Philadelphia (AP) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier
died Monday night after losing his fight with liver cancer. The cancer
was diagnosed in late September and he was admitted to hospice care.
Archive for November 7th, 2011
SMOKIN’ JOE FRAZIER IS DEAD AT 67!
SONG CHARTED ON THIS DAY IN 1964
"Too Many Fish in the Sea" was group’s first top 40 pop hit in
almost a year reaching number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
MAD FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1963
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 all-star Cinerama epic comedy film
produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. Two comedians of the day are absent
from the ensemble cast: Groucho Marx refused to appear when Kramer couldn’t
meet his fee, while Stan Laurel declined because he felt he was too old-looking
to be funny. It has been called the comedy to end all comedies.
PARTY SYMBOL DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1874
The traditional mascot of the Republican party is the elephant. A political cartoon (above) by Thomas Nast, published in Harpers Weekly on November 7, 1874, is considered the first notable appearance of the symbol.
Thomas Nast is Considered the father of American
political cartooning.
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