Archive for February, 2013

FIRST BIG HIT ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Frankie Avalon scored his first Top 10 smash hit when "Dede
Dinah" reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. February 14, 1959


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Frankie is 73 (September 18, 1939)

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COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY 1N 1894

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                             Jack Benny
(Benjamin Kubelsky)

                       (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

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Jack Benny Show skit with Mel Blanc

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Benny had been a vaudeville performer before becoming
a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly
radio show that ran from 1932 to
1948 on NBC and from
1949 to 1955 on
CBS.

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THE STATE OF OREGON IS 154 TODAY!

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State Flag

The Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and became the 33rd state on this
day in 1859. 


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                       Seal of the Oregon Territory

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Mount Hood, the highest point in the state at 11,249 feet

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Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast

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Crater Lake National Park is the fifth oldest national park in the U.S.and the
only one in the state of
Oregon

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                            State Seal of Oregon

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HOLIDAY GREETING ~

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THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY

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