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TV SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1972
The Midnight Special was a musical variety series that that aired on NBC-TV during
the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered
as a 90-minute pilot on August 19, 1972, with host John Denver (below), then began
its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; the last episode of the show was on
May 1, 1981. It followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
ORVILLE WRIGHT (AUG.19, 1871 – JAN. 30, 1948)
Orville Wright along with his older brother Wilbur are credited with inventing
and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled,
powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their invention into the first
practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental
aircraft, Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to invent aircraft controls that
made fixed-wing powered flight possible. On August 19, 1940 – The new Civil
Aeronautics Administration awarded honorary license #1 to Orville Wright.
Orville Wright’s famous first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903.
BOND GIRL JILL ST. JOHN IS 71 TODAY
Actress Jill St. John is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead
Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Jill continues to act, primarily
in television sitcoms and made-for-TV movies. She has worked on five
films with her husband actor Robert Wagner. Jill St. John is the author
of The Jill St. John Cookbook (1987).
PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1908
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