Archive for September, 2013

SITCOM SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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The Patty Duke Show is a sitcom that ran on ABC television until  April 27, 
1966,  A total of 104 episodes were produced, most written by
Sidney
Sheldon
.

The dual role for Duke was a challenge for the special effects department,
considering that effects of that nature were rare for television in the early 1960s. especially for a sitcom.



          PATTY DUKE NOW
                  Anna Marie
"Patty" Duke is 66 (Dec. 14, 1946)

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MILITARY BRANCH FORMED ON THIS DAY IN 1947

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Initially part of the United States Army, the United States Air Force was formed as a 
separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security
Act of 1947
. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed,
 

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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sandy kozel 3
Sandy Kozel

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THE MAGIC BEGAN ON THIS IN 1965

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I Dream of Jeannie is a sitcom/fantasy series, produced by Screen 
Gems, the show originally aired from September 18, 1965 to May 
26, 1970. The first season of the show consisted of 30 episodes
filmed in black and white.

Barbara-Eden now
Barbara Eden became 82 in August

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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1851

first newyork times
Reprint of the first issue of the times 


The New York Times
is a daily newspaper, founded by journalist and politician 
Henry J. Raymond, then a Whig and later second chairman of the Republican 
National Committee, and former banker George Jones. It has won 112 Pulitzer
Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website is one of America’s
most popular news sites – and most popular among all the nation’s newspapers, 
receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month. 

The paper’s print version remains the largest local metropolitan newspaper in 
the United States and third-largest newspaper overall, behind The Wall Street 
Journal
and USA Today.

hj raymond
Henry Jarvis Raymond

first Times building

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