The "Hays Code" on This Day in History

This Day in History: The Motion Picture Production Code was instituted on this day in 1930. The "Hays Code" as it came to be called was a set of moral guidelines of what was acceptable and unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States. The Code restricted profanity, sexual perversion, childbirth, mixed-race couples, white slavery, nudity, rape, branding of people or animals, racism, denigration of the clergy, drugs, venereal diseases and married couples in the bedroom either had to have separate beds or the wife had to have one foot on the floor. Perhaps this was too restrictive, but I also feel we went too far in the other direction in modern cinema.

Karl May on This Day in History

This Day in History: This day in history: Karl May died on this day in 1912. May was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonist was Winnetou the Apache chief. He was a big deal in his time, selling 200 million copies of his books, and he was a favorite of Hitler and Einstein. Though his novels were set in the Wild West, Karl May never actually went to America. One German writer calls him "an impostor, a liar and a thief -- and one of Germany's most widely read authors. He embellished his own biography with as much fantasy as the scenarios in his adventure novels, and when the deceit was finally exposed, he never recovered. But his legend lives on." Perhaps that's a harsh assessment as I believe that describes many writers. 

See also: Buffalo Bill & the American Wild West, 200 Books on DVDrom
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average on This Day in History

This Day in History: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time on this day in 1999, which eventually led to the dot-com bubble. The Dow is a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States which is considered to be an adequate representation of the overall U.S. stock market. The 30 Large Cap companies right now consist of 3M, American Express, Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevron, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney Company, DowDuPont, ExxonMobil, GE, Goldman Sachs, Home Depot, IBM, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, McDonald's, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Pfizer, P&G, Travelers Companies, United Technologies, UnitedHealth, Verizon, Visa and Wal-Mart. Other market indices may be more accurate such as the Wilshire 5000 or Russell 3000 as they take into consideration the whole of the market.

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Phantasm the Movie on This Day in History

This Day in History: The horror movie Phantasm was released on this day in 1979. There was something in the air at that time that gave us many horror classics, including the unholy trinity of Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. That late 70's early 80's era also gave us Alien, the Shining, The Fog, The Thing, Children of the Corn, An American Werewolf in London, Fright Night, Day of the Dead, The Howling, Creepshow, Poltergeist and Night of the Comet. My apologies to all the other great chillers I missed.

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Campbell Soup on This Day in History (March 27)

1953 Campbell's Commercial

This Day in History: American businessman Joseph A. Campbell who founded the Campbell Soup Company died on this day in 1900. At the time of his death Campbell's sold about 500,000 cans of soup per Year. By the early 1920s sales were about 18 million cans per week. Last week, I couldn't even find any on the shelves at my local store. The colors of Campbell's Soup labels come from the colors of the Cornell University football team. Andy Warhol's famous Campbell's Soup Cans art launched his pop art career...and he was a huge fan. He was quoted as saying, "I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over."

Campbell's remains the best selling soup brand, ahead of Progresso, Nissin and Lipton. Campbell Soup is currently trading at $CPB at $42.69, holding relatively steady despite the market turmoil of late.

The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, Norman Borlaug on This Day in History

Norman Borlaug- Man who saved a Billion Lives

This Day in History: Norman Borlaug was born on this day in 1914. A plant pathologist, Borlaug believed that genetically modified organisms (GMO) was the only way to increase food production, and GMOs were not inherently dangerous "because we've been genetically modifying plants and animals for a long time. Long before we called it science, people were selecting the best breeds." He increasingly took the politically incorrect view that environmentalists were hampering world food production by indiscriminately attacking the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In a 1997 article "Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity" Gregg Easterbrook states that the "form of agriculture that Borlaug preaches may have prevented a billion deaths." He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 in recognition of his contributions to world peace through increasing food supply.
Norman Borlaug is perhaps the greatest unsung hero of the past century.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/01/forgotten-benefactor-of-humanity/306101/

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Jules Verne on This Day in History

This Day in History: The Father of Science Fiction, Jules Verne died on this day in 1905. Verne, who wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days is one of the most translated authors ever (150 languages). Before he became famous as a writer he worked as a stockbroker and his works heavily influenced the steampunk movement. He was also a visionary who foresaw Moon travel, Submarines, Helicopters, Holographic Performances, Video Conferencing, Drones to replace soldiers, Taser Guns and Guided Missiles.

See also: Jules Verne's Science In Romance 1903
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2015/11/jules-vernes-science-in-romance-1903.html

Jules Verne: Prophet or Writer