Archive for February 12th, 2015

THE HOME MICROCOMPUTER IN 1977

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posted by Bob Karm in Computer,DEBUT,Electronics,HISTORY,MAGAZINES and have No Comments

NEWSMAKERS ON THIS DAY

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Mike Gracia

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      Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Lincoln was largely self-taught, gaining much of his education from 
reading such books as the King James Bible, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s
Progress, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, Aesop’s Fables, and the 
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Lincoln once said, characteristically, “I am sorry for the man who
can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s back.”

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SERIAL DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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The serial came to WOR radio as a syndicated show and went to Mutual on
August 31, 1942, airing until March 1, 1951 on ABC.

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From left: Jackson Beck (announcer), Joan Alexander
(Lois Lane) and Bud Collyer (Superman) on the air.


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Bud Collyer

posted by Bob Karm in Action/Adventure,ANNIVERSARY,CLASSIC ADS,COMIC'S,DEBUT,HISTORY,RADIO,SPACE and have No Comments