'50s History for February 4th
In 1956 George Wright, 14 years old, wins $100,000 on the game show "The Big Surprise" for
identifying the song "Me and My Shadow". In 1957 Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc. of New York began selling portable electric typewriters weighing 19 pounds. And in 1958 United Fruit Company creates a
competitor in its Latin American market to settle an antitrust lawsuit.
Born on this date - educator/philosopher Mark Hopkins (1802), aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh (1902), actor Eddie Foy Jr (1905), astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh (1906), golf Hall of Famer Byron Nelson (1912), civil rights leader Rosa Lee Parks (1913), actress Ida Lupino (1918), feminist Betty Friedan (1921) and comedian David Brenner (1936).
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