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NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY!

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MUSIC CHART ENTRY ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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Nancy Sinatra’s "Sugar Town" was written by songwriter/producer
Lee Hazelwood and peaked at number- five on the Billboard Hot 100,
while reaching number- one on the Easy Listening chart in January
1967.

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Nancy Sandra Sinatra turned 72 in June

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THEY’VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1914!

TINKER TOY 1920
1920

Inspired by watching children play with pencils, sticks and empty spools of thread, Charles Pajeau and Robert Pettit of Evanston, Illinois created Tinker Toys in 1914. They were originally called the “Thousand Wonder Builder”
and sold for 60¢. Tinkertoys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of
Fame
at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 1998

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GAME SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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To Tell The Truth, a Goodson-Todman Production, premiered on CBS in
prime time as Nothing But The Truth, but the program title was changed,
To Tell The Truth, during the
following week and aired in various forms
until March 15, 2002.
 

Bud Collyer was the show’s first host with early regular panelists that
included
Johnny Carson, Polly Bergen, Jayne Meadows, Don Ameche,
Dick Van Dyke, and Ralph Bellamy. Collyer’s announcer on Beat the
Clock
, Bern Bennett, was the original announcer for To Tell The
Truth
in the 1950s.

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Bern Bennett


Christmas Eve, 1957

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COLLECT THEM ALL!

baseball cards
1953 Bowman Baseball Cards

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