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"American Pie" is a song by American folk rock singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972. When asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean jokingly replied, "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to." Later, he stated, "You will... Continue reading
Linda Maria Ronstadt born July 15, 1946 is a popular music singer. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award, and many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United states and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award and was... Continue reading
Hundreds of hopefuls congregate at a cattle call for Broadway dancers. A sour director, Zach 'Michael Douglas', and his brusque assistant Terrence Mann whittle down the ranks until they're left with 16 dancers. All tell their life stories | some tragic, some comic that explained their love of dance. Tension mounts when Cassie 'Alyson Reed' once both a big star and the... Continue reading
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books.
one of the most celebrated documentaries of all time | the 1960's in which Edward R. Murrow exposed the plight of America's farm workers
Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings was born July 29, 1938 in Toronto, Canada Former ABC News President Elmer Lower discovered Mr. Jennings while he was a co-anchor at the CTV. Jennings was named anchor and senior editor of World News Tonight in 1983 replacing Frank Reynolds.
The Godfather
1972
Director Francis Ford Coppola collaborated on the epic film's screenplay with Mario Puzo who had written the best-selling novel of the same name. This gangster film centers on the Corleone crime "family" in the boroughs of New York City in the mid 1940s, dominated at first by aging godfather/patriarch "Don" Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) A turn-of... Continue reading
One Giant Step for Mankind
The Luner Module “Eagle” landed on the Moon at Tranquility Base
on July 20, 1969 at 4:18 p.m. EDT,
Neil Armstrong realized that they were heading into a field of boulders on the northeast shoulder of a crater the size of a football field. Drama was the last thing that any one had wanted. A warning light was telling him he had less than 60 seconds of fuel left,... Continue reading
Golden Gate Bridge Opens First to Pedestrians
May 27, 1937
San Francisco, California
On a typical cold and foggy May morning, an estimated 200,000 people came to celebrate the pedestrian opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Autos will be allowed to cross at a later date. By 6am, the starting hour of Pedestrians Day, 18,000 people were waiting to cross the span from both the San Francisco... Continue reading
Yellowstone National Park - A vast wilderness of natural beauty
On March 1, 1872 President Ulysses Grant signed into existence the world's first national park, Yellowstone National Park. The 2.2 million acres of wilderness was "set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people."
Yellowstone's name is historically credited to the... Continue reading
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