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On September 1st, 1795 twenty-one Juniors from Harvard College crowded into the dorm room of Nymphas Hatch and together they founded the Hasty Pudding Club
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Hugh Hefner on his 88th Birthday reflects back on life as a Playboy
HUGH HEFNER CHANGES AMERICA
Hefner grew up in the mid west and majored in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1949, Hefner wrote a term paper examining U.S. sex laws in light of the newly published Kinsey Institute research on male human sexuality.
After serving as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. He then took his biggest gamble by raising $10,000 from 45 investors - including $1,000 from his mother to launch Playboy.
At its peak, Playboy sold more than 1,200,000 issues each month. Hefner's concept exploded as a variety of different avenues opened up. A late-night television program, "Playboy's Penthouse," premiered; The Playboy Jazz Festival took place in Rhode Island, and in 1960, Hefner opened up the first Playboy Club in Chicago. In less than two years, the number of clubs had expanded to 12, with over 125,000 patrons paying either $25 for a charter membership or $50 for a lifetime membership.
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Rafters on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyan
CBS NEWS Sunday Morning : The last Kodachrome facility ends processing
Time Magazine Debuts… March 3, 1923
Time Magazine was published for the first time on March 3, 1923, featuring retired Speaker of the House, Joseph G. Cannon on the front cover. Created by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, Time was the first weekly news magazine in the United States. The magazine was originally going to be called ‘Facts’, but the owners wanted to emphasize a measure of ‘brevity’, making the magazine both fun and important. Their theory was that ‘A busy man should be able to read it in an hour’. On February 28, 1938, to commemorate the magazine's 15th anniversary, a reprint of Issue No. 1 including all of the original articles and advertisements, was included with the week’s issue. In 2009, the magazine sold 3.4 million copies. There has been a slight decline in readership, most likely due to online applications but in 2010 Time was still selling roughly 79,000 copies of its printed version per week.
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