Archive for February 8th, 2012

ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921

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LANA TURNER

           Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995)

Lana Turner was discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM
at the age of sixteen, She gained attention in the 1937 film They Won’t
Forget. Turner is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens
as a result of her role in the 1941 horror movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

they won't forget

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LAST SKYLAB CREW RETURNED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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The NASA Skylab space station orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979. It included a
workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems. Three manned missions to the
station were conducted between 1973 and 1974. The fourth and final Skylab crew returned to Earth on Friday, February 8, 1974.

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The Skylab 4 crew included from left: Commander Gerald Carr, Pilot William Pogue,
and Science Pilot Edward Gibson. They were launched on November 16, 1973 atop
a Saturn B rocket. The three astronauts spent 6,051 man hours performing scientific experiments that covered medical activities, and solar observations, 

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HIT SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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The Supremes “Stop In the Name of Love” held the number-one position
on the Billboard pop singles chart from March 21, 1965 through April 3,
1965. It also reached the number-two spot on the soul chart.

 

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MAGAZINE’S LAST ISSUE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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The last issue of the “Saturday Evening Post” is shown above. It was revived in 1971
as a quarterly publication and was later published every other month.

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