Archive for February 27th, 2016

NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1971

The Osmonds song first It hit the top of the chart on February 13,
1971 and stayed there for five weeks. It also reached number six
on the R&B chart. It was written by George Jackson, who originally
had the Jackson 5 in mind for the song.  "One Bad Apple" was also
used as the theme to The Osmonds cartoon show on ABC-TV.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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ROSS SIMPSON


Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

(February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011)

Elizabeth Taylor owned some of the biggest and most famous gems in the
world, including the thirty-three-carat Krupp Diamond (shown below).

Elizabeth taylor wedding ring 2016


1963

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JOANNE WOODWARD IS 86 TODAY

 


Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born in Georgia. 

Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying
three characters in the 1957 film Three Faces of Eve. She gained
further recognition after marrying movie star Paul Newman in 1958.

Before fame in her youth, Joanne Woodward won multiple beauty
pageants.


Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman were married until
Newman’s death in 2008 at age 83.

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