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Joseph Paul
"Joe" DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio)
(November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999)


Joe DiMaggio’s retirement announcement in 1951.

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RING BACK IN FRANCE AFTER 600 YEARS

(NEWSER) – A ring said to have belonged to Joan of Arc is back in the medieval peasant-turned-warrior’s native France nearly 600 years after she was burned
at the stake. The ring, which had been in England since the 15th century, sold
at auction for more than $400,000 (about 30 times its estimated worth). It was 
purchased by the du Fou foundation, which runs a historical theme park in
western France. The BBC reported the ring arrived home on Friday.


The golden statue of Saint Joan of Arc on the Rue de Rivoli 
in Paris, France.


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FIRST RADIO SERIAL ON THIS DAY IN 1933


Himan Brown (far right) directing the first episode of “Marie, The
Little French Princess”.

CBS radio debuted "Marie, The Little French Princess." It was the first daytime
radio serial or soap. The 15-minute program aired for two years.

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Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999)

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FORMER FIRST LADY HAS DIED AT 94


President Ronald Reagan and the First Lady, Nancy Reagan.


Nancy Davis Reagan
(born Anne Frances Robbins)
(July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016)

(FoxNews) – Nancy Reagan, the widow of President Ronald Reagan and
passionately devoted keeper of his flame, died Sunday from congestive
heart failure
at her home in Bel-Air.

Reagan, whose husband died in 2004, had appeared frail after suffering
several falls in recent years. In May 2012 it was disclosed she had broken
several ribs in a fall at her Los Angeles home six weeks earlier.

Although she initially worked as an actress, the former first lady was, first
and foremost, Mrs. Ronald Reagan.



Nancy at President Reagan’s Funeral in 2004.

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