1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles declared open for business the free trading port of Singapore. His names are ubiquitous in Singapore where I went frequently for work and through which we have passed many times.
1937 John Steinbeck published ‘Of Mice and Men.’ In the same year he adapted it into a three-act play. The novella and play earned him a national audience. The Nobel Prize came later.
1952 Princess Elizabeth was crowned queen at age twenty-seven after the untimely death of her father King George VI while she was travelling in Kenya.
1959 Ed Murrow interviewed Fidel Castro on live television for his series ‘Person to Person.’ A brief excerpt from this interview is on You Tube. Vaguely I recall watching this as a tweenager. A biography of Ed Murrow is discussed elsewhere on this blog.
1987 In the USA No Smoking in Federal buildings became law. Hallelujah!
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