Archive for May 5th, 2015

ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

POWERYNG

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Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

From 1930s to the 1950s Power appeared in dozens of films, often in
swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include
The Mark of Zorro (1940), Blood and Sand (1941), and The Black
Swan
(1942). Power died from a heart attack at the age of 44.

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1950

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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FROM PDX RETRO ~

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Cinco de Mayo
(Spanish for "fifth of May") is observed to commemorate
the
Mexican army‘s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla 
on May 5, 1862.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST

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Camille Bohannon

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RECORD RECORDED ON THIS AY IN 1962

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This Chris Montez song went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Chris Montez (Ezekiel Christopher Montanez) turned 72 in January.

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