Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) became the 21 
President of the United States on September 19, 1881 after the assassination
of President James A. Garfield.

The show Flipper, has been dubbed an “aquatic Lassie”, was first broadcast on NBC television from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. The star of the show is a bottlenose dolphin, Flipper, and his human companions, Porter Ricks and his two
young sons Sandy and Bud. Porter is Chief Warden of a fictional marine preserve
and park in southern Florida.

Radio talk show host Lars Larson has been named Best Radio On-Air Personality
by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters. His flagship station, KXL was also
named Station of the Year at the associations annual fall conference which
was held this past weekend..

The Virginian (The Men of Shiloh in its final year) is a TV Western which originally
ran on NBC from September 19, 1962 to March 24, 1971 for a total of 249 episodes
filmed in color. The successful series was the third longest running western, following Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

James Drury turned 77 on April 18th

“The Twist” gave birth to a dance craze when Chubby Checker released
the song in 1960. The song was written and originally released in 1959
by Hank Ballard and the midnighters.