Archive for February, 2013

NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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ZSA ZSA GABOR TURNED 96 TODAY

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Zsa Zsa Gabor with Larry King

In 2002, the Hungarianborn supporting actress was a passenger in an auto
crash in Los Angeles, from which she became partially paralyzed and reliant
on a wheelchair for mobility.

Gabor survived strokes in 2005 and 2007 and underwent numerous surgeries.In
2010, she fractured and had successful hip replacement surgery. In 2011, her 
right leg was amputated above the knee to save her life from an infection. She  
was hospitalized again in 2011 for various emergencies.

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Zsa Zsa and her husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt

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TEEN IDOL IS 70 TODAY!

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Fabian (Fabiano Anthony Forte) was a teen idol of the late
1950s and early 1960s. Eleven of his songs reached the
Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Fabian hosts the hit show The Original Stars of  Bandstand
at The Dick Clark Theater in
Branson, Missouri.The show
stars Fabian and
Bobby Vee and features The Chiffons,
Brian Hyland, Chris Montez and rare footage of the
performers and
Dick Clark.

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A DICK CLARK MEMORY FROM 1966

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Where The Action Is!, a music-based television variety show 
that was carried by the ABC network each weekday afternoon
from 1965 to1967. It was created by Dick Clark as a spin-off of
his American Bandstand.

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Dick Clark

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NUMBER-ONE AT THIS TIME IN 1973

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“Crocodile Rock” became Elton John’s first U.S. number-one single, staying at the top spot for three weeks. 

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Sir Elton Hercules John (
Reginald Kenneth Dwight) will
turn 66 on March 25.

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