Archive for June, 2011

AUTOMAKER INCORPORATED ON THIS DATE IN 1903

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Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford (above) and incorporated
on June 16, 1903. The automaker is the second largest in the U.S. and the
fifth-largest in the world.

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THE JACKSONS SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1976

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The Jacksons is a variety show featuring the Jackson siblings, except for
Jermaine who was signed to Motown while the Jackson group was signed
to the CBS record label. It was the first variety show where the entire cast
were siblings. As with the Jackson 5 regular performances, Michael Jackson
was the lead performer in musical and dance performances.The thirty-minute Wednesday evening show began airing on CBS-TV as a summer 1976 show
and it continued into the 1976-1977 season, finishing on March 9, 1977 after
running for 12 episodes.

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TV SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1952

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My Little Margie is a TV situation comedy that alternated between CBS and
NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series premiered as the summer replacement
for I Love Lucy, under the sponsorship of Phillip Morris cigarettes. When the
show moved to NBC for its third sea son in the fall of 1953, Scott Paper Co.
became the sponsor. The stars of the show were Gale Storm as Margie
Albright and Charles Farrell as her widowed father Vern Albright.  

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FILM RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1978

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Grease is an 1978 musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on
the 1971 musical of the same name. The film stars John Travolta, and
Olivia Newton-John. It was a box office success and its soundtrack album
ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year behind the
soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, also a Travolta film.

 

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THE ECONOMICAL CAR FOR 1950

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