With Canada Dry Ginger Ale as a sponsor, Jack Benny came to radio on The
Canada Dry Program, beginning May 2, 1932, on the NBC Blue Network, airing
there for six months until October 26, moving the show over to CBS radio on
October 30. With Ted Weems leading the band, Benny stayed on CBS until
January 26, 1933. Jack’s wife, Mary Livingston (shown above) co-starred on
the show.
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.
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) host of The Tonight Show
from 1957 to 1962 on NBC-TV.
Jack Paar with guest Richard Nixon
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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