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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a spy-fiction television series produced by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. It follows
secret agents, played by
Robert Vaughn (center and David McCallum 
(left), who work for a secret international counter-espionage and law-
enforcement agency called
U.N.C.L.E. The series premiered in 1964 and discontinued its run on January 15, 1968. It led the spy-fiction craze on
television, and by 1966 there were nearly a dozen imitators.

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David Keith McCallum, Jr. turned 84 on September 19.

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GREETING FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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CAREER HOMER HIT ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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On this day on 1776.

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A depiction of the hanging of Nathan Hale.

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A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale
war on this day in 1980.  

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Gerald Ford looks to where a shot was fired as he is leaving the St.
Francis Hotel.

On Sept. 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore’s attempt to assassinate President Ford
was thwarted by Oliver Sipple, a disabled former marine. It was the second
attempt on Ford’s life in less than three weeks.


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Sara Jane Moore

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On this day in 1964, "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway. It was the beginning of a run of 3,242 performances.

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Irving Berlin (Israel Beilin)  (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989)

Irving Berlin was a Russian born, American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.

“God Bless America” was composed by  Jewish songwriter, Irving Berlin, in 1938. Berlin’s original name was Israel Baline, and he was born in Eastern Russia in 1888.

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