February 18, 1960
Today In History
Opening Cerimonies of the Winter Olympics | Squaw Valley, CA
Squaw Valley was chosen to host the Games at the 1956 meeting of the International Olympic Committee. It was an undeveloped resort in 1955, so from 1956 to 1960 the infrastructure and all of the venues were built at a cost of US $80,000,000. It was designed to be intimate, allowing spectators and competitors to walk to nearly all the venues. Squaw Valley hosted athletes from thirty nations who competed in four sports and twenty-seven events. Women's speed skating and biathlon made their Olympic debuts. The organizers decided the bobsled events did not warrant the cost to build a venue, so for the first and only time bobsled was not on the Winter Olympic program. The Soviet Union dominated the medal count winning twenty-one medals, seven of which were gold. Soviet speed skaters Yevgeny Grishin and Lidiya Skoblikova won two gold medals each. Swedish cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg added a gold and silver to the four medals he won at the 1956 Winter Games.
Remember When
Irving Berlin sings "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 5, 1968.
A visit with F1 race driver Mario Andretti
Little League World Series History: The Greatest Moments
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Who was the first Major League player to pitch a ball measured over 100 mph?
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Where did Henry Ford and his team launch the world’s first moving assembly line ?
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CLASSIC MUSIC FROM THE 60s
Jerry Garcia
James Taylor
Jimi Hendrix
Rolling Stones
Dylan
Jerry Garcia
James Taylor
Jimi Hendrix
Rolling Stones
TV Show of the Day
Lets make a Deal - Pilot in 1963 - This 37 minute pilot, produced on May 25, 1963 with Monty Hall led to the series becoming a regular scheduled program
“Let’s Make A Deal” hosted by Monte Hall debuted on NBC during the daytime last week. This show is one of the most innovative 30 minutes in television this year.
Would be contestants dress up in colorful outfits to get Monte’s attention. He’ll offer them $ 50.in cash on the spot if they can produce from their handbags such items as a hardboiled egg, a picture of their elementary school gym teacher, a hair curler, etc… Once they get paid off, they are offered the chance to trade for a box or maybe what is behind door # 1,2, or 3. They might win a living room set, a trip to Hawaii, a washer dryer, or maybe a lonely smelly goat. From rags to riches and sometimes back, this show is fun, a little bizarre, and full of laughs. Find time to watch it !
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Audrey Hepburn
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Sandy Koufax
Classic Football Moments
The Colts defeat the Giants in the 1959 NFL Championship considered the greatest NFL game ever played
Fridge Scores in Super Bowl XX
Emmett Smith Leads Cowboys to Super Bowl Victory
The Miami Dolphins go undefeated 17-0 in 1972
Lyn Swann’s TD catch in Super Bowl X vs the Cowboys
The Colts defeat the Giants in the 1959 NFL Championship considered the greatest NFL game ever played
Fridge Scores in Super Bowl XX
Emmett Smith Leads Cowboys to Super Bowl Victory
The Miami Dolphins go undefeated 17-0 in 1972
Lyn Swann’s TD catch in Super Bowl X vs the Cowboys
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Super Bowl I in 1967 actually had a different name, what was it ?
The World Championship Game
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