MARCH 29, 1959

Full News Archive

• Headline: Discovering the Past with Marcosson's Work. Impact: Marcosson's pilgrimage to the past inspired future historians to take more trips, leading to the invention of the travel blog. Now everyone has an opinion on what makes a 'good' memory.. Fact: If only Marcosson had included a few more selfies, he might have been a social media influencer instead of a historian!.
• Headline: Penn-Jersey Unit Appoints Transportation Study Director. Impact: Henry Fagin’s appointment somehow led to more traffic jams in the Philadelphia-Camden area—because who doesn’t love a good three-year study to fix something everyone already knows is broken?. Fact: This transportation study cost $2.45 million—clearly, fixing traffic is cheaper than just telling everyone to take a bike!.
• Headline: TEXTILE GROUP ELECTS; Clark to Fill Chairmanship of Research Institute. Impact: Clark's election as chairman meant that the textile industry would be stuck in research meetings for years, leading to a worldwide shortage of pants. Yes, it was all about the lack of denim.. Fact: Fun fact: Research institutes are basically just really smart people sitting around pretending to work while they sip coffee and debate fabric softness..
• Headline: CHINESE REDS END DALAI LAMA RULE; RIVAL GETS POST; Peiping Reports Tibet Ruler Held by Rebels -- Panchen Lama Succeeds Him. Impact: The end of Dalai Lama rule led to a series of misunderstandings that somehow ended up affecting the menus at Chinese restaurants worldwide—who knew fried rice could be so controversial?. Fact: Tibet has been in the news so much that I'm starting to think it’s the original influencer with all this drama!.
• Headline: NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; In 1959, Russia Plans To Issue 148 New Items. Impact: Russia's stamp issuance led to an unexpected surge in philately, which in turn caused a global shortage of stamp albums. Collectors everywhere were left in despair, crying over their empty pages.. Fact: Collecting stamps is one of the few hobbies where you can simultaneously feel proud and old-fashioned!.
• Headline: Advertising: A Builder in the Fourth Estate; Newspaper Owner Has Entered the Magazine Field. Impact: The newspaper owner jumping into magazines paved the way for every celebrity to think they could write a book. Now we have more memoirs than we know what to do with!. Fact: Newspaper owners entering magazines is like a toddler trying to upgrade to a big kid's bike—sometimes it just doesn’t work out as planned!.