Singer Kate Smith is best remembered for her rendition of Irving Berlins “God Bless America”. She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades,
which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s.
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KATE SMITH (MAY 1, 1907 – JUNE 17, 1986)
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JACK PAAR WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1907
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TRAIN SERVICE ORGANIZED ON THIS DATE IN 1971
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak is a U.S federal government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide
intercity passenger train service in the United States. It is headquartered at Union
Station in Washington, D.C. It operates passenger service on 21,000 miles of track primarily owned by freight railroads connecting 500 destinations in 46 states and
three Canadian provinces.
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