Archive for July, 2012

COIN RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1979

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Women’s
suffrage
campaigner Susan B. Anthony

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While a large quantity were produced in 1979, the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin
failed to circulate well (despite the slogan "Carry three for Susan B.") and a minimal
number were produced in 1980. Public reaction to the coin was primarily negative,
with complaints that it was smaller than previous dollar coins and was also too easily
confused with the Washington quarter. Its unpopularity was compared to the greatly
disliked 20¢ piece from 1875, which was also easily confused with the quarter.

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OLIVIA de HAVILLAND IS 96 TODAY

 olivia de havilland gone w the wind

olivia d today

Olivia Mary de Havilland was one of the foremost leading ladies of
Hollywood’s Golden Age. She began her career as a contract star for
Warner Bros. Pictures in 1935.

 

olivia and bush

On November 17, 2008 Olivia de Havilland received the National
Medal for the Arts from President George W. Bush.

olivia-de-havilland-lux-soap

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‘STAR TREK’ TV PROP SOLD AT AUCTION

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prop vehicle

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A prop vehicle that was used in the original "Star Trek" TV
series in the late 1960s and acquired by an Ohio collector has sold at auction for
just over $70,000 after a last-minute bidding war.

The Repository in Canton reports an Akron-area collector had been storing the
partially restored 24-foot-long Galileo shuttlecraft for several years before putting
it up for auction online.

Auctioneer Brooks Ames says the selling price soared during the final 90 seconds
of the auction on Thursday as three late bidders fought to claim the structure used
as the shuttlecraft of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Ames says he believes the buyer plans to restore the fake shuttlecraft and possibly display it in a museum.

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William Shatner (L) and Leonard Nimoy (R) on the Star Trek set with the
Galileo shuttlecraft

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TODAY IN HISTORY

ap teletype

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JAMIE FARR IS NOW 78!

JAMIE FARR BABY

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah in Toledo, Ohio. He is best
known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal, later
Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H
from 1972 to 1983..

jamie farr in blackboard jungle

One of Farr’s first film roles (far left) was in 1955, in Blackboard Jungle,
billed as Jameel Farah.

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