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Jul
PORTLAND’S PAST
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16
Jul
POPCORN MAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN
Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995)
After graduation from Purdue University, he started a very successful
fertilizer company, devoting his free time to improving popcorn.
Redenbacher was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his condominium in
Coronado, California. Authorities determined he had suffered a heart
attack and drowned. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at
sea.
16
Jul
TODAY IN HISTORY
Ross Simpson
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16
Jul
RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959
"Poison Ivy" went to #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart. It was their third top-ten hit of that year following
"Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones."
Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) from Batman,
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