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March 15, 1972

Today In History

'The Godfather' I film premieres in NYC based on the book by Mario Puzo

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-the-century Sicilian immigrant, he is the head of one of the five Italian-American 'families' that operates a crime syndicate. This epic story traces the history of their close-knit Mafia family and organization over a ten year period. Also starring is Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton

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Crowds standing in line to get a liquor license after prohibition is lifted
Joe Montana - QB The San Francisco 49ers
Juan Marichal hits Johnny Roseboro with a bat in 1965
Song of the Day
Elvis Presley | Burning Love
Top 10 Movies of the 1950s
Explore America
Oak Room at The Plaza Hotel in NYC

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In Bonanza, Hoss Cartwright was afraid of what?

  • Cats
  • Mice
  • The dark
  • Snakes
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What are our character names in the TV show ?

Oscar Madison and Felix Unger

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)

The term ‘lawn mullet’ refers to a neatly manicured front yard with an un-mowed mess in the back.

Fantastic Expressions!

TV Show of the Day
Peyton Place - 1966 episode
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "The Lion King")
The Games Greatest... When Baseball was Wonderful
Interview of the Day
Paul McCartney and John Lennon interviewed together in 1968
Rare silent archive film of Major Segrave's Land Speed Record attempt with one of the most iconic cars

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Who is the only collegiate football player to win the Heisman Trophy TWICE ?

Archie Griffin

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

Anyone here named Joe?

Joltin Joe DiMaggio

Broadway Joe

Joe Rudi

Joe Theisman

Joe Medwick

Joltin Joe DiMaggio

Broadway Joe

Joe Rudi

Joe Theisman

Joe Medwick

Collectible Editions

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It broke our hearts to tear down this stadium in 1960 ... but it was our job, where are we ?

Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Herbert Hoover was Stanford's football team manager. At the first Stanford-Cal game in 1892, he forgot to bring the ball.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.

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