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CARTOON DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1918

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        Robert LeRoy Ripley (December 25, 1890 – May 27, 1949)

Ripley first called his cartoon feature, originally involving sports feats, Champs
and Chumps
, premiering in the New York Globe. He soon began adding items
unrelated to sports, and in October 1919, he changed the title to Believe It or
Not
.

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Feb. 1937

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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MIKE LOOKINLAND IS 53 TODAY

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Michael Paul "Mike" Lookinland

Mike is best known for playing the role of Bobby Brady on the ABC TV
series, The Brady Bunch from 1969-1974. He was a commercial actor
who had done around 30 commercials before being cast in the show.

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PANEL SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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To Tell the Truth was created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson- 
Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 on both 
CBS and NBC
networks and in syndication. The last show of the original
run aired on December 14, 2001. 



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KEITH RICHARDS TURNED 70 TODAY

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English musician Keith Richards is a guitarist and founding member
of the
rock band  The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine credited
Richards for "rock’s greatest single body of riffs" on guitar and ranked
him 10 on its list of 100 best guitarists.

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