November 17, 1925
Roy Harold Scherer-later known as Rock Hudson-is born
in Winnetka, Illinois.
As a
child, Hudson auditioned for school plays but never landed a role. Later, he
worked as a navy mechanic and a truck driver, then pursued an acting career
after World War II. After extensive grooming, which included acting, dancing,
and fencing lessons, Hudson became a leading actor with Universal. In the late
1940s and early 1950s, he frequently starred in action films and melodramas,
including The Desert Hawk (1950) and The Iron Man (1951). Later,
he shone in comedies like Pillow Talk (1959), the first of his three
pictures with Doris Day. He later worked in television, starring in the series McMillan
and Wife from 1971 to 1977 and appearing in Dynasty in 1984 and
1985. Hudson died of AIDS in 1985, at the age of 59. As one of the first major
celebrities to admit to having AIDS, Hudson boosted awareness about the
epidemic.November 18, 1985
The adults on Sesame Street
finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus.
Since Mr.
Snuffleupagus made
his first appearance in the Season 3 premiere, the adults had thought that Mr. Snuffleupagus was just an
imaginary friend of Big
Bird's. Big Bird
would often try to arrange for them to see Mr. Snuffleupagus, face-to-face, but
Snuffy would always be gone by the time they finally chose to look at him.
After years of not seeing him and many near-misses, the adults finally got to
see Mr. Snuffleupagus for the first time in this episode, and finally find out
that he is real.November 20, 1955
Bo Diddley makes
his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Bo Diddley opened
his appearance on Ed Sullivan with the eponymously titled song
“Bo Diddley,”. This now-famous number set portions of the children’s rhyme
“Mockingbird” to what is now known as “the Bo Diddley beat”—a syncopated rhythm
in 4/4 time that is the foundation of such rock-and-roll classics as Buddy
Holly’s “Not Fade Away” and the Stangeloves’ “I Want Candy,” among countless
others. Five months before Elvis Presley would make his famous Ed
Sullivandebut, Diddley’s performance gave many Americans their first
exposure to rock and roll, though that term was not yet familiar to mainstream
audiences. Neither was the Bo Diddley beat, yet within just a few seconds of
the drum-and-maraca opening of “Bo Diddley,” the live Ed Sullivan audience
can be heard spontaneously clapping along to the distinctive rhythm in the
surviving kinescope recording of the performance.
As Diddley would later tell the story, Ed Sullivan had expected him to
perform only a cover version of “Tennessee” Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons” and was
furious enough with him for opening with “Bo Diddley” that Sullivan banned him
from future appearances on his show. Be that as it may, Diddley’s appearance on
this day in 1955 introduced a sound that would influence generations of
followers. As blues-rock artist George Thorogood—who performed and recorded
many Bo Diddley covers during his own career—once told Rolling Stone:
“[Chuck Berry's] ‘Maybellene’ is a country song sped up… ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is
blues sped up. But you listen to ‘Bo Diddley,’ and you say, ‘What in the Jesus
is that?'”
November 21
World Television Day
World Television Day celebrates the daily value of
television as a symbol of communication and globalization. Television is one of
the single greatest technological advances of the 20th century, serving to
educate, inform, entertain and influence our decisions and opinions. It is estimated that approximately 90% of
homes around the world have televisions, however, with the introduction of
internet broadcasting, the number is declining in favor of computers.
World Television Day was proclaimed by the United
Nations in 1996. It is celebrated annually on November 21.
November 17, 1925
Roy Harold Scherer-later known as Rock Hudson-is born
in Winnetka, Illinois.
November 18, 1985
The adults on Sesame Street
finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus.
November 20, 1955
Bo Diddley makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
As Diddley would later tell the story, Ed Sullivan had expected him to
perform only a cover version of “Tennessee” Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons” and was
furious enough with him for opening with “Bo Diddley” that Sullivan banned him
from future appearances on his show. Be that as it may, Diddley’s appearance on
this day in 1955 introduced a sound that would influence generations of
followers. As blues-rock artist George Thorogood—who performed and recorded
many Bo Diddley covers during his own career—once told Rolling Stone:
“[Chuck Berry's] ‘Maybellene’ is a country song sped up… ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is
blues sped up. But you listen to ‘Bo Diddley,’ and you say, ‘What in the Jesus
is that?'”
November 21
World Television Day
World Television Day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1996. It is celebrated annually on November 21.
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