Archive for November 15th, 2012
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NO MORE TWINKIES?
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Hostess Brands, makers of Twinkies
and other snack foods, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this
week and is talking permanent closure. Hostess, who also makes Wonder Bread, has declined further comment on the matter. The company is headquartered in Irving, TX.
Twinkies were invented in Schiller Park, Illinois in 1930 by James Alexander Dewar, a
baker for the Continental Baking Company.
James Dewar, inventor of Twinkies, the "Golden Sponge
Cake with Creamy Filling".
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PETULA CLARK IS 80 NOW!
Petula Clark’s professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio
during World War ll. She has sold in excess of 68 million records during
her career.
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SPLASHDOWN ON THIS DAY IN 1966
Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a manned spaceflight
in NASA‘s Project Gemini. It was the 10th and final manned
Gemini flight,
Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell & Edwin Aldrin being greeted on board
the recovery ship USS Wasp after splashdown.
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