Archive for March 5th, 2011

ROAD AND TRACK MAGAZINE FROM 1950

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BIG HIT RECORD ON THIS DATE IN 1966

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BARRY SADLER, November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989

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ELVIS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON THIS DATE IN 1960

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Elvis Presley is pictured here meeting with reporters at Fort Dix Army Base in
New Jersey after being honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. The
train that carried him from the Army base in New Jersy to Tennessee was
mobbed all the way, and Presley was called upon to appear at scheduled
stops to please his fans. Elvis was drafted into the Army for active duty on
March 24,1958. 

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Elvis Presley receiving his last Army pay

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THIS SONG WAS #1 ON THIS DATE IN 1960

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ACTOR DEAN STOCKWELL IS 75 TODAY

Dean Stockwell is an actor of film and television, active for over 60 years 
and unlike many child actors, he continued to act well past his teenage
years. He is most known for his role as Rear Admiral Albert “Al” Calavicci
in the NBC television series Quantum Leap (1989 – 1993) and in the Sci 
Fi revival of Battlestar Glactica as Brother Cavil.

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Young Dean Stockwell in Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Dean Stock as a Japanese soldier in  A Quality of Mercy a Twilight Zone
episode in 1961.

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Dean Stockwell with costar Scott Bakula, right, in Quantum Leap

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