<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Fried Scallops Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Scallop):
'Scallop is a common name that is primarily applied to any one of numerous
species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic
family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name scallop is also
sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the
superfamily Pectinoidea.
Scallops are a cosmopolitan family of bivalves, found in all of the world's
oceans, though never in freshwater. They are one of very few groups of
bivalves to be primarily free-living many species are capable of rapidly
swimming short distances and even of migrating some distance across the
ocean floor. A small minority of scallop species live cemented to rocky
substrates as adults, while others are more simply attached by means of a
filament they secrete called a byssal thread. The majority of species,
however, live recumbent on sandy substrates, and when they sense the
presence of a predator such as a starfish, they are able to escape by
swimming swiftly but erratically through the water using a form of jet
propulsion created by repeatedly clapping their shells together. Scallops
have a well-developed nervous system, and unlike most other bivalves they
have numerous simple eyes situated around the edge of their mantles.
Many species of scallops are highly prized as a food source, and some are
farmed as aquaculture. The word scallop is also applied to the meat of
these bivalves when it is sold as seafood. In addition the name scallop is
used as part of the name of dishes based on the meat of scallops, and is
even applied to some dishes not containing scallop at all but which are
prepared in a similar fashion. The brightly colored, symmetrical,
fan-shaped shells of scallops with their radiating and often fluted
sculpture are valued by shell collectors, and have been used since ancient
times as motifs in art, architecture and design.
Scallops are characterized by having two types of meat in one shell: the
adductor muscle, called scallop, which is white and meaty, and the roe,
called coral, which is red or white and soft. Sometimes, markets sell
scallops already prepared in the shell, with only the adductor muscle
intact. Outside the U.S., the scallop is often sold whole. In the UK and
Australia, they are available both with and without the roe. The roe is
also usually eaten.
In Galician cuisine, scallops are baked with bread crumbs, ham, and onions.
In Japanese cuisine, scallops may be served in soup or prepared as sashimi
or sushi. In a sushi bar, hotategai is the traditional scallop on rice, and
while kaibashira may be called scallops, it is actually the adductor
muscle of any kind of shellfish, e.g., mussels, oysters, or clams. Dried
scallop is known in Cantonese Chinese cuisine as conpoy. Smoked scallops
are sometimes served as appetizers or as an ingredient in the preparation
of various dishes and appetizers. Scallops have lent their name to the
culinary term scalloped, which originally referred to seafood creamed and
served hot in the shell. Today, it means a creamed casserole dish such as
scalloped potatoes, which contains no seafood at all. In Australia and New
Zealand, potato scallop often refers to a deep fried battered potato slice
sold at fish and chip shops'.
[The Hankster says] Fried or broiled with garlic butter, yes.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Custodial Workers Recognition Day'.
[The Hankster says] A thankless job. Thank you.
* 'National Name Your Car Day'.
[The Hankster says] My mother got the honor of naming our family cars. She liked to give them old fashion female names.
* 'Phileas Fogg Wager Day'.
According to Jules Verne, on this day in 1882, one Phileas Fogg placed a
wager on his ability to go around the world in 80 days.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Itching for a Cure Walk'. In the U.S.A. A focus on eczema.
- From Wikipedia (Dermatitis):
'Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a group of diseases that result in
inflammation of the skin. They are characterized by itchiness and red skin.
In cases of short duration there may be small blisters while in long term
cases the skin may become thickened. The area of skin involved can vary
from small to the entire body.
Dermatitis is a group of skin conditions that includes atopic dermatitis,
allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, and stasis
dermatitis. The exact cause of dermatitis is often unclear. Cases are
believed to often involve a combination of irritation, allergy, and poor
venous return. The type of dermatitis is generally determined by the
person's history and the location of the rash. For example, irritant
dermatitis often occurs on the hands of people who frequently get them wet.
Allergic contact dermatitis however, can occur following brief exposures to
specific substances to which a person is sensitive.
Treatment of atopic dermatitis is typically with moisturizers and steroid
creams. The steroid creams should generally be of mid to high strength and
used for less than two weeks at a time as side effects can occur.
Antibiotics may be required if there are signs of skin infection. Contact
dermatitis is typically treated by avoiding the allergen or irritant.
Antihistamines may be used to help with sleep and to decrease nighttime
scratching.
Dermatitis was estimated to affect 334 million people globally in 2013.
Atopic dermatitis is the most common type and generally starts in
childhood. In the United States it affects about 10-30% of people. Contact
dermatitis is two times more common in females than males. Allergic contact
dermatitis affects about 7% of people at some point in time. Irritant
contact dermatitis is common, especially among people who do certain jobs,
however exact rates are unclear'.
* 'Mental Illness Awareness Week'. October 2-8 in Canada and the U.S.A.
- From Wikipedia (ental Illness Awareness Week):
'Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) (also known as Mental Health
Awareness Week) was established in 1990 by the U.S. Congress in recognition
of efforts by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to educate and
increase awareness about mental illness. It takes place every year during
the first full week of October. During this week, mental health advocates
and organizations across the U.S. join to sponsor events to promote
community outreach and public education concerning mental illnesses such as
major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Examples of
activities held during the week include art/music events, educational
sessions provided by healthcare professionals, advertising campaigns,
health fairs, movie nights, candlelight vigils, and benefit runs.
An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older—about one in four
adults—suffer from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year. Not only
are these adults affected by one mental illness 45% of these adults meet
criteria for two or more disorders. These range from fairly common mood
disorders to the much more serious anxiety and schizophrenia disorders.
Among these, anxiety disorders were the most common, as some 40 million
American adults ages 18 and older suffer from some form of anxiety
disorder. Despite the large number of Americans affected by such disorders,
stigma surrounding mental illness is a major barrier that prevents people
from seeking the mental health treatment that they need. Programs during
Mental Illness Awareness Week are designed to create community awareness
and discussion in an effort to put an end to stigma and advocate for
treatment and recovery.
Mental Illness Awareness Week coincides with similar organization campaigns
in early October such as World Mental Health Day (World Federation for
Mental Health), National Depression Screening Day (Screening for Mental
Health), and National Day Without Stigma (Active Minds)'.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'World Day for Farmed Animals'. Since 1983, promoting vegan lifestyle, to
help incure a better life for all animals.
o Other:
* 'International Day of Non-Violence'. A U.N. day established in 2007.
- From Wikipedia (International Day of Non-Violence):
'The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on October 2, the
birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This day is referred to in India as Gandhi
Jayanti.
In January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi had taken a proposal
for an International Day of Non-Violence from a Hindi teacher in Paris
teaching international students to the World Social Forum in Bombay. The
idea gradually attracted the interest of some leaders of India's Congress
Party (Ahimsa Finds Teen Voice, The Telegraph, Calcutta) until a Satyagraha
Conference resolution in New Delhi in January 2007, initiated by Indian
National Congress President and Chairperson of the United Progressive
Alliance Sonia Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, called upon the United
Nations to adopt the idea.
On 15 June 2007 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish 2
October as the International Day of Non-Violence. The resolution by the
General Assembly asks all members of the UN system to commemorate 2 October
in an appropriate manner and disseminate the message of non-violence,
including through education and public awareness.
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) in New York City prepared a
special cachet to commemorate this event, following a request from the
Indian Ambassador at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN. The boxed
pictorial cachet design was prepared by the UNPA and was limited to
cancellation at UNPA's NY location (not Geneva and Vienna). The UNPA has
indicated that all outgoing UNPA mail between October 2 and 31 carried the
cachet'.
<> Historical events on October 2
* 'In 1608, The first telescope is demonstrated by Hans Lippershey of
Middelburg. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hans Lippershey (1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also
known as Johann Lippershey or Lipperhey, was a German-Dutch
spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the
telescope, although it is unclear if he was the first to build one.
Hans Lippershey is known for the earliest written record of a refracting
telescope, a patent he filed in 1608. His work with optical devices grew
out of his work as a spectacle maker, an industry that had started in
Venice and Florence in the thirteenth century, and later expanded to the
Netherlands and Germany.
Lippershey applied to the States General of the Netherlands on 2 October
1608 for a patent for his instrument for seeing things far away as if they
were nearby, a few weeks before another Dutch instrument-maker's patent,
that of Jacob Metius. Lippershey failed to receive a patent since the same
claim for invention had also been made by other spectacle-makers but he was
handsomely rewarded by the Dutch government for copies of his design.
Lippershey's application for a patent was mentioned at the end of a
diplomatic report on an embassy to Holland from the Kingdom of Siam sent by
the Siamese king Ekathotsarot: Ambassades du Roy de Siam envoyé à
l'Excellence du Prince Maurice, arrivé à La Haye le 10 Septemb. 1608
(Embassy of the King of Siam sent to his Excellency Prince Maurice, arrived
at The Hague on 10 September 1608). This report was issued in October 1608
and distributed across Europe, leading to experiments by other scientists,
such as the Italian Paolo Sarpi, who received the report in November, the
Englishman Thomas Harriot, who was using a six-powered telescope by the
summer of 1609, and Galileo Galilei, who improved the device.
There are many stories as to how Lippershey came by his invention. One
version has Lippershey observing two children playing with lenses in his
shop and commenting how they could make a far away weather-vane seem closer
when looking at it through two lenses. Other stories have Lippershey's
apprentice coming up with the idea or have Lippershey copying someone
else's discovery. Lippershey's original instrument consisted of either two
convex lenses with an inverted image or a convex objective and a concave
eyepiece lens so it would have an upright image. This Dutch perspective
glass (the name telescope would not be coined until three years later by
Giovanni Demisiani) had a three-times (or 3X) magnification.
The lunar crater Lippershey, the minor planet 31338 Lipperhey, and the
exoplanet Lipperhey (55 Cancri d) are named after him'.
* 'In 1835, The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales.
Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but
encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. .
- From Wikipedia: 'In the early 1830s, the army loaned the citizens of
Gonzales a small cannon for protection against Indian raids. After a
Mexican soldier bludgeoned a Gonzales resident on September 10, 1835,
tensions rose even further, and Mexican authorities felt it unwise to leave
the settlers with a weapon. Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, commander of all
Mexican military forces in Texas, sent a small detachment of troops to
retrieve the cannon. After settlers escorted the group from town without
the cannon, Ugartechea sent 100 dragoons with Lieutenant Francisco de
Castañeda to demand compliance, with orders to avoid force if possible.
Many of the settlers believed Mexican authorities were manufacturing an
excuse to attack the town and eliminate the militia. Texians stalled
Castañeda's attempts to negotiate the cannon's return for several days as
they waited for reinforcements from other colonies. In the early hours of
October 2, approximately 140 Texian volunteers attacked Castañeda's force.
After a brief skirmish, Castañeda requested a meeting with Texian leader
John Henry Moore. Castañeda revealed that he shared their federalist
leanings, but that he was honor-bound to follow orders. As Moore returned
to camp, the Texians raised a homemade white banner with an image of the
cannon painted in black in the center, over the words Come and Take It
Realizing that he was outnumbered and outgunned, Castañeda led his troops
back to Béxar. In this first battle of the revolution, two Mexican soldiers
were killed, and one Texian was injured when he fell off his horse.
Although the event was, as characterized by historian William C. Davis, an
inconsequential skirmish in which one side did not try to fight, Texians
soon declared it a victory over Mexican troops. News of the skirmish spread
throughout the United States, encouraging many adventurers to come to Texas
to join the fight.
Volunteers continued to arrive in Gonzales. On October 11, the troops
unanimously elected Austin, who had no official military experience, the
leader of the group he had dubbed the Army of the People. From the
beginning, the volunteer army proved to have little discipline. Austin's
first official order was to remind his men that they were expected to obey
their commanding officers. Buoyed by their victory, the Texians were
determined to drive the Mexican army out of Texas, and they began preparing
to march to Béxar'.
* 'In 1866, J. Osterhoudt patents tin can with a key opener. This was the
key that rolled up a pre-scored strip on the side of the can. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Another key opener with completely different design was
patented by J. Osterhoudt in 1866. Instead of piercing the can, it was used
to tear off and roll up a pre-scored strip on the side of the can, just
below the lid. It was also called key, because of resemblance to a door
key. Such openers are spot-welded or soldered to many small, thin-walled
cans nowadays and are separated prior to use by prying the key up and
bending it back and forth a few times until it breaks loose'.
* 'In 1876, The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opened for
enrollment (6 students the first day). It was the state's first venture
into public higher education. The school was formally dedicated 2 days
later by Texas Gov. Richard Coke. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, TAMU /'tæmu?/, or
A&M) is a coeducational public research university located in College
Station, Texas, United States. It is the flagship institution of the Texas
A&M University System, the fourth-largest university in the United
States and the largest university in Texas. The university enjoys a strong
athletic program and fan following, known as the twelfth man, and is a
member of the Southeastern Conference. It is consistently ranked among the
top 20 public universities in the United States most notably, its
engineering school ranks in the top 10 of public schools. Texas A&M's
designation as a land, sea, and space grant institution reflects a range of
research with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of
Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research.
The school ranks in the top 20 American research institutes in funding and
has made contributions to such fields as animal cloning and petroleum
engineering.
The U.S. Congress laid the groundwork for the establishment of Texas A&M
in 1862 with the adoption of the Morrill Act. The act auctioned land grants
of public lands to establish endowments for colleges where the leading
object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies
and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are
related to agriculture and mechanical arts... to promote the liberal and
practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and
professions in life In 1871, the Texas Legislature used these funds to
establish the state's first public institution of higher education, the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, then known as Texas A.M.C.
Brazos County donated 2,416 acres (10 km2) near Bryan, Texas, for the
school's campus.
Enrollment began on October 2, 1876. Six students enrolled on the first
day, and classes officially began on October 4, 1876, with six faculty
members. During the first semester, enrollment increased to 48 students,
and by the end of the spring 1877 semester, 106 students had enrolled.
Admission was limited to white males, and all students were required to
participate in the Corps of Cadets and receive military training. Although
traditional Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets campusologies indicate
40 students began classes on October 4, 1876, the exact number of students
enrolled on that day is unknown. Enrollment climbed to 258 students before
declining to 108 students in 1883, the year the University of Texas opened
in Austin, Texas. Though originally envisioned and annotated in the Texas
Constitution as a branch of the University of Texas, Texas A.M.C. had a
separate Board of Directors from the University of Texas from the first day
of classes and was never enveloped into the University of Texas System'.
* 'In 1902, Beatrix Potter's 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' is published by
Frederick Warne & Co. in London. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various
children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of
Peter Rabbit in 1902 and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and
1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls. He appears
as a character in a number of adaptations.
The rabbits in Potter's stories are anthropomorphic and wear human clothes:
Peter wears a jacket and shoes. Peter, his mother, Mrs. Josephine Rabbit,
as well as his sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail live in a rabbit
hole that has a human kitchen, human furniture, as well as a shop where
Mrs. Rabbit sells various items. Peter's relatives are Cousin Benjamin
Bunny and Benjamin's father Mr. Benjamin Bunny.
Peter Rabbit was named after a pet rabbit Beatrix Potter had as a child
called Peter Piper. The first Peter Rabbit story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit,
was originally created in 1893 as a letter to Noel Moore, the five-year-old
son of Potter's former governess, Annie Moore. The boy was ill and Potter
wrote him a picture and story letter to help him pass the time and to cheer
him up. The letter included sketches illustrating the narrative.
In June 1903, a trade edition of the tale was published by Frederick Warne
and Co, and by the end of the year, 28,000 copies were in print. Over the
years, The Tale of Peter Rabbit has sold more than 40 million copies
worldwide and as of 2008, the Peter Rabbit series has sold more than 151
million copies in 35 languages'.
* 'In 1925, John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working
television system. It worked on a mechanical (scanning disk) principle not
an electronic principle used today. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The development of television was the result of work by
many inventors. Among them, Baird was a prominent pioneer and made major
advances in the field. Many historians credit Baird with being the first to
produce a live, moving, greyscale television image from reflected light.
Baird achieved this, where other inventors had failed, by obtaining a
better photoelectric cell and improving the signal conditioning from the
photocell and the video amplifier.
Between 1902 and 1907, Arthur Korn invented and built the first successful
signal-conditioning circuits for image transmission. The circuits overcame
the image-destroying lag effect that is part of selenium photocells. Korn's
compensation circuit allowed him to send still fax pictures by telephone or
wireless between countries and even over oceans, while his circuit operated
without benefit of electronic amplification. Korn's success at transmitting
halftone still images suggested that such compensation circuits might work
in television. Baird was the direct beneficiary of Korn's research and
success.
In his first attempts to develop a working television system, Baird
experimented with the Nipkow disk. Paul Gottlieb Nipkow had invented this
scanning disc system in 1884. Television historian Albert Abramson calls
Nipkow's patent the master television patent Nipkow's work is important
because Baird and many others chose to develop it into a broadcast medium.
In early 1923, and in poor health, Baird moved to 21 Linton Crescent,
Hastings, on the south coast of England. He later rented a workshop in the
Queen's Arcade in the town. Baird built what was to become the world's
first working television set using items including an old hatbox and a pair
of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea
chest, and sealing wax and glue that he purchased. In February 1924, he
demonstrated to the Radio Times that a semi-mechanical analogue television
system was possible by transmitting moving silhouette images. In July of
the same year, he received a 1000-volt electric shock, but survived with
only a burnt hand, and as a result his landlord, Mr Tree, asked him to
vacate the premises. Baird gave the first public demonstration of moving
silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in
a three-week series of demonstrations beginning on 25 March 1925.
In his laboratory on 2 October 1925, Baird successfully transmitted the
first television picture with a greyscale image: the head of a
ventriloquist's dummy nicknamed Stooky Bill in a 30-line vertically scanned
image, at five pictures per second. Baird went downstairs and fetched an
office worker, 20-year-old William Edward Taynton, to see what a human face
would look like, and Taynton became the first person to be televised in a
full tonal range. Looking for publicity, Baird visited the Daily Express
newspaper to promote his invention. The news editor was terrified and he
was quoted by one of his staff as saying: For God's sake, go down to
reception and get rid of a lunatic who's down there. He says he's got a
machine for seeing by wireless! Watch him — he may have a razor on him.'.
* 'In 1928, The radio show 'The National Farm and Home Hour' debuted on NBC
radio. It was a combination of variety and farm and agricultural
information. It ran from 1928 to 1958 in various time slots. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The National Farm and Home Hour was a variety show which
was broadcast in various formats from 1928 to 1958. Aimed at listeners in
rural America, it was known as the farmer's bulletin board and was produced
by the United States Department of Agriculture with contributions from, and
the cooperation of, various farm organizations (among them the American
Farm Bureau, 4-H Club, Farmers Union, Future Farmers of America and the
National Grange). Raymond Edward Johnson and, later, Don Ameche appeared in
dramatic sketches in the role of the Forest Ranger.
With live coverage of livestock expositions, harvest festivals and the most
spectacular happenings in agricultural America, the program offered tips to
farmers, music and news, plus advice from agencies and government
officials.
The series first aired on Pittsburgh's KDKA (1928-29), moving to the Blue
Network (later ABC) from September 30, 1929 to March 17, 1945, usually
heard Monday through Saturday at 12:30 (Eastern). Under the sponsorship of
Allis-Chalmers, it continued on NBC as a 30-minute show on Saturdays at
noon (Eastern) from September 15, 1945 to January 25, 1958 in its final
three years (1955-58), it would be incorporated into the Saturday lineup of
NBC's weekend anthology Monitor.
Host Everett Mitchell opened each broadcast with his trademark line, It's a
beautiful day in Chicago!, which became a familiar catch phrase'.
* 'In 1946,The first American TV network soap opera 'Faraway Hill' debuted
on the Dumont network. It starred Flora Campbell, Mel Brandt, Eve McVeagh,
Julie Christy, Barry Doig, Munroe Gabler, Jack Halloran, Vivian King, Ben
Low Frederic Meyer, Lorene Scott, Ann Stell, Hal Studer, Jacqueline Waite.
It ran from October 2, 1946 – December 18, 1946.
- From Wikipedia: 'Faraway Hill was the first soap opera broadcast on an
American television network, airing on the DuMont Television Network on
Wednesday nights at 9 pm between October 2 and December 18, 1946.
A widowed New York City resident, Karen St. John (played by Flora
Campbell), moved to a small town to be near relatives. There she met a man
who had been adopted by her family, and with whom she fell in love.
However, he was already engaged to another woman. In addition, the
sophisticated St. John clashed with her rural relatives'.
* 'In 1949, The TV comedy 'The Aldrich Family' debuted on NBC-TV. It ran
for 4 seasons. It started on radio (different cast) and both ran for a
while on both mediums.
* 'In 1950, The comic strip 'Peanuts' is first published.
- From Wikipedia: 'Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic
strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October
2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is
the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with
17,897 strips published in all, making it arguably the longest story ever
told by one human being At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers,
with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into
21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard
in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more
than $1 billion. Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in
almost every U.S. newspaper.
The strip focuses entirely on a miniature society of young children, with
no shown adult characters. The main character, Charlie Brown, is meek,
nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a
baseball game, or kick a football. Peanuts is one of the literate strips
with philosophical, psychological, and sociological overtones that
flourished in the 1950s. The strip's humor (at least during its '60s peak)
is psychologically complex, and the characters' interactions formed a
tangle of relationships that drove the strip.
Peanuts achieved considerable success with its television specials, several
of which, including A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown, won or were nominated for Emmy Awards. The holiday specials
remain popular and are currently broadcast on ABC in the U.S. during the
corresponding seasons. The Peanuts franchise met acclaim in theatre, with
the stage musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown being a successful and
often-performed production.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked the Peanuts television specials the fourth
Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time. A computer-animated feature film based on
the strip, The Peanuts Movie, was released on November 6, 2015'.
* 'In 1953,The TV show 'Person to Person' debuted on CBS-TV. It's format
was of a celebrity remote viewing visit. It ran for 2 seasons from October
2, 1953-September 8, 1961.
- From Wikipedia: 'Person to Person is a popular television program in the
United States that originally ran from 1953 to 1961, with two episodes of
an attempted revival airing in 2012. Edward R. Murrow hosted the original
series from its inception in 1953 until 1959, interviewing celebrities in
their homes from a comfortable chair in his New York studio (his opening:
Good evening, I'm Ed Murrow. And the name of the program is 'Person to
Person'. It's all live – there's no film). In the last two years of its
original run, Charles Collingwood was the host.
Although Murrow is best remembered as a reporter on programs such as Hear
It Now and See It Now and for publicly confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy,
on Person to Person he was a pioneer of the celebrity interview.
The program was well planned but not strictly scripted, with as many as six
cameras and TV lighting installed to cover the guest's moves through his
home, and a microwave link to transmit the signals back to the network. The
guests wore wireless microphones to pick up their voices as they moved
around the home or its grounds. The interviews were done live. The two
15-minute interviews in each program were typically with very different
types of people, such as a movie star and a scientist. Guests often used
the appearance to promote their latest project or book'.
* 'In 1955, The TV show 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', and anthology series
(different stories, usually a different cast), premieres. It ran for 10
seasons for 360 ep. from October 2, 1955 – May 10, 1965.
- From Wikipedia: 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television
anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock, which aired on CBS and NBC
between 1955 and 1965. It featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the
time it premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films
for over three decades. Time magazine named it one of The 100 Best TV Shows
of all time The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the
101 Best-Written TV Series tying it with Monty Python's Flying Circus, Star
Trek: The Next Generation and Upstairs, Downstairs.
A series of literary anthologies with the running title Alfred Hitchcock
Presents were issued to capitalize on the success of the television series.
One volume, devoted to stories that censors wouldn't allow to be adapted
for broadcast, was entitled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They
Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV—though eventually several of the stories collected
were adapted'.
* 'In 1959, The anthology science fiction TV series 'The Twilight Zone'
premieres. It ran for 5 seasons for 156 ep. from October 2, 1959 – June 19,
1964.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Twilight Zone is an American science-fiction,
fantasy, psychological-supernatural horror anthology television series
created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to
1964. The series consists of unrelated dramas depicting characters dealing
with paranormal, futuristic, Kafkaesque, or otherwise disturbing or unusual
events characters who find themselves dealing with these strange, sometimes
inexplicable happenings are said to have crossed over into The Twilight
Zone Each story typically features a moral and a surprise ending.
The series is notable for featuring both established stars (Joan Blondell,
Ann Blyth, Art Carney, William Demarest, Buddy Ebsen, Jack Elam, Buster
Keaton, Kevin McCarthy, Burgess Meredith, Agnes Moorehead, Ed Wynn) and
younger actors who would become more famous later on (Bill Bixby, Charles
Bronson, Donna Douglas, Robert Duvall, Anne Francis, Mariette Hartley, Earl
Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Montgomery, Leonard Nimoy, Robert
Redford, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickles, William Shatner, Telly Savalas, Alan
Sues, George Takei, and Lee Van Cleef). Serling served as executive
producer and head writer he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show's 156
episodes. He was also the show's host and narrator, delivering monologues
at the beginning and end of each episode. Serling's opening and closing
narrations usually summarize the episode's events encapsulating how and why
the main character(s) had entered the Twilight Zone.
In 1997, the episodes To Serve Man and It's a Good Life were respectively
ranked at 11 and 31 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time Serling
himself stated that his favorite episodes of the series were The Invaders
and Time Enough at Last In 2002, The Twilight Zone was ranked No. 26 on TV
Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the third best-written
TV series ever and TV Guide ranked it as the fifth greatest show of all
time'.
* 'In 1961, The TV medical drama 'Ben Casey' premieres. It starred Vince
Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Bettye Ackerman, Jeanne Bates John Zaremba, Ben Piazza,
Jim McMullan, Franchot Tone, Stella Stevens Marlyn Mason, Harry Landers,
Linda Lawson. It ran for 5 seasons 153 ep. from October 2, 1961 – March 21,
1966.
- From Wikipedia: 'Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran
on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which
consisted of a hand drawing the symbols ?, ?, ?, †, 8 on a chalkboard, as
cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may
have influenced the personality of the title character.
The series starred Vince Edwards (credited as Vincent Edwards) as medical
doctor Ben Casey, a young, intense but idealistic surgeon at County General
Hospital. His mentor was Doctor David Zorba, played by Sam Jaffe. The show
began running multi-episode stories, starting with the first five episodes
of Season 4 Casey developed a romantic relationship with Jane Hancock
(Stella Stevens), who had just emerged from a coma after fifteen years. At
the beginning of Season 5 (the last season), Jaffe left the show and
Franchot Tone replaced Zorba as new Chief of Neurosurgery, Doctor Daniel
Niles Freeland'.
* 'In 1971, The TV musical variety/dance show 'Soul Train' premieres. It
ran from October 2, 1971 – March 25, 2006.
- From Wikipedia: 'Soul Train is an American musical variety television
program which aired in syndication from 1971 until 2006. In its 35-year
history, the show primarily featured performances by R ad B, soul and hip
hop artists, although funk, jazz, disco and gospel artists also appeared.
The series was created by Don Cornelius, who also served as its first host
and executive producer.
Production was suspended following the 2005–2006 season, with a rerun
package (known as The Best of Soul Train) airing for two years
subsequently. As a nod to Soul Train's longevity, the show's opening
sequence during later seasons contained a claim that it was the
longest-running first-run, nationally syndicated program in American
television history, with over 1,100 episodes produced from the show's debut
through the 2005–2006 season. Despite the production hiatus, Soul Train
held that superlative until 2016, when Entertainment Tonight surpassed it
completing its 35th season. Among non-news programs, Wheel of Fortune will
surpass it in 2025 (that show has already been renewed through that year)'.
* 'In 1996, The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed
by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. It set the conditions under which
government records could be revealed. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 ,
is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial
disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by
the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to
disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants nine
exemptions to the statute. This amendment was signed into law by President
Lyndon B. Johnson, despite his misgivings, on July 4, 1966, and went into
effect the following year.
As indicated by its long title, FOIA was actually extracted from its
original home in Section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Section 3 of the APA, as enacted in 1946, gave agencies broad discretion
concerning the publication of governmental records. Following concerns that
the provision had become more of a withholding than a disclosure mechanism,
Congress amended the section in 1966 as a standalone act to implement a
general philosophy of full agency disclosure. The amendment required
agencies to publish their rules of procedure in the Federal Register, 5
U.S.C. § 552(a)(1)(C), and to make available for public inspection and
copying their opinions, statements of policy, interpretations, and staff
manuals and instructions that are not published in the Federal Register, §
552(a)(2). In addition, § 522(a)(3) requires every agency, upon any request
for records which ... reasonably describes such records to make such
records promptly available to any person. If an agency improperly withholds
any documents, the district court has jurisdiction to order their
production. Unlike the review of other agency action that must be upheld if
supported by substantial evidence and not arbitrary or capricious, FOIA
expressly places the burden on the agency to sustain its action, and
directs the district courts to determine the matter de novo.
The Federal Government's Freedom of Information Act should not be confused
with the different and varying Freedom of Information Acts passed by the
individual states. Many of those state acts may be similar but not
identical to the federal act'.
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October origin (from Wikipedia): October is the tenth month of the year
in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a
length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October
retained its name (from the Greek meaning 'eight') after January
and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been
created by the Romans.
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hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal
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