[guide.chat] Fact of the day
- From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guide Chat List" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:48:43 +0100
Fact of the Day: radio commercial.
In 1922, the first radio commercial was broadcast on WEAF in New York.
Broadcasters realized that radio could earn profits from the sale of
advertising time. The first "spot" was sponsored by the Queensboro Realty
Corporation of Jackson Heights to promote Hawthorne Court, a group of apartment
buildings in Queens. This first commercial cost $100 for 10 minutes.
Holidays:
Feast Day of St. Sabina of Rome, St. Edwold of Cerne, and St. Medericus or
Merry.
Slovakia: National Day.
Events:
1533 - Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, died by
strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. His
death marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
1831 - Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical
transformer.
1835 - The city of Melbourne, Australia, was founded.
1839 - Fifty-three Africans were seized near modern-day Sierra Leone, taken to
Cuba and sold as slaves. On this day, the slaves, led by Cinque, seized control
of the ship, asking to be taken back to Africa. The crew secretly changed
course and took them back to Long Island, where they stood trial.
1896 - The Chinese-American dish chop suey was invented in New York City by the
chef to visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-Chang.
1966 - At Candlestick Park, San Francisco, the Beatles played their last live
concert.
1991 - The Supreme Soviet voted to suspend formally all activities of the
Communist Party.
1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre,
Algeria.
2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq,
is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as
they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana
to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion
in damage.
Births:
1632 - John Locke, English philosopher.
1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, American physician, author, poet.
1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress. Died on her birthday in 1982.
1920 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, American jazz saxophonist.
1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director.
1938 - Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein), American actor.
1941 - Robin Leach, English television host.
1958 - Michael Jackson, American pop singer.
Deaths:
1769 - Edmund Hoyle, English writer best known for his works on the rules and
play of card games.
1877 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and second president of the
Mormon church.
1891 - Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle.
1931 - David T. Abercrombie, founder of Abercrombie and Fitch.
1982 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress.
1987 - Lee Marvin, American tough guy actor.
1990 - Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian writer.
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