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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE DAY
Dale Carnegie was born on this day in 1888 -- in Maryville, Missouri. He became a pioneer in public speaking and personality development and he became famous by showing others how to become successful.
Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), has sold more than 15 million copies and is translated in 29 different languages. Carnegie’s illustrative stories and simple, well-phrased rules are the basis behind its popularity. For instance:
“Believe that you will succeed, and you will.”
“Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people.”
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
It deals sensibly with “the problem of getting along with and influencing people in ... everyday, business and social contacts.”
Dale Carnegie also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), “a practical, concrete, easy-to-read, inspiring handbook on conquering work and fears.”
Carnegie attended Warrensburg (MO) State Teachers College, and became a salesman for Armour and Company. Later, he taught public speaking to businessmen. And you’ve probably heard of the Dale Carnegie Training courses, available just about everywhere.
One thing’s for sure: Dale Carnegie won many friends and influenced lots of people.
Events November 24
1835 - The Corps of Rangers, later formally known as the Texas Rangers, was organized to protect the frontier from Indians. The mounted police force was authorized by the provincial government. The rangers were paid $1.25 a day.
1871 - The National Rifle Association was incorporated. Remember, “Guns don’t kill. People do.” Hey, watch where you’re pointing that person!
1874 - Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois found just what he had been waiting for -- in his mailbox. It was the patent for his invention: barbed wire.
1903 - For you self-starters out there, this special note: The automatic self-starter was patented by Clyde J. Coleman of New York City.
1918 - The Gasoline Alley Comic Strip, by Frank King, debuted.
1937 - Music from the Raymor Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts was beamed coast to coast on NBC radio. The special guests during this broadcast were Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
1937 - Three lovely ladies, known as The Andrews Sisters, recorded Decca record number 1562 this day. It became one of their biggest hits: Bei Mir Bist Du Schön.
1941 - The comic strip Gordo debuted; it ran until Feb 24, 1985.
1944 - U.S. bombers based on the island of Saipan attacked Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes.
1947 - The Cleveland Indians renewed the managerial contract of Lou Boudreau for an additional two years.
1947 - The first Postmaster General of the United States, to be promoted from the rank and file, was named. J.M. Donaldson had moved through the post office beginning as a letter carrier in 1908.
1950 - The musical comedy, Guys and Dolls, from the pen of Frank Loesser, opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City. The show ran for 1,200 performances.
1956 - Pajama Game Closed at the St. James Theater in New York City -- after 1063 performances.
1958 - Jackie Wilson’s Lonely Teardrops was released, as was a disk by Richie Valens featuring Donna on one side and La Bamba on the other.
1958 - Harold Jenkins, who changed his name to Conway Twitty, got his first #1 hit on this day. It’s Only Make Believe was the most popular song in the U.S. for one week.
1960 - The Tiros 2 weather satellite was launched. The Tiros 2 was designed to test experimental television techniques and infrared equipment for a worldwide meteorological satellite information system.
1962 - On the cover of TV Guide: Jackie Kennedy and her story, The World of Jacqueline Kennedy. Other Articles: Milburn Stone and Fair Exchange.
1963 - In a scene captured on live national television, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
1967 - Actor and TV host, Gary Collins, and former (1959) Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley, were married on this day.
1970 - The nation’s outstanding collegiate football player of the year received the annual Heisman Memorial Trophy. Jim Plunkett was a quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal and later went on to a sterling career in the NFL.
1971 - It was a dark, freezing-cold, rainy Thanksgiving eve when Dan Cooper, now better known as D.B. Cooper, boarded a Northwest Orient airliner in Portland, Oregon. The chain-smoking Cooper, in his mid-forties, wore dark glasses, a dark suit and tie, and white shirt. He carried a black briefcase containing what resembled a bomb, using it to hijack the Boeing 727 plane. Cooper demanded and received $200,000, then parachuted from the plane over the Cascade Mountains in Southwestern Washington, never to be seen again. ($5,880 of the loot was found on the banks of the Columbia River in 1980.) Cooper left several lasting contributions ... the mystery: why did he do it, did he survive, and if so, where did he go and what did he do with the rest of the money; and a new aircraft design called the "Cooper Vane", a device that prevents the tail stairways on Boeing 727s from being lowered while in flight (Cooper’s escape route).
1972 - A Friday night show that would compete head-to-head with NBC’s Midnight Special premiered. In Concert featured Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Blood Sweat and Tears, Seals and Crofts and Poco. Robert W. Morgan of KHJ, Los Angeles was the offstage announcer for the ABC-TV show that was staged before a live audience. In Concert was the creation of the guy who dreamed up the fictitious group The Archies and brought fame to The Monkees: rock promoter, Don Kirshner. (In Concert was aired as part of ABC-TV’s Wide World of Entertainment.)
1973 - Following over two years of retirement, Frank Sinatra went back to work again with a TV special on NBC titled, Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back. Despite the fact that the show finished third in the ratings (in a three-show race), at least one critic called the program, “The best popular music special of the year.”
1976 - An earthquake struck Van province in Turkey with 5,291 confirmed dead and over 5,000 injured; 50,000 people were left homeless with the destruction of the town of Muradiye and hundreds of villages.
1980 - Actor George Raft died of leukemia in New York City. He was 85 years old. Raft appered in over 75 films during a span of a half-century.
1982 - Hurricane Iwa (pronounced Eva) swept Hawaii, causing heavy damage to the island of Kauai, but no deaths.
1983 - The Palestine Liberty Organization (PLO) exchanged six Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners.
1985 - The hijacking of an EgyptAir jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ended violently as Egyptian commandos stormed the plane. Fifty-eight people died in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers.
1986 - Buffalo Sabres center Gilbert Perreault announced that he was weary of hockey life and was hanging up his skates after 17 seasons of fights, slashes, gashes, body slams, trips, spins, head jams, cross checks, body blocks and dodging hockey pucks. What the heck took him so long? And have his teeth grown back?
1986 - The American Eagle silver dollar, like its gold counterpart, became all the rage on this, its first day of issue -- by selling out. An additional 250,000 coins were also ordered this day by coin dealers.
1991 - Rock singer Freddie Mercury died in London of pneumonia brought on by AIDS. He was 45 years old.
1992 - A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 jetliner crashed on a domestic flight, killing all 141 people on board. The plane flew into a 7,000 ft. mountain near Guilin, Guangxi, 15 miles from the airport while on apporach. An apparent malfunction of the thrust lever caused a loss of control of the aircraft.
1992 - The U.S. flag was lowered for the last time -- on the last American base in the Philippines. The U.S. naval base at Subic Bay had been the center of American military operations in Southeast Asia. But Washington and Manila had been unable to agree to terms for a new lease on the land, so the old lease was allowed to expire. The event ended nearly a century of U.S. military presence in the former American colony.
1993 - The Brady Bill was passed by the U.S. Congress. The battle over the bill had been long and loud since its introduction in 1987, dividing gun-control supporters and opponents. The major issures were background checks of would-be handgun purchasers, bans on semi-automatic assault weapons and ‘Saturday night specials’, and the licensing and registration of handguns.
1995 - Ireland narrowly voted to end a 70-year ban on divorce. The voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing divorce and remarriage by 50.23%.
1996 - On the eve of an Asia-Pacific trade conference in the Philippines, U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Both sides agreed to exchange presidential visits over the following two years.
1997 - Yamaichi Securities firm, Japan’s fourth largest, announced its shutdown due to debts totaling $24 billion. It become the third Japanese financial company to collapse in a month.
1998 - America Online, the largest Internet access service, announced plans to acquire Netscape Communications in a deal valued at $4.2 billion.
1999 - Movies debuting in U.S. theatres: End of Days (“When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.”), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Robin Tunney and Rod Steiger; Flawless (“They couldn't like each other less or need each other more.”), with Robert Deniro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller and Wanda De Jesus; and the animated Toy Story 2 (“The Toys Are Back!”), with the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer and Don Rickles).
1999 - A ferry carrying more than 300 people caught fire and capsized in raging seas off the coast of northeast China’s Shandong province. 280 people were killed.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into the bitter struggle for the White House. The High Court agreed to hear George W. Bush’s position that extended Florida ballot counting violated federal law.
2001 - A Crossair regional airliner carrying 33 people crashed near Zurich, Switzerland. The jet crashed while approaching the Zurich airport killing 24 people, including U.S.-German pop singer Melanie Thornton. Nine people survived the disaster.
2003 - A new FCC regulation, effective on this day, allowed cell phone users in the U.S. to transfer their telephone numbers to a different carrier.
2003 - A Virginia jury imposed the death penalty on John Allen Muhammad, convicted of masterminding the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington DC region. (Muhammad was executed in Virginia Nov 10, 2009.)
2003 - Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Warren Spahn died in Broken Arrow, OK. He was 82 years old. Spahn won more games than any other left-hander in history.
2004 - These films were new in the U.S.: Alexander, with Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Rory McCann, Elliot Cowan and Joseph Morgan; Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey and M. Emmet Walsh; and The Work and the Glory, starring Alexander Carroll, Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Tiffany Dupont, Brighton Hertford, Colin Ford, Sarah Darling, Phillip DeVona, Charles Howerton, Eric Johnson, Emily Podleski, Jonathan Scarfe, Jarron Vosburg, John Woodhouse and Ryan Wood.
2004 - Arthur Hailey, author of the 1968 novel Airport, died in the Bahamas at 84 years of age.
2005 - Two people were injured in an accident at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. M&M’s balloon became tangled in a light pole near Times Square and the head of the street lamp fell on the spectators.
2006 - Panama’s government reported that heavy rains and flooding had left eight people dead and had damaged hundreds of homes.
2006 - Author William Diehl died on this day, just ten days before his 82nd birthday (he was born Dec 4, 1924). Diehl began his first book, Sharkey’s Machine, at 50 years of age (1978). He also wrote Primal Fear in 1996.
2007 - Full service was restored on the Paris Metro and most French trains were running after transport workers ended their crippling strike.
2007 - A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 49 homes and forcing the evacuation of most of the city of Malibu, California.
2008 - U.S. President George Bush (II) granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds including drug offenses, tax evasion, wildlife violations and bank embezzlement.
2009 - Italian prostitute Patrizia D’Addario’s memoir, Gradisca, Presidente (At Your Pleasure, Premier), went on sale. In the book, D’Addario claimed that she had slept with Premier Silvio Berlusconi on the promise that he would help her set up a countryside inn, but she got nothing in return for her services. She did remark tell of her amazement at the 73-year-old Italian prime minister‘s stamina.
2009 - The Catholic diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska agreed to a $10-million settlement with representatives of some 300 alleged victims of sex abuse by clergy.
2010 - Movies debuting in the U.S.: Burlesque, starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell and CAM Gigandet; Faster, with Carla Gugino, Dwayne Johnson, Maggie Grace, Moon Bloodgood and Billy Bob Thornton; Love and Other Drugs, starring Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Jaimie Alexander and Hank Azaria; Tangled, with Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ronny Pearlman and M.C. Gainey; the documentary The Legend of Pale Male; and The Nutcracker in 3D, with Hunyadi Aron, Pepe Balderrama, Jonathan Coyne, Frances de la Tour and Fernanda Dorogi.
Birthdays November 24
1632 - Benedict Baruch Spinoza
philosopher, writer: A Treatise on Religious and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Political Treatise, Hebrew Grammar; died Feb 21, 1677
1713 - Laurence Sterne
author: Tristam Shandy; died Mar 18, 1768
1784 - Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President [1849-1850]; married to Margaret Smith [one son, five daughters]; nickname: Old Rough and Ready; died July 9, 1850
1853 - Bat Masterson
gambler, saloon keeper, lawman, journalist; subject of TV series in the 1960s; died Oct 25, 1921
1868 - Scott Joplin
King of ragtime music, composer, musician: guitar, piano, bugle: Original Rags, Maple Leaf Rag, The Ragtime Dance, The Entertainer, operas: The Guest of Honor, Treemonisha; died Apr 1, 1917
1877 - Alben Barkley
35th Vice President of the U.S. [1949-1953]; died Apr 30, 1956
1888 - Dale Carnegie
lecturer, author: How to Win Friends and Influence People; died Nov 1, 1955; see Win Friends and Influence People Day [above]
1895 - Corinne Griffith
actress, silent film star: The Garden of Eden, Lilies of the Field; died July 13, 1979
1901 - William H. (Henry) Vanderbilt
politician: Governor of Rhode Island [1939-1941]; grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt; died April 14, 1981
1905 - Irving Allen
Academy Award-winning film producer, director: Climbing the Matterhorn [1948]; Genghis Khan, Murderers’ Row, The Silencers, The Desperados, Matt Helm; died Dec 17, 1987
1911 - Kirby Grant
actor: Sky King, Yukon Vengeance, Northwest Territory, Comin’ Round the Mountain, Snow Dog, Singin’ Spurs, Sing While You Dance, Penthouse Rhythm; died Oct 30, 1985
1911 - Joseph ‘Ducky Wucky’ Medwick
Baseball Hall of Famer: St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers; career: batted .300 or better 14 times and won both the MVP and the ‘Triple Crown’ [1937} when he led the loop (senior circuit) in 12 departments; died Mar 21, 1975
1912 - Garson Kanin
writer: A Gift of Time, Tracy & Hepburn; director: Adam’s Rib, Pat & Mike, Tom, **** & Harry; died Mar 13, 1999
1912 - Teddy Wilson
jazz pianist: Carelessly, Where the Lazy River Goes By, My Melancholy Baby, Remember Me?, You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming, Honeysuckle Rose, Ain’t Misbehavin’; bandleader, arranger; died July 31, 1986
1913 - Howard Duff
actor: Felony Squad, Mr. Adams and Eve, Flamingo Road, Knots Landing, Dante, Dallas, East of Eden, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Naked City, Oh God!, Book 2; died July 8, 1990
1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald
actress: Arthur series, Easy Money, Harry and Tonto, The Last American Hero, Ten North Frederick, The Obsessed, Watch on the Rhine, Wuthering Heights, The Mill on the Floss, Department Store, Our Private World; died July 17, 2005
1915 - Helen Cherry
actress: Anglo Saxon Attitudes, The Girl in a Swing, No Longer Alone, Decision to Burn, Flipper’s New Adventure, Three Cases of Murder; died Sep 27, 2001
1921 - John V. Lindsay
politician: two-term mayor of New York City [1966-1973]; died Dec 19, 2000
1925 - Al Cohn
jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; died Feb 5, 1988
1925 - William F. Buckley Jr.
writer, commentator, editor: National Review; author: God and Man at Yale; host: Firing Line; died Feb 27, 2008
1927 - Alfredo Kraus
opera singer: tenor: Lucia, Werther; died Sep 10, 1999
1929 - John Henry Johnson
Pro Football Hall of Famer [fullback]: San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers; career: rushed for 6,803 yards and 48 touchdowns, 186 receptions for 1,478 yards and 7 touchdowns
1930 - Yale Lary
Pro Football Hall of Famer [defensive back, punter]: Detroit Lions; career: 50 interceptions, returned 3 punts for touchdowns, 44.3 yard punting average, played in 9 Pro Bowls
1931 - Stan Jones
Pro Football Hall of Famer [guard, tackle, defensive tackle]: Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins; career: played in 7 consecutive Pro Bowls, was the first to rely on weight-lifting to attain football readiness; died May 21, 2010
1933 - René Enríquez
actor: Hill Street Blues, Bulletproof, The Evil That Men Do; died Mar 23, 1990
1938 - Oscar Robertson
Basketball Hall of Famer: ‘The Big O’: basketball: Cincinnati Royals guard: Rookie of the Year [1960], NBA MVP [1964]; Milwaukee Bucks: NBA Championship; NBA’s 35th Anniversary Team [1980]
1939 - Jim (James Thomas) Northrup
baseball: Detroit Tigers [two grand slams in one game: 6/24/68; World Series: 1968], Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos
1939 - Jim Yester
musician: guitar, sax, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You
1940 - Johnny Carver
singer: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, You Really Haven’t Changed, Afternoon Delight, Don’t Tell [That Sweet Ole Lady of Mine], Tonight Someone’s Falling in Love, Living Next Door to Alice, Your Lily White Hands, Hold Me Tight, Sweet Wine
1941 - Pete (Randolph) Best
musician: drums: original Beatle pre-Ringo Starr; autobiography: Beatle!
1941 - Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn
musician: bass: groups: Mar-Keys; Booker T & The MG’s: Hang ’Em High, Time is Tight
1942 - Billy Connolly
actor: Boondock II: All Saints Day, The Snow Geese, Garfield 2, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Last Samurai, White Oleander
1943 - DAVE Bing
Basketball Hall of Famer: Detroit Pistons guard: Rookie of the Year [1966], NBA scoring leader [1968]; Washington Bullets, Boston Celtics
1945 - Lee Michaels
singer: Do You Know What I Mean
1947 - Dwight Schultz
actor: The A-Team, Star Trek; The Next Generation, Fat Man and Little Boy
1948 - Rudy Tomjanovich
basketball: Univ. of Michigan [all-American], Houston Rockets player, head coach
1948 - Steve (Stephen Wayne) Yeager
baseball: catcher: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981: shared 3-way MVP award], Seattle Mariners
1949 - Henry Bibby
basketball: only man to play for championship teams in NCAA, NBA & CBA; UCLA [point guard on 3 NCAA national championship teams], NBA: NY Knicks [NBA championship team in 1973], New Orleans, Philadelphia and San Diego, CBA: Lancaster (PA) Lightning [player-coach and won a title], Savannah, Tulsa, Oklahoma City; coach: USC
1950 - Bob Burns
musician: drums: group: Lynard Skynard: Sweet Home Alabama, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, Saturday Night Special, Swamp Music
1950 - Stanley Livingston
actor: My Three Sons
1957 - Denise Crosby
actress: Star Trek: The Next Generation, 48 Hrs., Curse of the Pink Panther, Pet Sematary, Red Shoe Diaries 13: Four on the Floor, Deep Impact
1957 - Chris Hayes
musician: guitar: group: Huey Lewis & The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise, Stuck with You
1962 - John Squire
musician: guitar: group: The Stone Roses: Fool’s Gold, What the World is Waiting For, Elephant Stone, One Love
1963 - Lisa Howard
actress: Bounty Hunters, Sealed With a Kiss, Replikator, The War of the Roses, Moonstruck, I’ll Take Manhattan, Easy Prey
1964 - Brad Sherwood
actor: The Drew Carey Show, Jane White Is Sick and Twisted, Dill Scallion, Short Cinema, That Darn Cat, Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1967 - Cal Eldred
baseball [pitcher]: Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals
1967 - Al Martin
baseball [left field]: USC; Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1968 - DAVE Hansen
baseball: LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners
1971 - Keith Primeau
hockey: Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers
1976 - Artrell Hawkins
football [cornerback]: Univ of Cincinnati; NFL: Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots
1978 - Katherine Heigl
actress: Grey’s Anatomy, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Prince Valiant, Bride of Chucky, The Tempest, Roswell
1983 - Meredith Henderson
actress: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, MythQuest, Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, Queer as Folk, Heartstopper, Beach Girls, Stranger at the Door, Beachbound, A Wind at My Back Christmas
Chart Toppers November 24
1947I Wish I Didn’t Love You So - Vaughn Monroe
Near You - The Francis Craig Orchestra (vocal: Bob Lamm)
You Do - Dinah Shore
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
1-2-3 - Len Barry
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - "Little" Jimmy ****ens
1974I Can Help - Billy Swan
Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Tin Man - America
Trouble in Paradise - Loretta Lynn
1983All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
One of a Kind Pair of Fools - Barbara Mandrell
1992How Do You Talk to an Angel - The Heights
If I Ever Fall in Love - Shai
Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) - Alabama
2001Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
Hero - Enrique Iglesias
Drowning - Backstreet Boys
I Wanna Talk About Me - Toby Keith
Enjoy All
Happy Birthday Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis & The News
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE DAY
Dale Carnegie was born on this day in 1888 -- in Maryville, Missouri. He became a pioneer in public speaking and personality development and he became famous by showing others how to become successful.
Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), has sold more than 15 million copies and is translated in 29 different languages. Carnegie’s illustrative stories and simple, well-phrased rules are the basis behind its popularity. For instance:
“Believe that you will succeed, and you will.”
“Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people.”
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
It deals sensibly with “the problem of getting along with and influencing people in ... everyday, business and social contacts.”
Dale Carnegie also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), “a practical, concrete, easy-to-read, inspiring handbook on conquering work and fears.”
Carnegie attended Warrensburg (MO) State Teachers College, and became a salesman for Armour and Company. Later, he taught public speaking to businessmen. And you’ve probably heard of the Dale Carnegie Training courses, available just about everywhere.
One thing’s for sure: Dale Carnegie won many friends and influenced lots of people.
Events November 24
1835 - The Corps of Rangers, later formally known as the Texas Rangers, was organized to protect the frontier from Indians. The mounted police force was authorized by the provincial government. The rangers were paid $1.25 a day.
1871 - The National Rifle Association was incorporated. Remember, “Guns don’t kill. People do.” Hey, watch where you’re pointing that person!
1874 - Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois found just what he had been waiting for -- in his mailbox. It was the patent for his invention: barbed wire.
1903 - For you self-starters out there, this special note: The automatic self-starter was patented by Clyde J. Coleman of New York City.
1918 - The Gasoline Alley Comic Strip, by Frank King, debuted.
1937 - Music from the Raymor Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts was beamed coast to coast on NBC radio. The special guests during this broadcast were Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
1937 - Three lovely ladies, known as The Andrews Sisters, recorded Decca record number 1562 this day. It became one of their biggest hits: Bei Mir Bist Du Schön.
1941 - The comic strip Gordo debuted; it ran until Feb 24, 1985.
1944 - U.S. bombers based on the island of Saipan attacked Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes.
1947 - The Cleveland Indians renewed the managerial contract of Lou Boudreau for an additional two years.
1947 - The first Postmaster General of the United States, to be promoted from the rank and file, was named. J.M. Donaldson had moved through the post office beginning as a letter carrier in 1908.
1950 - The musical comedy, Guys and Dolls, from the pen of Frank Loesser, opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City. The show ran for 1,200 performances.
1956 - Pajama Game Closed at the St. James Theater in New York City -- after 1063 performances.
1958 - Jackie Wilson’s Lonely Teardrops was released, as was a disk by Richie Valens featuring Donna on one side and La Bamba on the other.
1958 - Harold Jenkins, who changed his name to Conway Twitty, got his first #1 hit on this day. It’s Only Make Believe was the most popular song in the U.S. for one week.
1960 - The Tiros 2 weather satellite was launched. The Tiros 2 was designed to test experimental television techniques and infrared equipment for a worldwide meteorological satellite information system.
1962 - On the cover of TV Guide: Jackie Kennedy and her story, The World of Jacqueline Kennedy. Other Articles: Milburn Stone and Fair Exchange.
1963 - In a scene captured on live national television, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
1967 - Actor and TV host, Gary Collins, and former (1959) Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley, were married on this day.
1970 - The nation’s outstanding collegiate football player of the year received the annual Heisman Memorial Trophy. Jim Plunkett was a quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal and later went on to a sterling career in the NFL.
1971 - It was a dark, freezing-cold, rainy Thanksgiving eve when Dan Cooper, now better known as D.B. Cooper, boarded a Northwest Orient airliner in Portland, Oregon. The chain-smoking Cooper, in his mid-forties, wore dark glasses, a dark suit and tie, and white shirt. He carried a black briefcase containing what resembled a bomb, using it to hijack the Boeing 727 plane. Cooper demanded and received $200,000, then parachuted from the plane over the Cascade Mountains in Southwestern Washington, never to be seen again. ($5,880 of the loot was found on the banks of the Columbia River in 1980.) Cooper left several lasting contributions ... the mystery: why did he do it, did he survive, and if so, where did he go and what did he do with the rest of the money; and a new aircraft design called the "Cooper Vane", a device that prevents the tail stairways on Boeing 727s from being lowered while in flight (Cooper’s escape route).
1972 - A Friday night show that would compete head-to-head with NBC’s Midnight Special premiered. In Concert featured Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Blood Sweat and Tears, Seals and Crofts and Poco. Robert W. Morgan of KHJ, Los Angeles was the offstage announcer for the ABC-TV show that was staged before a live audience. In Concert was the creation of the guy who dreamed up the fictitious group The Archies and brought fame to The Monkees: rock promoter, Don Kirshner. (In Concert was aired as part of ABC-TV’s Wide World of Entertainment.)
1973 - Following over two years of retirement, Frank Sinatra went back to work again with a TV special on NBC titled, Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back. Despite the fact that the show finished third in the ratings (in a three-show race), at least one critic called the program, “The best popular music special of the year.”
1976 - An earthquake struck Van province in Turkey with 5,291 confirmed dead and over 5,000 injured; 50,000 people were left homeless with the destruction of the town of Muradiye and hundreds of villages.
1980 - Actor George Raft died of leukemia in New York City. He was 85 years old. Raft appered in over 75 films during a span of a half-century.
1982 - Hurricane Iwa (pronounced Eva) swept Hawaii, causing heavy damage to the island of Kauai, but no deaths.
1983 - The Palestine Liberty Organization (PLO) exchanged six Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners.
1985 - The hijacking of an EgyptAir jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ended violently as Egyptian commandos stormed the plane. Fifty-eight people died in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers.
1986 - Buffalo Sabres center Gilbert Perreault announced that he was weary of hockey life and was hanging up his skates after 17 seasons of fights, slashes, gashes, body slams, trips, spins, head jams, cross checks, body blocks and dodging hockey pucks. What the heck took him so long? And have his teeth grown back?
1986 - The American Eagle silver dollar, like its gold counterpart, became all the rage on this, its first day of issue -- by selling out. An additional 250,000 coins were also ordered this day by coin dealers.
1991 - Rock singer Freddie Mercury died in London of pneumonia brought on by AIDS. He was 45 years old.
1992 - A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 jetliner crashed on a domestic flight, killing all 141 people on board. The plane flew into a 7,000 ft. mountain near Guilin, Guangxi, 15 miles from the airport while on apporach. An apparent malfunction of the thrust lever caused a loss of control of the aircraft.
1992 - The U.S. flag was lowered for the last time -- on the last American base in the Philippines. The U.S. naval base at Subic Bay had been the center of American military operations in Southeast Asia. But Washington and Manila had been unable to agree to terms for a new lease on the land, so the old lease was allowed to expire. The event ended nearly a century of U.S. military presence in the former American colony.
1993 - The Brady Bill was passed by the U.S. Congress. The battle over the bill had been long and loud since its introduction in 1987, dividing gun-control supporters and opponents. The major issures were background checks of would-be handgun purchasers, bans on semi-automatic assault weapons and ‘Saturday night specials’, and the licensing and registration of handguns.
1995 - Ireland narrowly voted to end a 70-year ban on divorce. The voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing divorce and remarriage by 50.23%.
1996 - On the eve of an Asia-Pacific trade conference in the Philippines, U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Both sides agreed to exchange presidential visits over the following two years.
1997 - Yamaichi Securities firm, Japan’s fourth largest, announced its shutdown due to debts totaling $24 billion. It become the third Japanese financial company to collapse in a month.
1998 - America Online, the largest Internet access service, announced plans to acquire Netscape Communications in a deal valued at $4.2 billion.
1999 - Movies debuting in U.S. theatres: End of Days (“When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.”), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Robin Tunney and Rod Steiger; Flawless (“They couldn't like each other less or need each other more.”), with Robert Deniro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller and Wanda De Jesus; and the animated Toy Story 2 (“The Toys Are Back!”), with the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer and Don Rickles).
1999 - A ferry carrying more than 300 people caught fire and capsized in raging seas off the coast of northeast China’s Shandong province. 280 people were killed.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into the bitter struggle for the White House. The High Court agreed to hear George W. Bush’s position that extended Florida ballot counting violated federal law.
2001 - A Crossair regional airliner carrying 33 people crashed near Zurich, Switzerland. The jet crashed while approaching the Zurich airport killing 24 people, including U.S.-German pop singer Melanie Thornton. Nine people survived the disaster.
2003 - A new FCC regulation, effective on this day, allowed cell phone users in the U.S. to transfer their telephone numbers to a different carrier.
2003 - A Virginia jury imposed the death penalty on John Allen Muhammad, convicted of masterminding the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington DC region. (Muhammad was executed in Virginia Nov 10, 2009.)
2003 - Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Warren Spahn died in Broken Arrow, OK. He was 82 years old. Spahn won more games than any other left-hander in history.
2004 - These films were new in the U.S.: Alexander, with Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Rory McCann, Elliot Cowan and Joseph Morgan; Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey and M. Emmet Walsh; and The Work and the Glory, starring Alexander Carroll, Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Tiffany Dupont, Brighton Hertford, Colin Ford, Sarah Darling, Phillip DeVona, Charles Howerton, Eric Johnson, Emily Podleski, Jonathan Scarfe, Jarron Vosburg, John Woodhouse and Ryan Wood.
2004 - Arthur Hailey, author of the 1968 novel Airport, died in the Bahamas at 84 years of age.
2005 - Two people were injured in an accident at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. M&M’s balloon became tangled in a light pole near Times Square and the head of the street lamp fell on the spectators.
2006 - Panama’s government reported that heavy rains and flooding had left eight people dead and had damaged hundreds of homes.
2006 - Author William Diehl died on this day, just ten days before his 82nd birthday (he was born Dec 4, 1924). Diehl began his first book, Sharkey’s Machine, at 50 years of age (1978). He also wrote Primal Fear in 1996.
2007 - Full service was restored on the Paris Metro and most French trains were running after transport workers ended their crippling strike.
2007 - A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 49 homes and forcing the evacuation of most of the city of Malibu, California.
2008 - U.S. President George Bush (II) granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds including drug offenses, tax evasion, wildlife violations and bank embezzlement.
2009 - Italian prostitute Patrizia D’Addario’s memoir, Gradisca, Presidente (At Your Pleasure, Premier), went on sale. In the book, D’Addario claimed that she had slept with Premier Silvio Berlusconi on the promise that he would help her set up a countryside inn, but she got nothing in return for her services. She did remark tell of her amazement at the 73-year-old Italian prime minister‘s stamina.
2009 - The Catholic diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska agreed to a $10-million settlement with representatives of some 300 alleged victims of sex abuse by clergy.
2010 - Movies debuting in the U.S.: Burlesque, starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell and CAM Gigandet; Faster, with Carla Gugino, Dwayne Johnson, Maggie Grace, Moon Bloodgood and Billy Bob Thornton; Love and Other Drugs, starring Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Jaimie Alexander and Hank Azaria; Tangled, with Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ronny Pearlman and M.C. Gainey; the documentary The Legend of Pale Male; and The Nutcracker in 3D, with Hunyadi Aron, Pepe Balderrama, Jonathan Coyne, Frances de la Tour and Fernanda Dorogi.
Birthdays November 24
1632 - Benedict Baruch Spinoza
philosopher, writer: A Treatise on Religious and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Political Treatise, Hebrew Grammar; died Feb 21, 1677
1713 - Laurence Sterne
author: Tristam Shandy; died Mar 18, 1768
1784 - Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President [1849-1850]; married to Margaret Smith [one son, five daughters]; nickname: Old Rough and Ready; died July 9, 1850
1853 - Bat Masterson
gambler, saloon keeper, lawman, journalist; subject of TV series in the 1960s; died Oct 25, 1921
1868 - Scott Joplin
King of ragtime music, composer, musician: guitar, piano, bugle: Original Rags, Maple Leaf Rag, The Ragtime Dance, The Entertainer, operas: The Guest of Honor, Treemonisha; died Apr 1, 1917
1877 - Alben Barkley
35th Vice President of the U.S. [1949-1953]; died Apr 30, 1956
1888 - Dale Carnegie
lecturer, author: How to Win Friends and Influence People; died Nov 1, 1955; see Win Friends and Influence People Day [above]
1895 - Corinne Griffith
actress, silent film star: The Garden of Eden, Lilies of the Field; died July 13, 1979
1901 - William H. (Henry) Vanderbilt
politician: Governor of Rhode Island [1939-1941]; grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt; died April 14, 1981
1905 - Irving Allen
Academy Award-winning film producer, director: Climbing the Matterhorn [1948]; Genghis Khan, Murderers’ Row, The Silencers, The Desperados, Matt Helm; died Dec 17, 1987
1911 - Kirby Grant
actor: Sky King, Yukon Vengeance, Northwest Territory, Comin’ Round the Mountain, Snow Dog, Singin’ Spurs, Sing While You Dance, Penthouse Rhythm; died Oct 30, 1985
1911 - Joseph ‘Ducky Wucky’ Medwick
Baseball Hall of Famer: St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers; career: batted .300 or better 14 times and won both the MVP and the ‘Triple Crown’ [1937} when he led the loop (senior circuit) in 12 departments; died Mar 21, 1975
1912 - Garson Kanin
writer: A Gift of Time, Tracy & Hepburn; director: Adam’s Rib, Pat & Mike, Tom, **** & Harry; died Mar 13, 1999
1912 - Teddy Wilson
jazz pianist: Carelessly, Where the Lazy River Goes By, My Melancholy Baby, Remember Me?, You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming, Honeysuckle Rose, Ain’t Misbehavin’; bandleader, arranger; died July 31, 1986
1913 - Howard Duff
actor: Felony Squad, Mr. Adams and Eve, Flamingo Road, Knots Landing, Dante, Dallas, East of Eden, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Naked City, Oh God!, Book 2; died July 8, 1990
1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald
actress: Arthur series, Easy Money, Harry and Tonto, The Last American Hero, Ten North Frederick, The Obsessed, Watch on the Rhine, Wuthering Heights, The Mill on the Floss, Department Store, Our Private World; died July 17, 2005
1915 - Helen Cherry
actress: Anglo Saxon Attitudes, The Girl in a Swing, No Longer Alone, Decision to Burn, Flipper’s New Adventure, Three Cases of Murder; died Sep 27, 2001
1921 - John V. Lindsay
politician: two-term mayor of New York City [1966-1973]; died Dec 19, 2000
1925 - Al Cohn
jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; died Feb 5, 1988
1925 - William F. Buckley Jr.
writer, commentator, editor: National Review; author: God and Man at Yale; host: Firing Line; died Feb 27, 2008
1927 - Alfredo Kraus
opera singer: tenor: Lucia, Werther; died Sep 10, 1999
1929 - John Henry Johnson
Pro Football Hall of Famer [fullback]: San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers; career: rushed for 6,803 yards and 48 touchdowns, 186 receptions for 1,478 yards and 7 touchdowns
1930 - Yale Lary
Pro Football Hall of Famer [defensive back, punter]: Detroit Lions; career: 50 interceptions, returned 3 punts for touchdowns, 44.3 yard punting average, played in 9 Pro Bowls
1931 - Stan Jones
Pro Football Hall of Famer [guard, tackle, defensive tackle]: Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins; career: played in 7 consecutive Pro Bowls, was the first to rely on weight-lifting to attain football readiness; died May 21, 2010
1933 - René Enríquez
actor: Hill Street Blues, Bulletproof, The Evil That Men Do; died Mar 23, 1990
1938 - Oscar Robertson
Basketball Hall of Famer: ‘The Big O’: basketball: Cincinnati Royals guard: Rookie of the Year [1960], NBA MVP [1964]; Milwaukee Bucks: NBA Championship; NBA’s 35th Anniversary Team [1980]
1939 - Jim (James Thomas) Northrup
baseball: Detroit Tigers [two grand slams in one game: 6/24/68; World Series: 1968], Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos
1939 - Jim Yester
musician: guitar, sax, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You
1940 - Johnny Carver
singer: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, You Really Haven’t Changed, Afternoon Delight, Don’t Tell [That Sweet Ole Lady of Mine], Tonight Someone’s Falling in Love, Living Next Door to Alice, Your Lily White Hands, Hold Me Tight, Sweet Wine
1941 - Pete (Randolph) Best
musician: drums: original Beatle pre-Ringo Starr; autobiography: Beatle!
1941 - Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn
musician: bass: groups: Mar-Keys; Booker T & The MG’s: Hang ’Em High, Time is Tight
1942 - Billy Connolly
actor: Boondock II: All Saints Day, The Snow Geese, Garfield 2, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Last Samurai, White Oleander
1943 - DAVE Bing
Basketball Hall of Famer: Detroit Pistons guard: Rookie of the Year [1966], NBA scoring leader [1968]; Washington Bullets, Boston Celtics
1945 - Lee Michaels
singer: Do You Know What I Mean
1947 - Dwight Schultz
actor: The A-Team, Star Trek; The Next Generation, Fat Man and Little Boy
1948 - Rudy Tomjanovich
basketball: Univ. of Michigan [all-American], Houston Rockets player, head coach
1948 - Steve (Stephen Wayne) Yeager
baseball: catcher: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981: shared 3-way MVP award], Seattle Mariners
1949 - Henry Bibby
basketball: only man to play for championship teams in NCAA, NBA & CBA; UCLA [point guard on 3 NCAA national championship teams], NBA: NY Knicks [NBA championship team in 1973], New Orleans, Philadelphia and San Diego, CBA: Lancaster (PA) Lightning [player-coach and won a title], Savannah, Tulsa, Oklahoma City; coach: USC
1950 - Bob Burns
musician: drums: group: Lynard Skynard: Sweet Home Alabama, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, Saturday Night Special, Swamp Music
1950 - Stanley Livingston
actor: My Three Sons
1957 - Denise Crosby
actress: Star Trek: The Next Generation, 48 Hrs., Curse of the Pink Panther, Pet Sematary, Red Shoe Diaries 13: Four on the Floor, Deep Impact
1957 - Chris Hayes
musician: guitar: group: Huey Lewis & The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise, Stuck with You
1962 - John Squire
musician: guitar: group: The Stone Roses: Fool’s Gold, What the World is Waiting For, Elephant Stone, One Love
1963 - Lisa Howard
actress: Bounty Hunters, Sealed With a Kiss, Replikator, The War of the Roses, Moonstruck, I’ll Take Manhattan, Easy Prey
1964 - Brad Sherwood
actor: The Drew Carey Show, Jane White Is Sick and Twisted, Dill Scallion, Short Cinema, That Darn Cat, Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1967 - Cal Eldred
baseball [pitcher]: Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals
1967 - Al Martin
baseball [left field]: USC; Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1968 - DAVE Hansen
baseball: LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners
1971 - Keith Primeau
hockey: Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers
1976 - Artrell Hawkins
football [cornerback]: Univ of Cincinnati; NFL: Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots
1978 - Katherine Heigl
actress: Grey’s Anatomy, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Prince Valiant, Bride of Chucky, The Tempest, Roswell
1983 - Meredith Henderson
actress: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, MythQuest, Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, Queer as Folk, Heartstopper, Beach Girls, Stranger at the Door, Beachbound, A Wind at My Back Christmas
Chart Toppers November 24
1947I Wish I Didn’t Love You So - Vaughn Monroe
Near You - The Francis Craig Orchestra (vocal: Bob Lamm)
You Do - Dinah Shore
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
1-2-3 - Len Barry
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - "Little" Jimmy ****ens
1974I Can Help - Billy Swan
Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Tin Man - America
Trouble in Paradise - Loretta Lynn
1983All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
One of a Kind Pair of Fools - Barbara Mandrell
1992How Do You Talk to an Angel - The Heights
If I Ever Fall in Love - Shai
Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) - Alabama
2001Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
Hero - Enrique Iglesias
Drowning - Backstreet Boys
I Wanna Talk About Me - Toby Keith
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Happy Birthday Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis & The News
