Monday, November 10, 2008

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Kim!!

On November 10th:

  • 1619 - RenĂ© Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
  • 1792 - The White House: Construction begins by placing of the cornerstone.
  • 1938 - Kate Smith, on her weekly radio show, sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time.
  • 1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
  • 1951 - Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
  • 1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.

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