NOVEMBER 9, 1959

Full News Archive

• Headline: Wagner's Call for Middle East Peace. Impact: If Wagner had succeeded, perhaps the world would have had a peaceful Middle East by now. Instead, we have a never-ending cycle of conflicts that make for great TV dramas.. Fact: Did you know that the U.N. has been trying to achieve peace in the Middle East longer than most people have been trying to find their missing socks in the laundry?.
• Headline: Remembrance Day Commemorates War Victims. Impact: Marking Remembrance Day serves as a reminder of the heavy costs of war, influencing future generations to reconsider the value of peace over conflict.. Fact: The two wars honored were World War I and II, both of which taught us that conflict is expensive, but apparently not as expensive as learning from our mistakes..
• Headline: Job Losses Predicted in NYC Garment Industry. Impact: The decline of garment jobs led to a rise in electronics, setting the stage for the tech boom that would eventually allow us to binge-watch shows about people losing their jobs.. Fact: In the future, people will be losing jobs to robots – so at least they won't be taking coffee breaks. Progress!.
• Headline: HARRY SWIRSKY. Impact: Harry Swirsky remains a mystery, but his name might just have inspired countless future novels about enigmatic characters who do absolutely nothing.. Fact: Harry Swirsky: the most intriguing headline that never was. What did he do? Who knows! But at least we get to wonder..
• Headline: PRESIDENT TO ACT IF TRUCE IN STEEL BRINGS NO PEACE; Will Give Congress a Plan to End Strike if Talks in Next 80 Days Fail. Impact: This event created a precedent for future presidents who would also wait until the last minute to act on crises, thereby ensuring a never-ending cycle of political drama.. Fact: Eisenhower's plan was like a bad sitcom: you keep waiting for the resolution, but it just keeps dragging on for seasons..
• Headline: New Trustee Chairman For Sarah Lawrence. Impact: The appointment of a new chairman could have led to a series of decisions that shaped the future of education, or it just might have been another day at a liberal arts college.. Fact: Sarah Lawrence is known for its liberal arts approach, which means students will be well-prepared to argue about their student debt in a philosophical context..
• Headline: HARVARD EXPERT CRITICIZES COURT; Hart Says It Avoids Issues, Makes Technical Errors and Fails to Enlighten. Impact: This criticism might have sparked a chain reaction leading to reforms in the judicial system, or it could just be another day in the life of the courts – who really knows?. Fact: If Harvard professors criticized the court system any more, we might just need a separate court for them to argue their cases..
• Headline: SOVIET ASKS U.S. TO BACK U.N. MOVE FOR SPACE PARLEY; Proposes Assembly's Calling World Scientific Meeting for Exchange of Data. Impact: Had the U.S. agreed, we could have avoided decades of space race drama and just had an intergalactic coffee chat instead.. Fact: Space: the final frontier... and apparently a place where nations ask each other for favors like they're borrowing sugar..
• Headline: WILLIAM J. ROACH. Impact: William J. Roach might have simply lived an unremarkable life, but every average Joe has the potential to change history in ways nobody would notice.. Fact: William J. Roach: probably not a superhero, but if he was, his superpower would be the ability to blend into the background effortlessly..