Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 5, 2012)

Award winning songwriter Robert Sherman specialized in musical films with his
brother Richard Morton Sherman. Some of their best known songs were heard
in movies and animations such as “Marry Poppins”, “The Jungle Book”, and “Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang”. Sherman’s agent, Stella Richards, said that he died peacefully Monday in London.

Robert Sherman, far right, seen here with brother Richard, Julie Andrews
and Dick Van Dyke on the set of Mary Poppins

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1919

The Oreo cookie was born in the U.S. on March 6, 1912 when the National
Biscuit Company (later re-branded Nabisco, and even later merged with Kraft)
sold its Oreo Sandwiches for the first time to a grocer in Hoboken, N.J. Over
491 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since they were first introduced,
making them the best selling cookie of the 20th century.

1951

                             HAPPY BIRTHDAY OREO!

1949

 
Ed McMahon (L) with The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson

  Edward Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)

McMahon was a comedian, game show host and announcer. He is best
remembered as the announcer and sidekick on the The Tonight Show
with Johnny Carson on NBC from 1962 to 1992. He also was the host of
the original version of Star Search on CBS from 1983 to 1995. McMahon
also co-hosted TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes with Dick Clark from 1982
to 1998 on NBC and ABC. 

When The Temptations went to #1 on the Billboard singles chart with
the Smokey Robinson penned "My Girl", it made the group the first
male act to have a chart topper for Motown Records.

The current group: Otis Williams, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon, Ron
Tyson, and Bruce Williamson