Archive for October, 2014

CORNERSTONE LAID ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Wallace K. Harrison, Chief Architect, 
seal the cornerstone for the present U.N. Headquarters building.

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Special open-air General Assembly meeting held on the site of the U.N
Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York. President Harry S.
Truman was the principal speaker.

 


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TODAY IN HISTORY

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                                                                    Carlotta Bradley

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) 
(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

DJ, singer, and songwriter Richardson died in a plane crash in
Iowa, along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and pilot Roger
Peterson
.

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A GREAT QUOTATION FROM JACK PAAR!

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Former Tonight Show host Jack Paar

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VIDEOTAPE RECORDING ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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Original air date on NBC television: October 2, 1956 to June 25, 1957

The first example of a videotape recording was broadcast by NBC television
when The Jonathan Winters Show was seen coast to coast on Tuesday,
October 23, 1956.

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Maude Frickert was perhaps Winters most famous character

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