“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” This closing line from “Casablanca” spoken by Humphrey Bogart stirred audiences when the film made its debut at the Hollywood Theater in New York City on November 26, 1942. The...
The Oreo made its debut on March 6, 1912 when the National Biscuit Company (a/k/a Nabisco) sold the now-iconic cookie to grocer S. C. Thuesen of Hoboken, NJ. Back then, Oreo cookies were sold in bulk, packaged in tins and priced at 30-cents a pound. Today, Oreo is the...
On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low gathered a group of 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, GA, for the first meeting of what would become Girl Scouts of the USA. In 2012, 3.2 million girls and adults worldwide are members of the Girl Scouts, an organization...
Founded on February 18, 1942, The War Advertising Council took seriously its job of rallying the American public’s support of World War II. Public service advertisements (PSAs) cautioned the home front that “Loose Lips Sink Ships” and bolstered the morale of women...
TODAY debuted on January 14, 1952 with television host Dave Garroway. Sixty years later, viewers still tune to this popular news-and-information morning show to discover what has happened in the world since they went to bed the night before. On January 14, 2011, TODAY...
