Archive for April, 2011

BEATLES HAD #1 ON THIS DATE IN 1970

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FIRST SPORTS EVENT AIRED ON THIS DATE IN 1921

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The first broadcast of a sporting event took place on 11 April 1921 when
Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa. broadcast a 10-round,
no decision boxing match between Johnny Dundee and Johnny Ray
at Pittsburgh’s Motor Square Garden.

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Johnny Ray

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Johnny Dundee

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THE GREAT BUDDY HOLLY

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MAX VON SYDOW TURNED 82 TODAY

 
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Max von Sydow is a Swedish born actor who has also held French citizenship
since 2002. He has starred in many movies and had supporting roles in
dozens more. Some of his most memorable film roles include Jesus in
George Steven’s The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Father Merrin
in Friedkins’s The Exorcist (1973), and Ming the Merciless in the
1980 version of Flash Gordon.

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Max Von Sydow portraying Jesus

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Max in The Exorcist

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Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless

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IT’S BIRTHDAY 59 TODAY FOR STEVEN SEAGAL

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Steven Frederic Seagal is a  action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, musician and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal was a instructor in Japan before moving to the Los Angeles,California are where he made his film debut in Above The Law (1988). By 1991, he had had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992). Seagal is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Segal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist.

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on deadly ground
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