Archive for December, 2013

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER IS 84 TODAY

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer

In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in
each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to movie
audiences a Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the 1965 musical
film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews

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    Plummer in The Sound of Music

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Sandy Kozel

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Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke is 88 today

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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This was Bobby Vinton’s fourth Billboard number-one hit

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Bobby Vinton is 78 (4-16-35)

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THE FIRST MOTEL IN THE WORLD

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The motel as it looks today

Created in 1925 by Pasedena-based architect and developer Arthur Heineman, the 
Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel) is located
in San Luis Obispo, California. It had little garages right next to several dozen
bungalows that rented for $1.25 a night.

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ICONIC SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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   Francis Albert
"Frank" Sinatra  (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)

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