Archive for January, 2015

SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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Indictment
was a courtroom CBS radio drama that aired through 1959. The 
series was based on the actual case files of former New York City assistant
District Attorney Eleazar Lipsky. The show starred Nat Polen as Assistant
District Attorney Edward McCormick.

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Nat Polen

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RECAPPING NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY

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Ross Simpson

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Oprah Gail Winfrey is 61 years old today

Oprah Winfrey was crowned Miss Black Tennessee while in college and began 
co-anchoring the evening news on a local radio station when she was nineteen.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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"I Fought the Law" was written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and
became a top-ten hit for The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966. It made
No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of
All Time
in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500
"Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

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SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1973

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Original run on CBS television from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980

 

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RECAPPING THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Sandy Kozel

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The space shuttle Challenger crew: Back row (L-R) Ellison S. Onizuka,
Sharon Crista McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. Front row (L-R)
Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair.

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