The fortune-telling pool ball we all love didn't start as a ball at all; it was a tubecreated by a psychic's son. The invention was picked up by Abe Bookman, brother-in-law to a shop owner in Cincinnati, who eventually shaped it like a crystal ball. In 1950, Brunswick Billiards w...
"A Christmas Carol" received an animated adaptation in 1971. The rendition was just 25 minutes long and won an Oscar that year for Best Animated Short.1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas AFP // Getty Images 1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas Far from the Christmas truce several years...
1995: Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings down the house with 'Carol of the Bells' A Ukrainian folk melody found new life in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's adaptation of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" and "Shchedryk" (also known as "Carol of the Bells"). Featuring electric guitar, bells, and...
1951: Alastair Sim stars as Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' A few weeks before Christmas in 1951, a new adaptation of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" hit theaters in the U.S. Though it didn't make as much of a splash stateside as it did across the pond (where it was called ...
1971: 'A Christmas Carol' animated adaptation airs "A Christmas Carol" received an animated adaptation in 1971. The rendition was just 25 minutes long and won an Oscar that year for Best Animated Short. 1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas AFP // Getty Images 1972: The US bombs Hanoi ...
1995: Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings down the house with 'Carol of the Bells' A Ukrainian folk melody found new life in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's adaptation of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" and "Shchedryk" (also known as "Carol of the Bells"). Featuring electric guitar, bells, and...
1971: 'A Christmas Carol' animated adaptation airs "A Christmas Carol" received an animated adaptation in 1971. The rendition was just 25 minutes long and won an Oscar that year for Best Animated Short. 1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas AFP // Getty Images 1972: The US bombs Hanoi ...
1971: 'A Christmas Carol' animated adaptation airs "A Christmas Carol" received an animated adaptation in 1971. The rendition was just 25 minutes long and won an Oscar that year for Best Animated Short. 1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas AFP // Getty Images 1972: The US bombs Hanoi ...
1971: 'A Christmas Carol' animated adaptation airs "A Christmas Carol" received an animated adaptation in 1971. The rendition was just 25 minutes long and won an Oscar that year for Best Animated Short. 1972: The US bombs Hanoi on Christmas AFP // Getty Images 1972: The US bombs Hanoi ...
carol // Wikimedia Commons 1975: Pet Rock takes the country by storm To the relief of parents everywhere, hoping not to be asked for a dog or a cat, the pet rock became a wildly popular toy in 1975. The pet rock required very little in the way of upkeep and even less in maintenanc...