1963
A report about the Beatles and Beatlemania in England is aired on The Huntley-Brinkley Report, with the commentary, "One reason for the Beatles' popularity may be that it's almost impossible to hear them."
The video for this report has been lost, but an audio recording still exists.
They would make a taped video appearance on The Jack Park Program the following January and their famed first live appearance on U.S. TV on The Ed Sullivan Show in February.
Mickey Mouse
November 18, 1928
Steamboat Willie, Disney's first cartoon with synchronized sound, is released. Mickey's voice was provided by none other than Walt Disney himself. The Disney company celebrates Mickey's birthday on this day. Mickey had first appeared in the silent version of Plane Crazy six months earlier.
Inventor of the Frosted Light Bulb
Marvin Pipkin
Born November 18, 1889 d. 1977
American chemist. Inventor of the light bulb frosted on the inside (1925). As a practical joke, new employees at General Electric's National Electric Lamp were assigned the task of making a practical light bulb frosted on the inside, as it was believed impossible to do. Until new employee Marvin Pipkin was assigned this task - Not knowing it couldn't be done, he did it.
First Person to Appear on Network Television Via Videotape
Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)
Born November 18, 1926 d. 1994
Canadian-born actress. She was the first person to appear on network television via videotape. In 1956, a two and a half minute video-taped segment of her performing aired during the live broadcast of The Jonathan Winter's Show. The videotape recorder was new and NBC engineers wanted to see if the viewing public could tell the difference between a videotape and the live portion of the show. They played the segment as if it were part of the live show, and it passed. TV: Your Hit Parade (the Lucky Strikes Lady) and Candid Camera (practical joker).
Niels Bohr
Died November 18, 1962 b. 1885
Danish Nobel-winning physicist. "The father of atomic energy," he developed the quantum theory of atomic structure (1913).
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Jonestown Massacre
November 18, 1978
More than 900 followers, including 304 minors, of Rev. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. commit suicide, in Guyana, at the request of their leader. Jones had ordered them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape drink. Just hours before, Jones had ordered the killing of U.S. Representative You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. of California, three journalists, and a temple defector. Ryan was there to investigate reports of abuse within the cult.
Beatles' First Appearance On U.S. TV
November 18, 1963
A report about the Beatles and Beatlemania in England is aired on The Huntley-Brinkley Report, with the commentary, "One reason for the Beatles' popularity may be that it's almost impossible to hear them."
The video for this report has been lost, but an audio recording still exists.
They would make a taped video appearance on The Jack Park Program the following January and their famed first live appearance on U.S. TV on The Ed Sullivan Show in February.
Mickey Mouse
November 18, 1928
Steamboat Willie, Disney's first cartoon with synchronized sound, is released. Mickey's voice was provided by none other than Walt Disney himself. The Disney company celebrates Mickey's birthday on this day. Mickey had first appeared in the silent version of Plane Crazy six months earlier.
Inventor of the Frosted Light Bulb
Marvin Pipkin
Born November 18, 1889 d. 1977
American chemist. Inventor of the light bulb frosted on the inside (1925). As a practical joke, new employees at General Electric's National Electric Lamp were assigned the task of making a practical light bulb frosted on the inside, as it was believed impossible to do. Until new employee Marvin Pipkin was assigned this task - Not knowing it couldn't be done, he did it.
First Person to Appear on Network Television Via Videotape
Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)
Born November 18, 1926 d. 1994
Canadian-born actress. She was the first person to appear on network television via videotape. In 1956, a two and a half minute video-taped segment of her performing aired during the live broadcast of The Jonathan Winter's Show. The videotape recorder was new and NBC engineers wanted to see if the viewing public could tell the difference between a videotape and the live portion of the show. They played the segment as if it were part of the live show, and it passed. TV: Your Hit Parade (the Lucky Strikes Lady) and Candid Camera (practical joker).
Niels Bohr
Died November 18, 1962 b. 1885
Danish Nobel-winning physicist. "The father of atomic energy," he developed the quantum theory of atomic structure (1913).
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