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GUITAR MAKER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1909

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                     Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender
 

                    (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) 

Leo was an inventor who founded Fender Electric Instrument
Manufacturing Company
, or "Fender" for short. In January 1965,
he sold the company to CBS and later founded two other musical
instrument companies, Music Man and G&L Musical Instruments.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Camille Bohannon

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SAM ELLIOTT IS 69 TODAY

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Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott

Elliott moved from California to Portland, Oregon with his family
during his teenage years, He graduated from David Douglas High
School
and attended Clark College in Vancouver, Washington,
where he completed a two-year program.

 

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Sam as The Stranger in The Big Lebowski (1998)

 

 

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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The single was released during the band’s high-profile performance
at Woodstock. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop
singles chart and number 3 on the Billboard soul singles chart in
autumn 1969. Rolling Stone ranked the song #247 on their list of
the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time",

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CONNIE STEVENS IS 75 TODAY

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    Connie Stevens (Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia)

Stevens is known for her role as Cricket Blake on the ABC -TV
series Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963).

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