Linda Denise Blair is best known for her role of a possessed
child in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, for which she was
nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes,
winning one. Prior to fame, Linda was a child model from
the age of six.
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LINDA BLAIR IS 54 TODAY!
THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY!
RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959
One of several songs recorded during Buddy Holly’s last
time in the recording studio prior to going on the road with
the Winter Dance Party the next day. The single was not
released until 1969, a decade after his tragic death in a
plane crash on February 3, 1959.
BIBLE USED FOR ANOTHER INAUGURATION!
Lincoln’s inauguration Bible
With his hand on the Bible from Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, held by his wife, Michelle, Barack Obama takes the oath of office for his first term as President in 2009.
President Obama took his second term oath of office with his hand on two Bibles:one once owned by Abraham Lincoln and a bible that had been used
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Lincoln Bible is the bible originally used by President Abraham Lincoln at his
1861 presidential inauguration. The Lincoln family donated the bible to the Library
of Congress, which includes it in their collection. Barack Obama chose to use the
Lincoln Bible at his 2009 presidential inauguration and his second term inauguration
which took place today.
The Bible is an Oxford University Press edition of the King James Bible, published in 1853, it has 1280 pages, and measures approximately 6 inches long by 4 inches wide, and 1.75 inches thick, and is bound in burgundy red velvet with gilt edges.The back flyleaf of the bible bears the seal of the Supreme Court of the United States along
with a record of the 1861 inauguration.
The back flyleaf of the Lincoln Inauguration Bible
Abraham Lincoln takes the oath of office as the 16th president of the United
RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1946
The Fat Man character, Brad Runyan, was played by Jack Scott Smart
The Fat Man, was a popular detective drama radio show based on characters
by Dashiell Hammett. The series starred J. Scott Smart an accomplished actor
of stage, screen, and radio as well as a musician and music historian.The show premiered on the ABC Radio Network on Monday, January 21, 1946 and ran
until 1951. It was produced by E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg, directed by Clark
Andrews, and Charles Powers. Rosenberg was also the creator of Big Town.
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