Archive for July 16th, 2016

BELOVED NBA FIGURE HAS DIED AT 74


Known to his many fans as "Nate the Great". 


Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (July 25, 1941 – July 16, 2016)

(FofNews) – NBA great Nate Thurmond died Saturday after a short battle
with leukemia. The seven-time All-Star center’s death came a month after
two of his former teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State
Warriors, met in the NBA Finals. Both franchises have retired Thurmond’s
number 42 jersey.

          

posted by Bob Karm in Basketball,CURRENT EVENTS,DEATH,HISTORY,New release,SPORTS,Sports cards and have No Comments

SONG RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

The song "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was their third top-ten hit of that year
following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Billboard Hot 100,HISTORY,MUSIC,Record recorded,THEN AND NOW and have No Comments

RECAPPING PAST NEWS HEADLINES

Today-In-History2

Ross-ap-3
ROSS SIMPSON

                    associated-press-news

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Atomic bomb,DEATH,HISTORY,President,Prison,Scandal,SPACE and have No Comments

BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

 


Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
Born in Independence, Missouri  (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

Ginger Rogers appeared as the dance partner of Fred Astaire in a number
of classic movie musicals such as Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and
The Gay Divorcee (1934). She originally wanted to become a school teacher
but, became involved with vaudeville and Broadway acts as a dancer and
an actor before moving to Hollywood.

posted by Bob Karm in Actress,BIRTHDAY,HISTORY,MAGAZINES,Movie clip,MOVIES,MUSIC and have No Comments