Archive for 2016

COLLEGE HAS 50TH COMMENCEMENT

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Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) in Gresham, Oregon has a student body
that mirrors the diverse group of people that make up the community. One of
those students who graduated today is this blogger’s granddaughter Mariah
Karm. Good look honey and may God bless your future endeavors.

             

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
(May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979)

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

The single “Maybe” by the Ink Spots went to #2
on the Pop Charts. The song is featured in the
popular Fallout video game (1997) as the opening
theme.

 

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PRODUCT DEVELOPED ON THIS DAY IN 1903

In 1902, Binney & Smith developed and introduced the Staonal marking crayon
and in 1903 Edwin Binney, working with his wife, Alice Stead Binney, made his
own product line of wax crayons which sold under the brand name "Crayola." The Crayola name was coined by Mrs.Binney, a former schoolteacher. It comes from
"craie", French for "chalk," and "ola" for "oleaginous", or "oily.

Black-and-white photographs of Crayola's founders Edwin Binney and his cousin, C. Harold Smith, c. 1900
From left: Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. 

 

 

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

The song "I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder peaked at number-
two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in July 1967. It was held out of the
top spot by "Light My Fire" by The Doors and spent four non-consecutive
weeks at number-one on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.

           


Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Judkins) turned 66 in May.

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