Archive for the 'Bombing' Category

Jan

RECAPPING NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY

Ross Simpson

Oprah Gail Winfrey is 61 years old today

Oprah Winfrey was crowned Miss Black Tennessee while in college and began
co-anchoring the evening news on a local radio station when she was nineteen.

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Jan

RECAPING THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

Sandy Kozel

The sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In ran for 140 episodes
from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. In
2002, Laugh-In was ranked #42 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All
Time.

1970

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Jan

IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

Sandy Kozel

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

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Dec

IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

Ross Simpson

Steven Allan Spielberg is 68 years old today

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Dec

AVIATION PIONEER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1896

General/Doctor James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle USAF
(December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993)

Gen. James H. Doolittle led the first air raid on Japan during
World War II and earned the Medal of Honor for his valor and
leadership as commander of the mission which took place on
April of 1942, while he was a lieutenant colonel.