Archive for February, 2013

NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

ap teletype

Hank-Aaron now

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer," or "Hammerin’ Hank," is
79 today. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all
time.

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McDONALD’S EARLY DAYS ~

early mcdonalds store 1950s
1950s

original ronald clown mcdonalds
Original McDonalds Ronald Clown, 1963

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CLASSIC FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

peter pan poster

Peter Pan produced by Walt Disney is the 14th film in the Walt Disney
Animated
Classics series
and was originally released by RKO Pictures,
the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt
Disney’s founding of his own distribution company,
Buena Vista
Distribution
.

peter-pan-blu-ray1

New to Blu-Ray and DVD today

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ROCK BANDS LEAD SINGER HAS DIED AT 71!

TROGGS ALBUM

Reg-Presley-of-the-Troggs

Reg Presley (
Reginald Maurice Ball) (June 12, 1941-February 4, 2013)

Presley had been diagnosed with lung cancer in December of 2011 and retired
from the music industry.

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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1936

mrs. wiggs cabbage patch

Mrs. Wiggs of The Cabbage Patch was radio soap that aired
originally on CBS and ended on the NBC network in Dec. 30,
1938. It starred Betty Garde in the leading role of a woman
living in a shantytown known as Cabbage Patch. The series
was based on the novel by Alice Rice.

betty_garde radio
Betty Garde

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