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February 16, 1975

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Cher's weekly TV show premiered with guests Tatum O'Neal, Raquel Welch and Wayne Rogers

Cher's variety show premiered on CBS in 1975. It was hosted by singer-actress Cher. The show had many famous musical guests featuring Elton John, Bette Midler and many others appeared on the show. Cher premiered at 7.30pm on Sunday, February 16, 1975 and finished the season ranked 1st among variety shows and 22nd among all programs.

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Bill gates announces the first retail version of Windows on November 20, 1985
Vintage 1934 St. Louis Cardinals Gas House Gang Stories including Leo Durocher, Dizzy Dean and Branch Rickey
1950s Sports Greats
Song of the Day
Ricky Nelson | I Will Follow You | 1963
Classic Laura Nyro performs LIVE in Pittsburgh | 1994
Laura Nyro October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997 was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock, and soul. Between 1968 and 1970, a number of artists had hits with her songs: The 5th Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save the Country", and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night and Maynard Ferguson with "Eli's Comin'"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End", "Time and Love", and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof". In 2012, Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Houston Astrodome

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Which show won Best Public Service, Cultural OR Educational Program during the the 1950 Emmy Awards?

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What movie is this scene from?

The Red Badge of Courage

That thing you use to dot your lowercase "i" is called a tittle.

The unkempt Shaggy of  Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name - Norville Rogers.

Great Characters

Steve McQueen in Papillon

Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

George C. Scott in Patton

James Dean in Giant

Harrison Ford in Star Wars

Steve McQueen in Papillon

Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

George C. Scott in Patton

James Dean in Giant

Harrison Ford in Star Wars

TV Show of the Day
Peyton Place - 1966 episode
Norman Lear discusses creating the show Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is a satirical soap opera that aired in daily (weekday) syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and Jim Drake, and starred Louise Lasser. T The show's title was the eponymous character's name stated twice, because Lear and the writers believed that dialogue within a soap opera was always said twice.
Roger Staubach
He joined the Dallas Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie in 1969 due to his commitment in the Navy. He did not win the regular quarterbacking job until his third season in 1971. In the nine seasons he was in command of the Cowboys attack, they played in six NFC championship games, winning four of them, and also scored victories in Super Bowls VI and XII.
Interview of the Day
Muhammad Ali and Journalist David Susskind
TV Newscast of Elvis Presley's death in 1977

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

Joe Cocker

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Classic Yankee Images

Whitey Ford

Bobby Murcer

Yankee Stadium in the 1920s

Yogi Berra

The Mick

Whitey Ford

Bobby Murcer

Yankee Stadium in the 1920s

Yogi Berra

The Mick

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I was the first astronaut to orbit the earth and 36 years later the oldest to go in to space, Who am I ?

John Glenn

For the Year 1906 | A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

The most played song on American radio during the twentieth century was ‘You've Lost That Loving Feeling’ which was written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil. Although recorded by different artists, the song is the only one in history to be played over 8 million times on the radio. That amounts to about 45 years if the song was played back to back! Three songs were played 7 million times: Never My Love, Yesterday, and Stand By Me (in that order).

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