Archive for April 26th, 2018

TV STAR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1933

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Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.


Carol Burnett Hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS for a decade after
winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in various
genres. Her show is called one of the greatest TV shows of all time by
various outlets. Carol Burnett once worked as an usherette and hat-
check
girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing an
careers in acting.

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Carol Burnett as the hopeless klutz Agnes Grep in “Cavender Is
Coming” Season Three, Episode 101 of “The Twilight Zone”, 
Original Air Date: May 25, 1962.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST WORLD NEWS

today in history

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The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in
Kiev on this day in 1986. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.

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John Wilkes Booth was killed by the U.S. Federal Cavalry on this day 
in 1865.

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On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth (above) assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching the play ‘Our American Cousin’ at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.

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The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia 
on this day in 1607.
It was the first permanent English establishment
in the Western Hemisphere.

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On this day in 1937, German planes attacked Guernica, Spain, during
the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish nationalist government. This
raid is considered one of the first to be attacks on a civilian
population by a modern air force.

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Spanish Civil War: the Spanish town of Guernica, after the bombing
by German and Italian aircraft.

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The state of Vermont  enacted same-sex unions on this day in 2000.

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It was on this day in 1989.

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Lucille Désirée Ball Morton (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and
producer. She was best known as the star of the self-produced sitcoms
I Love Lucy
(1951-1967) on CBS, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960)
on CBS, The Lucy Show
(1962-1968) CBS, Here’s Lucy (1968-1974) CBS,
and Life with Lucy for only one season in 1986 on ABC.

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