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17
May
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS
ROSS SIMPSON
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17
May
RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1963
The song "Surf City" was written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry and recorded
by the popular duo Jan and Dean. It was the first surf song to become a #1
hit on national record charts, remaining at the top of Billboard Hot 100 for two
weeks.
16
May
RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS
MIKE GRACIA
Henry Fonda Lt. jg U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II.
Fonda was already a movie star when he enlisted in the U.S.
Navy saying, ‘I don’t want to be in a fake war in a studio.’ He
served as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS
Satterlee. He was later commissioned as a Lieutenant jg in
Air Combat Intelligence in the Pacific and was awarded the
Bronze Star.
Fonda in 1981 with his Best Actor Oscar for "On Golden Pond”.
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982)
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