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July 3, 1940

Today In History

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on NBC radio

Remember When

The Pacific Coast Highway
Maybe the greatest female athlete ever Babe Zaharias - named best athlete of the half century
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he stepped onto the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field as the first African American to play
Song of the Day
Moody Blues | Tuesday Afternoon 1970
A Movie Star Emerges - John Wayne Stars in the movie Big Trail - 1930
A Star Emerges John Wayne Stars in The Big Trail - 1930 Breck, played by a new emerging star John Wayne leads a wagon train of pioneers through Indian attack, storms, deserts, swollen rivers, down cliffs to their destiny out west while looking for the murder of a trapper and falling in love with Ruth ( played by Marguerite Churchill ). The plot is not much, but the cinema photography and direction make it an exciting movie. Raoul Walsh, the director said about his new star, John Wayne: "He stepped down off his horse and gave me that lopsided grin which was to become one of his trademarks. How did I do, Mr Walsh? He was confident in himself by this time and looked as if he knew the answer... My leading man had made a fine frontiersman. His acting was instinctive, so that he became whatever or whoever he was playing. There is a lot of pride in the knowledge that I discovered a winner".
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Who won Best Female Personality-Continuing Performance in 1957?

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Joey Bishop

How many banks and trains did the notorious Jesse James rob? Banks, 12; trains, 7.

When asked why he chose the name Piggly Wiggly, founder Clarence Saunders said, "So people will ask that very question."

Movie Stars

William Holden

Debbie Reynolds

Jack Nicholson

Rock Hudson

Spencer Tracy

William Holden

Debbie Reynolds

Jack Nicholson

Rock Hudson

Spencer Tracy

TV Show of the Day
Lou Grant: - Season 1 Episode 1 Cophouse - 1977
Judy Garland Somewhere Over The Rainbow 1939
Harvard defeats Yale 29-29 in 1968
HARVARD WINS 29-29! - Saturday, November 23, 1968 Both Harvard and Yale brought undefeated 8-0 records into “The Game”. Yale held a seemingly insurmountable lead, 29-13 with 3:30 remaining in the fourth quarter. In those final minutes, Harvard was able to score cutting the Yale lead to 29-21, and with 42 seconds remaining, Harvard recovered an onside kick, and quarterback Frank Champi was able to orchestrate a drive downfield into the end zone for a touchdown. He then threw a strike to Pete Varney to complete the two-point conversion, and, with time expiring, Harvard tied the game at 29. Both Harvard and Yale finish with identical 8-0-1 records.
Interview of the Day
LANA TURNER Full Interview with Phil Donahue in 1982
Going for the record

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Ursala Andress

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I won my first Academy Award for what ?

The 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress for the film Funny Girl

What was the first country to which the United States sent a woman as ambassador? Denmark, in 1933. Ruth Bryan Owen, a two-term congress woman and the daughter of William Jennings Bryan, served until 1936 when she married Danish citizen Borge Rohde.

When asked who owned the patent on the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk said, "Well, the people. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

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