Archive for July, 2012

BASEBALL RECORD SET ON THIS DAY IN 1927

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“The Georgia Peach” ,Ty Cobb, set a major league baseball record
by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit a total  4,191 before he retired
in 1928.

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TODAY IS JOHN GLENN’S 91st BIRTHDAY

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NASA Astronaut John Glenn was inducted into the Astronaut
Hall of Fame
in 1990.

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John Glenn is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S. 
senator. He was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American
in space.

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DION DIMUCCI IS 73 TODAY

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Dion with his first Gibson guitar

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Dion joined the Belmonts as their lead singer in late 1957. He is best remembered
for the 1961 singles "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer". Dion was elected to
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. In 2000, Dion and The Belmonts were 
inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

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Dion and The Belmonts were part of the 1959 “Winter Dance Party” tour


American Bandstand, November, 1959



April, 1958

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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1937

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Columbia Workshop was a experimental radio drama series that aired on CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System, from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946-47. The series
was the idea of former radio engineer Irving Reis (above). Before the programs debut,
Reis had directed several radio dramas. 

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DONALD SOUTHERLAND IS 78 TODAY

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Donald Sutherland with son Kiefer

Donald Sutherland


1983

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