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April 1, 1968

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The Andy Grifith Show signs off | season 8 episode 30

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons. It stars Andy Griffith, who portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, Don Knotts, Aunt Bee, Frances Bavier, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, and Opie, Ron Howard, a precocious young son. Eccentric friends and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Regarding the tone of the show, Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting, the show evoked nostalgia, stating in a Today Show interview: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the 1960s, it had a feeling of the 1930s. It was, when we were doing it, of a time gone by.

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Carole King: Teenage Songwriter in the Music Business
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 Dion, a hit of epic proportions. Though she was born in February of 1942, Carole King did not become successful as a performer until the 1970s. Like many musicians before her, King experienced disappointment with the release of her first album, entitled ‘Writer.’ Her redemption, however, came with the album ‘Tapestry’ which topped the U.S. charts for 15 weeks in 1971 and was one of the longest running chart toppers until the record was broken by Whitney Houston. King’s catalog includes 25 solo albums. Most recently, she and James Taylor created and released ‘Live at the Troubadour’, a very successful collaboration that sold in excess of 600,000 copies. Over the years King has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, the Songwriters Hall of fame and been awarded four Grammy’s.
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Lew Alcindor's 1968 season. The UCLA Bruins won their 2nd straight national championship
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I had 192 RBIs in one season - still a record, who am I ?

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For the Year 1906 | How long in days did the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving in 1621 last? A: Three. It featured bountiful meals, demonstrations by the Plymouth militia, traditional Indian dancing by the native guests, and foot races and other athletic contests.

Name the actor who starred in 142 films including The Quiet Man, The Shootist, The Searchers and Stagecoach. John Wayne.

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TV Show of the Day
The Jack Benny Program: Jack Is A Contestant with Groucho Marx
James Brown performs "Please Please Please" Live in 1956
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Larry King Live with Shirley Temple Black
Coverage from inside and outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Democratic National Convention 1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Chicago, Illinois The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Before the convention, Democratic President Lyndon Johnson had announced he would not seek a second term. Hubert Humphrey became the nominee. This was a turbulent time in America following the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and presidential hopeful Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Chicago’s mayor, Richard J. Daley, intended to showcase his city’s achievements, but, instead, the large number of demonstrators and the use of force by the Chicago police dominated the news. The “Yippie” movement set out to make this week a “A Festival of Life.” but the Chicago police roughed up the demonstrators throughout the city, including Network newsmen Mike Wallace and Dan Rather while they were inside the halls of the Democratic Convention. After the convention, “The Chicago Eight” accused of inciting the riots, were charged with conspiracy but none served any prison time. The Chicago Eight were made up of Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. Chicago, Illinois

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We are going to an Ivy league football game in New Haven against a team from Ithaca, what are the team nicknames ?

The Big Red from Cornell and the Bulldogs from Yale

For the Year 1906 | The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

The designer for the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.

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