From left: Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner). 

Lum and Abner was an NBC Blue network radio comedy program created by
Chester Lauck and Norris Goff (shown above). The popular show aired until
1954, having been heard originally on NBC as well as Mutual, CBS and the 
ABC network.

Steven Patrick "Steve" Byrnes (April 14, 1959 – April 21, 2015)

A NASCAR broadcaster whose career included stints with CBS, Fox Sports Net
and TNN is dead. Steve Byrnes died in the early hours of Tuesday as a result
of complications from cancer in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Steve Byrnes (left) with racing legend Dale Earnhardt

Sandy Kozel

Titanic in Cork harbour, 11 April 1912

 
The First Lady of Country, Loretta Lynn (née Webb) is 83 today.

Mike Gracia

Bob Hope

The Academy Awards ceremony made appeared on television for the first time 
with 34 million viewers in front of their TV sets. NBC-TV’s broadcast of the 25th 
Annual Academy Awards featured ceremonies held in both Hollywood and New 
York City. Bob Hope hosted the main festivities (above) held at RKO Pantages
Theater in Hollywood, while Conrad Nagel led a smaller ceremony at the NBC
International Theater in Manhattan.

The circus drama “The Greatest Show on Earth,” directed by 71-year-old 
cinema pioneer Cecil B. DeMille, won Best Picture over the heavily favored
“High Noon,” which featured Best Actor winner Gary Cooper.