Month: September 2015
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The Daisy Ad
This advertisement from 1964 is one of the reasons that Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in the presidential campaign with the largest majority in over 140 years. According to Wikipedia: Though only aired once (by the campaign), it is considered an important factor in Johnson’s landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and an important turning… Read more
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Mike the Headless Chicken and Pesik Reisha
The BBC has a good article about Mike the Headless Chicken. Seventy years ago today a legend was created: On 10 September 1945 Lloyd Olsen and his wife Clara were killing chickens, on their farm in Fruita, Colorado. Olsen would decapitate the birds, his wife would clean them up. But one of the 40 or… Read more