Archive for September 9th, 2015

SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1946

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Heart’s Desire was a giveaway contest program on the Mutual
Broadcasting System,  hosted by Ben Alexander. The show aired
for 30-minutes, five days a week. It was initially a self-supporting 
program of MBS, later Phillip Morris & Company Limited began to
sponsor half of the show. It was on the air for approximately two
years.

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Nicholas Benton (Ben) Alexander
(June 27, 1911 – July 6, 1969)

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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CARLATA BRADLEY

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1890

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Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980)

Colonel Sanders was a businessman and entrepreneur, best known for building
his Kentucky Fried Chicken cafe into a fast-food empire. Prior the that, he had
worked as a farmer, salesman, steamboat pilot, and railroad fireman. He sold
KFC to John Y. Brown Jr., Jack Massey, and a group of investors for $2 million
in 1964.

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