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April 6, 1916

Today In History

Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year at the age of 26 years  

Remember When

The Twist by the great Chubby Checker in 1960
The Oakland Raiders Mystique
Jerry Lucas introduces William W. "Bill" Bradley as he delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1983
Song of the Day
The Best of The Supremes | The Ed Sullivan Show
Beatles accept award Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1988
Explore America
The Boston Marathon every spring in April

Who would you like to have lunch with? 

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Who won Best Original Music Composed for TV in 1995?

  • Amahl and the Night Visitors, Hallmark Hall of Fame
  • Dragnet
  • Medic
  • Shower of Stars
    • You are
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I played in the NFL and was a regular on Hill Street Blues ... who am I ?

Ed Marinaro

Can you name all four of the Marx Brothers? Groucho, Zeppo, Harpo and Chico.

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

Television Families

TV Show of the Day
Route 66 TV Show | Episode Ten Drops of Water | 1960
TV Series: Route 66 Airing every Friday from October 1960 to March 1964, Route 66 starred Martin Milner as “Tod Stiles” and George Maharis as “Buz Murdock”. The show featured the stars moving from town to town in a Corvette Convertible, and involving themselves with the struggles of the local people. The theme song, composed and performed by Nelson Riddle, became a major hit in pop circles.
Remember Billie Holiday | The future "Lady Day"
Billie Holiday The future "Lady Day" first heard the music of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith on a victrola at Alice Dean's, the Baltimore "house of ill repute" where she ran errands and scrubbed floors as a young girl. She made her singing debut in obscure Harlem nightclubs (borrowing her professional name from screen star Billie Dove), then toured with Count Basie and Artie Shaw before going solo. Benny Goodman dragged the frightened singer to her first studio session. Between 1933 and 1944, she recorded over 200 "sides," but she never received royalties for any of them. Her own compositions included "God Bless the Child," espousing the virtues of financial independence and "Don't Explain," lament on infidelity. White gardenias, worn in her hair, became her trademark.
Historic Vintage Film of College Football Icons, includes rare footage of Pop Warner, Knute Rockne, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, and many others
Interview of the Day
Muhammad Ali Parkinson Interview 1981
Fine Restaurant in San Francisco

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I hit a famous Home Run in the 1975 World Series, what game was it in ?

Game 6 to win the game and force a game 7

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I Played at Woodstock, I hope you remember me, who am I ?

Joe Cocker

What was the country of origin of the greatest number of immigrants to pass through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924? Italy, with 2.5 million. It was followed by Austria-Hungary, 2.2 million; Russia, 1.9 million; and Germany, 633,000.

Failed PEZ flavors include coffee, eucalyptus, menthol, and flower.

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