Dion and The Belmonts performed their newest recording, "Teenager In Love", on
The Dick Clark Show on ABC television. The song reached #5 on the Billboard chart.

1950s

Buffalo Bill, Jr. is a Western TV series starring Dickie Jones. It aired in syndication
from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956. In 1964, the series aired on ABC Saturday mornings for one year. 

Actor Dickie Jones turns 85 on the 27th of February. He
is best known as the voice of Pinocchio in the 1940 Walt
Disney film.    

Salvatore "Sal" Mineo, Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) 

Sal Mineo was was a film and theatre actor, best remembered for his role as
John “Plato” Crawford opposite James Dean in the 1955 drama film Rebel
Without a Cause. He was nominated twice; for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor; once for his  performance in Rebel Without a Cause, and
also for his portrayal of Dov Landau in Exodus (1960).  

 
Sal Mineo (L) with James Dean from Rebel without a Cause

Bryan Bartlett “Bart” Starr is a former professional  football player and 
coach. He was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956
to 1971 and let the team to multiple NFL championships. He was named
the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls and earned four
Pro Bowl selections. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1977. Starr won the league
MVP award in 1966.  

George J. Laurer, an engineer at IBM, is considered the inventor of the
U.P.C. or Uniform Product Code in 1973. In June of 1974, the first U.P.C.
scanner was installed at a Marsh’s supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first
product to have a bar code included was a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit
chewing gum.