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NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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PAULA PRENTISS IS 75 TODAY

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Paula starred with husband Dick Benjamin in the CBS sitcom
’He and She’ (1967-1968). She is also known for her roles in
’Where the Boys Are’ (1960), and ‘The Stepford Wives’ (1975).

 

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MAGAZINE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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The magazine People was originally called People Weekly and was, apart 
from its cover, printed in black-and-white. It is published by Time Inc. The
magazine maintains a single editorial bureau in Los Angeles and has a 
readership of 46.6 million adults.

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SINGER BOBBY ROGERS, DEAD AT 73

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      Bobby Rogers
(February 19, 1940 – March 3, 2013)

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown
group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson,
died Sunday morning at his suburban Detroit home.

Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers had been ill for
several years.

Rogers formed the group in 1956 with cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore,
Ronnie White and Robinson. Their hits included "Shop Around," ”You’ve
Really Got a Hold on Me," ”The Tracks of My Tears," ”Going to a Go-Go,"
”I Second That Emotion" and "The Tears of a Clown."

Rogers and The Miracles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 2012. He was too ill to attend the ceremony.

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The Miracles

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THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE IS 98 TODAY!

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The outbreak of World War I in 1914 proved that a modern war at sea required 
a federal naval reserve force. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his 
assistant, a young
Franklin D. Roosevelt, launched a campaign in Congress to
appropriate funding for just such a force. The men’s efforts brought passage of
legislation on March 3, 1915 which created the
Naval Reserve Force.

As of September 2012, the Reserve consists of 108,718 officers and enlisted
personnel who serve in every state and territory as well as overseas.

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Josephus Daniels

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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