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December 6, 1969

Today In History

The Rolling Stones perform at The Altamont Speedway Free Music Festival

The band launched their highly anticipated Let It Bleed album with a free concert at Altamont Speedway in northern California. While the band was playing "Under My Thumb," a young man in the audience was stabbed and killed by a member of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang. The tragic event was captured on film, and featured in the documentary Gimme Shelter.

Remember When

Harvard University Library
1962 NBA Finals - Game 7 Highlights - Lakers at Celtics
This is a video of Mickey Mantle hitting a home run in game 7 of the 1952 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers
Song of the Day
The Kingston Trio Tom Dooley Live 1958
The Origins of Bat Woman
Explore America
FLORIDA - Come witness the 24 hours of Sebring race

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Who won Best Supporting Actress in 1945?

  • Eve Arden - Mildred Pierce
  • Ann Blyth - Mildred Pierce
  • Angela Lansbury - The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Anne Revere - National Velvet
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Nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead" - I worked in New York and Brooklyn, who am I ?

Red Barber

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow. 

How many degrees are found in a circle? 360.

Stunning beauties

Twiggy

Goldie Hahn

Diana Dors

Jane Mansfield

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer

Twiggy

Goldie Hahn

Diana Dors

Jane Mansfield

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer

TV Show of the Day
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TV SHOW: Great clips interspersed with interviews - Peter Graves, Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
Marilyn Monroe on The Jack Benny Television Show 1953
Running back Gale Sayers
Interview of the Day
Alex Haley, author of "Roots," offers perspective into the novel which became an enormously popular television miniseries.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream Speech

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I played football for UCLA and have been a star for a TV show for years, who am I ?

Mark Harmon of NCIS

CLASSIC AMERICAN IMAGES

Wheeling WV

Wheeling WV

Baseball Royalty

Yogi

Yaz

Number # 42

Steve Carlton

Shoeless Joe

Yogi

Yaz

Number # 42

Steve Carlton

Shoeless Joe

Collectible Editions

You have a choice of three versions of our collectible edition to select from. 52-pages, 100-pages (special oversized edition) and our 104-page version (hard cover). Enjoy your stroll down memory lane!



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Who is # 25 for the Celtics guarding Jerry West ?

K.C. Jones

A typical cloud weights around 1.1 million pounds.

The Bank of Vernal, in Vernal, Utah is the only bank in the world that was built from bricks sent through the mail.? Way back in 1919 the builders realized that it was cheaper to send the bricks through the United States Postal System (seven bricks to a package) than to have them shipped commercially from Salt Lake City.

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