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"Daisy" is a controversial political advertisement that aired on television as part of Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign against Republican Barry Goldwater. Though officially aired only once, on September 7, 1964, it is considered a turning point in political and advertising history. It was designed to broadcast Johnson's anti-nuclear positions, contrary to Goldwater's stance. The commercial begins with Monique Corzilius picking petals of a daisy, while counting from one to ten incorrectly. After she reaches "nine", a booming male voice is heard counting the numbers backward from "ten", similar to the start of a missile launch countdown. The scene is replaced by a nuclear explosion, with Johnson's voice-over stating: "We must either love each other, or we must die." Although the Johnson campaign was criticized for frightening the voters by implying that Goldwater would wage a nuclear war, various other campaigns since have adopted and used the "Daisy" advertisement. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (pictured) was the home of John Shippen, the first African American to compete in the U.S. Open?
- ... that after Mehmet Şerif Fırat helped the Turkish military defeat the Sheikh Said rebellion, he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
- ... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "Jews of color" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
- ... that the Iowa state auditor Rob Sand modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?
- ... that the word "dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to primer prayer books?
- ... that Washington College is investigating the possibility of turning the Chestertown Armory into a bed and breakfast?
- ... that papyrologist Walter Cockle produced a new edition of a tragedy by Euripides based on fragments found in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri?
- ... that a Chicago TV station was expelled from the National Association of Broadcasters by mistake?
In the news
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- Liz Truss (pictured) succeeds Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes China's Sichuan province, leaving at least 65 people dead.
- A stabbing spree in Saskatchewan, Canada, leaves 11 people dead and 19 others injured.
- A UN report concludes that China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, including violence against the Uyghur people.
On this day
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in present-day Israel.
- 1642 – First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces clashed in the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed victory.
- 1936 – The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
- 1986 – Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85 percent of buildings on the island.
- Grandma Moses (b. 1860)
- William Stewart Halsted (d. 1922)
- Regina Martínez Pérez (b. 1963)
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The red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) is a species of macaw, the largest in the genus Ara. Also known as the green-winged macaw, it is widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America. This juvenile was photographed perching on a tree near the banks of the Rio Negro in the Pantanal, in southwestern Brazil. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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