Utah
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Utah is the 45th state of the United States of America.
- Robert A. Hatch, who later became the Children's Television Workshop's vice president for public affairs in 1972, was born in Salt Lake City in 1931. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Utah State University in 1952.
- Jim Henson offered Caroll Spinney a job on Sesame Street when both attended the national puppetry festival in Salt Lake City in 1969.
- Gedde Watanabe, a Japanese-American actor born in Utah, played Hiroshi on Sesame Street from 1988 until 1991.
- On January 25, 2005, the Sundance Film Festival, annually celebrated in Park City and Salt Lake City, held premiere screenings of MirrorMask presented by Lisa Henson and Neil Gaiman.
- From September 28 to 30, 2005, Brian and Heather Henson celebrated "50 years of the Jim Henson Company" at the Salt Lake City Library, screening a selection of movies, archive material and clips of upcoming projects, while offering several Q&As and autograph opportunities.
- On January 21, 2006, The World According to Sesame Street premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City.
- Throughout 2006, a PBS commercial featuring Elmo and Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. of Utah aired locally for the Healthy Habits for Life initiative.
