Archive for September 26th, 2012
TODAY IN HISTORY
The first televised presidential debate took place in Chicago on September 26,
1960. Vice President Richard Nixon, recovering from the flu, looked pale and
sweaty. His Democratic opponent, Senator John F. Kennedy, had just come
from campaigning in California and looked tanned and vital.
Listeners to the radio broadcast thought Nixon won the debate, but television
viewers gave the win to Kennedy.
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A GREAT SINGER TURNED 64 TODAY!
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in “Grease” (1978)
Olivia Newton-John is a four-time Grammy award winner who has had
five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No.
1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles, have been certified
gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats
including pop, country and adult contemporary and has sold an
estimated over 100 million albums worldwide.
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