Archive for June, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Tim Maguire

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NAVY OFFICER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1890

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    Oscar Charles Badger II (June 26, 1890 – November 30, 1958)

Badger was a Navy officer who served in both world wars and earned
the Medal of Honor after the Battle of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914. He
was born in Washington, D.C., his father Charles J. Badger (below) 
was also an admiral.

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Charles J. Badger

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Gary U.S. Bonds (Gary Levone Anderson)

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"Quarter to Three" appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

 

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Gary U.S. Bonds became 74 on June 6

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TV SHOW MEMORABILIA UP FOR AUCTION

RENO, Nev. (AP) – Several pieces of memorabilia from the long-running TV
series "Bonanza" are going up for auction in Nevada, including the branding
iron used in the opening credits.

The family of "Bonanza" star Lorne Greene is selling a number of the deceased
actor’s personal items and much of his memorabilia from the hit Western show
at an auction Saturday in Reno. The sale was arranged by Greene’s son who
lives at Lake Tahoe.

The actor died in 1987. From 1959 to 1973, he played Ben Cartwright, the
patriarch of the family whose sprawling Ponderosa Ranch was set in the high
Sierra between Tahoe and Virginia City.

Auction items include the branding iron that fans of the show will remember
from each week’s opening credits burning up the Old West-style map of the
ranch and surrounding frontier.

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Lorne (Lyon Himan) Greene (Jan.12, 1915 – Sep.11, 1987)

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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"Paperback Writer" was the last new song by the Beatles to
be featured on their final tour which kicked off in Munich,
Germany in 1966, and was the group’s only U.S. number one
released that year.

 

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