Arnold Daniel Palmer is a professional golfer, generally regarded as one of the
greatest players in the history of men’s professional golf. He has won numerous
events on both the PGA and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. He is one of
golf’s most popular stars and its most important trailblazer of the sport’s television
age, which began in the 1950s. He is part of "The Big Three" in golf, along with
Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, who are widely credited with popularizing the
sport around the world. Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement
Award in 1998, and in 1974 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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GOLF KING HAS TURNED 82 TODAY
NUMBER ONE SONG BY THE SUPREMES IN 1966
"You Can’t Hurry Love" by The Supremes was honored by inclusion
in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s permanent collection of 500
Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
RAQUEL WELCH IS 71 TODAY
In 1974, actress Raquel Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture
Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers. She was also
nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV drama Right
to Die (1987).
MITZI GAYNO IS 80 TODAY
Mitzi Gaynor well known actress, singer and dancer. Her biggest screen role
role was that of Ensign Nellie Forbush in Rogers and Hammerstein’s South
Pacific (1958), one of the most successful musicals of all time. She was
was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best actress.
NETWORK RUN ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1967
What’s My Line? was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for the
CBS television network. The original series, which was usually broadcast live,
debuted on Thursday February 2, 1950 (above) at 8:00 p.m. ET. After airing
alternate Wednesdays, then alternate Thursdays, finally on October 1, 1950
it had settled into its weekly Sunday 10:30 p.m. ET slot where it would remain
until the end of its network run on September 3, 1967.
That final telecast was the 876th and was highlighted by clips from past shows,
a visit by the show’s first contestants, and the final "mystery guest," who was
John Daly himself (below). What’s My Line? won three Emmy Awards for "Best
Quiz or Audience Participation Show," in 1952, 1953 and 1958 and a Golden
Globe for Best TV Show in 1962. After its cancellation by CBS in 1967, the
show returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until
1975.
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