The innovation came as the Navy’s response to feedback given by junior officers and sailors who said that the controls for the periscope were clunky and “real heavy.” In addition to being hard to manage, the handgrip and imaging control panel used previously also cost about $38,000, compared to the Xbox 360 controller’s cost of around $20. Because the control stick for periscopes was so complicated, using Xbox controllers reduced the learning time from hours to minutes.
Eat a Cranberry Day is celebrated this date each year. It was created in order to promote the health benefits of cranberries. (I have no idea why.)
Cranberries are ingredients in more than 1,000 food and beverage products. One of those beverages is the Cosmopolitan. Enough said.
For those of you so inclined, today is Fibonacci Day.
Once again, I suggest celebrating by eating Fibonachos!
Today is the birthday of both Boris Karloff (1887)
and Harpo Marx (1888).
And that makes this a good day.
November 23, 1959 -
American International Pictures released one of the Classic 'B' movies of the late 50s, The Angry Red Planet, in the US on this date.
The much-touted Cinemagic process which was used for the scenes set on Mars was actually the result of a film-developing mistake. The budget was slashed mid-production so the producers considered turning the film into black and white to keep costs down. However, one reel became accidentally double-exposed which produced a shimmering, vaguely psychedelic glare that director Ib Melchior latched onto, thinking it would suit his purposes for the Mars scenes. (It also helped to camouflage the cheap Martian monsters and scenery.)
November 23, 1963 -
The first episode of Doctor Who, The Unearthly Child, premiered on the BBC, on this date.
The main character's name is not actually Doctor Who. In fact, his real name is never revealed. Other characters who know him only address him as Doctor, and he only ever introduces himself by saying "I'm the Doctor." The title comes from the idea that, after being told someone is a doctor, you would naturally ask, "Doctor Who?"
November 23, 1969 -
The Rolling Stones made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which aired on this date, singing - Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, and Honky Tonk Woman. They were promoting their latest album Let It Bleed.
This was their sixth and final appearance on the show.
November 23, 1983 -
James L. Brooks adaptation of Larry McMurty's novel, Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Danny Devito, Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow, opened in limited release on this date.
James L. Brooks received a special gift at the end of production, to congratulate him for completing his first movie. This was a book of Life in Hell cartoons, drawn by Matt Groening. Brooks was so impressed with the comics that he asked Groening to create cartoon shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show. This gave rise to The Simpsons.
Word of the Day
Today in History:
November 23, 1499 -
A young man claiming to be the son of Edward IV landed in Cornwall, England, and declared himself King Richard IV. Unfortunately England already a king, the young man wasn't really the son of Edward IV, and his name wasn't Richard.
November 23, 1899 -
The world's first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Hotel in San Francisco on November 23, 1899. At a nickel per play, the machine earned nearly $1000 during the first six months of operation.
Early manufacturers of Jukeboxes never referred to them as "jukeboxes", they called them Automatic Coin-Operated Phonographs. The term "juke" is Southern US slang for dancing.
November 23, 1910 -
English murderer Hawley Crippen an American physician was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, England, after he was caught aboard the SS Montrose attempting to escape to Britain, on this date.
November 23, 1936 -
The first edition of Life, the picture magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was published on this date.
November 23, 1976 -
Jerry Lee Lewis had been a bad boy again. On this date, he was arrested in front of Graceland in Memphis for public drunkenness, and carrying a chrome plated .38.
Looking to touch Elvis, I bet.
November 23, 1990 -
MTV banned Madonna's video Justify My Love due to its sexually-explicit content on this date.
Oh, do you remember when television was this quaint,
or Madonna was this relevant?
November 23, 2015 –
Blue Origin’s New Shepard, (named in honor of the first American in space, Alan Shepard,) space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing back at the launch site in West Texas, on this date.
Blue Origin developed the New Shepard to launch both commercial science payloads and humans into space. The capsule can seat six astronauts with more than ten times the room Alan Shepard had on board his Mercury capsule, Freedom 7, in 1961.
And so it goes
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