Tag: 1950s
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24-year-old Actor James Dean Died in Cholame, California, When the Porsche He Was Driving Crashed Into a Ford Tudor Sedan at an Intersection. September 30, 1955.
Photograph of Dean next to his Porsche 550, a few hours before his death. (Public Domain) On this day in history, September 30, 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean died in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he was driving crashed into a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection. The motorist in the other car, 23-year-old California…
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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Arrives in Los Angeles for a Two-Week Coast-to-Coast Tour, his First Official Visit to America. September 19, 1959.
Image: Photo of Nelson Rockefeller (then the Governor of New York) calling on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family, who were visiting the United States. The Khrushchevs were staying at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. From left-Mrs. Khrushchev (Nina), the Soviet Ambassador to the US, Mikhail Manishikov, Nelson Rockefeller, Premier Khrushchev, Rada Khrushchev (daughter)…
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Vintage Photographs of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Flashing His Trademark “V for Victory” Sign
Winston Churchill’s V for Victory sign is perhaps one the most iconic of the Second World War. Though it started with a simple radio broadcast, the symbol took Europe by storm and became a rallying emblem for those under occupation. 78 years on from VE Day, V stands for far more than Victory, it stands…
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New York Times writer Gilbert Millstein reviews “On the Road,” the second novel (hardly anyone had read the first) by a 35-year-old Columbia Dropout Named Jack Kerouac. September 5, 1957.
Image: Jack Kerouac, 1956. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 5, 1957, New York Times writer Gilbert Millstein reviews “On the Road,” the second novel (hardly anyone had read the first) by a 35-year-old Columbia dropout named Jack Kerouac. “Jack went to bed obscure,” Kerouac’s girlfriend told a journalist, “and woke up famous.”…
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History Daily: August 28
EMMETT TILL IS MURDERED Image: Emmett Till (Wikimedia Commons) On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American boy from Chicago, is viciously murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. His murderers—the white woman’s husband and his brother—made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton gin…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 