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ANDREW CARNEGIE RETIRES AND GIVES AWAY HIS FORTUNE
ANDREW CARNEGIE RETIRES AND GIVES AWAY HIS FORTUNE
March 13, 1901
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Andrew Carnegie announced today that he is retiring from business and will spend the remainder of his days giving away his fortune, which is now estimated to be greater than $ 300 Million dollars. The steel baron made his announcement in a letter addressed to “the good people of Pittsburgh”, the city where he made his money.
Starting as a penniless immigrant, he became a millionaire in his mid 20s by shrewd aggressive leadership in Oil and Railroads. One of his favorite projects is funding public libraries throughout the United States. He sailed today for a summer long stay at his estate in his native Scotland.
The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 - deadliest natural disaster in American history
Dick Clark appears on the television show This Is Your Life
American Bandstand with Dick Clark
Philadelphia, PA
Premiers locally on July 9, 1956
American Bandstand announced that clean-cut 26 -year old Dick Clark will become the new host. Locally produced now, it will soon air it's first national show in 1957. The regulars on Bandstand, Kenny Rossi, Arlene Sullivan, Bunny Gibson, Eddie Kelly, Pat Molittieri, Carmen Jimenz, and Joyce Shafer are not paid actors or dancers. They are real kids from Philly, and if you watch every day, you can tell who is breaking up and who is making up.
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