Archive for January 17th, 2011

RETIRED BOXING CHAMP IS 69 TODAY

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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) is a former boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning professional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal Heavyweight Championship three times.

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AMERICAN STATESMAN BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1706

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Benjamin Franklin  was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and a carriage odometer. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.  

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A political cartoon by Franklin urged the colonies to join together during
the French and Indian War.

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COMEDIAN JIM CARREY IS 49 TODAY

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Jim Carrey began his career in stand-up comedy in 1979. After
meeting Damon Wayans he landed a role on the sketch comedy
In Living Color. The series ran on the Fox Network from 1990 to1994.

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           Jim Carrey in one of his various roles on the  show

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1994 
                        
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1997

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FIRST TV SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1949

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The Goldbergs was originally a radio show on NBC from 1929 to
1946. The program made the switch to television as the first
sitcom. Both the radio and TV shows were devised by writer-
actress Gertrude Berg who played Molly Goldberg. The series 
ran on CBS-TV until 1951.

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