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Singer, Film Star and Animal Lover… Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff was born on April 3rd, 1924. She would later come to be known as Doris Day, a singer and actress who won over the American public, and then the world. As a singer, Day released 29 albums, with many of the songs spending time in the Top 40 (a total for 460 weeks on the charts). Day’s singing career has earned her a Grammy Lifetime... 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
WOODSTOCK ROCKS
Bethel, New York
August 15 – 17, 1969
The largest rock concert ever, arrived and left, and we will never be the same again. The police estimated that there were a million people on the road trying to get to the festival. Controlling the overwhelming crowd was next to impossible.
The festival actually took place on Max Yasgur's farm about fifty miles away. Woodstock... Continue reading
Singer – Songwriter, Carole King
At the age of 18, Carole King had her first chart topper as a songwriter with ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’, co-written with Gerry Goffin, the two eventually married and divorced. Over the years, the two wrote dozens of popular songs for a variety of singers, many of which became standards in American popular culture. In 1997, King co-wrote ‘The Reason’ for Celine... Continue reading
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.
Alan Ameche Scores Winning TD - The 1958 NFL Championship Game is still referred to today as ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played.’ It is still the only ever NFL Championship Game to have gone into overtime. The game featured numerous Hall of Famers on both sides, but the hero was Alan Ameche, whose 2nd touchdown of the game, a 1-yard run, gave the Baltimore Colts a 23-17 overtime victory over the New... Continue reading
Bonanza
Premiered on September 12, 1959
Producer David Dortort sold NBC on the idea of creating Bonanza, as a contrast to the sitcoms and formula Westerns that filled the TV schedule at that time.
Ben Cartwright, the strong patriarch, guided his three sons through both wise counsel and model behavior. Each son came from a different mother. Ben Cartwright was a widower three times. Adam was... Continue reading
“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... Continue reading
John F. Kennedy Defeats Richard Nixon in the First Presidential Debate in 1960
November 9, 1960
In a tumultuous campaign that was highlighted by the first televised presidential debate, John F. Kennedy a wealthy Democratic Senator from Massachusetts narrowly defeated Richard M. Nixon by 118,000 votes to become the thirty fifth president of the United States.
A crucial factor and turning... Continue reading
The 1972 USA Olympic Men's basketball team lost their very first Olympic Game since Olympic play began in 1936. It was the most controversial moment in Olympic history. In the final game against the Soviet Union and the US trailing, Doug Collins was fouled driving to the basket with three seconds left to play. He sank the first free throw to tie the game and made the second as an inadvertent... Continue reading
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