On this day...
On this day in 1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.
Quote:
"Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
Fact:
The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) established the Emmy Awards as part of an image-building and public relations opportunity. The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club, but solely to honor shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area. Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy, for Most Outstanding Television Personality, during that first awards ceremony.
