Archive for October 29th, 2013

A TRICK OR TREAT FAVORITE

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RICHARD DREYFUSS IS 66 TODAY

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Richard Stephen Dreyfuss 

Dreyfuss is best known for starring in a number of film, television, and 
theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Grafitti 
(1973), Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and 
Mr. Holland’s Opus which was filmed in Portland, Oregon (1995).

Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his role
in The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland’s
Opus
.

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Dreyfuss in Jaws

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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                                       Tim maguire                  
                                         Tim Maguire

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KATE JACKSON IS 65 TODAY

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Lucy Kate Jackson is best known for her role as Sabrina
Duncan
in the popular  ABC television series Charlie’s
Angels
(1976-1981). Jackson is a three-time Emmy Award
nominee in the Best Actress category and has been
nominated for several Golden Globe Awards.
Jackson 
was briefly employed as a page at NBC’s Rockefeller
Center studios
.

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PROGRAM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN1956

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From left: David Brinkley and Chet Huntley

The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network’s flagship evening 
news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by
Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. The
show replaced the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze
and initially ran for 15 minutes, but expanded to 30 minutes in 1963.

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David Brinkley on the news set

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