All posts tagged "television"
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7.0K3Arts and LeisureEdie Sedgwick, Poor Little Rich Girl
. In 1965, Edie Sedgwick appeared in one of Andy Warhol’s underground films in 1965 and said, “I’ve never been anywhere where...
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6.6K5Business and LaborAmazing Grace Hopper, the Tiny Old Lady Who Changed Our Lives
In 1946, the U.S. Navy considered Grace Hopper too old to be an officer. Thirty-seven years later, President Ronald Reagan promoted her...
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3.3K2Business and LaborAnother Day of Infamy: Airing of the First TV Commercial
On Dec. 7, 1930, what is believed to be the world’s first TV commercial was aired from a primitive television station on...
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8.7K3Arts and LeisureDorothy West Gets Rediscovered by Jacqueline Onassis
Dorothy West at 88 lived quietly in the Martha’s Vineyard village of Oak Bluffs when Jacqueline Onassis encouraged her to finish her...
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19.1K22Arts and LeisureMaine’s Great Clam Chowder War of 1939
A tomato-hating politician from Rockland set off the Maine clam chowder war of 1939 when he drafted a bill to criminalize clam...
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12.1K6Arts and LeisureThe French Chef Comes on With a Bang in 1963
Julia Child was neither French nor a chef, but The French Chef made her a national icon and helped launch the Public...
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