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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1898

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Irene Dunne, at about two years old.

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Irene Marie Dunn, born in Louisville, Kentucky 
    (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990)

Irene Dunne was a film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early
1950s. She was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best
Actress
, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild
(1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember
Mama
(1948). Dunne was named to the International Best Dressed
List
Hall of Fame in 1958. The actress played piano at an early age
and hoped to become an opera singer. 



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BARBARA STANWYCK FOR RC COLA IN 1948

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The beverage R C Cola was developed in 1905 by Claud A. Hatcher, a
pharmacist in Columbus, Georgia.

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B.F.’s Daughter is a 1948 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It is
adapted from
John P. Marquand‘s 1946 novel of the same name. In the
United Kingdom the film’s title was changed to Polly Fulton, since "B.F."
is a euphemism in England for "bloody fool."

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GET THE WIFE A NEW AUTOMATIC WASHER

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AVAILABLE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING

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The comic strip Dick Tracy made its debut in the Detroit Mirror on
Sunday, October 4, 1931 as Plainclothes Tracy. It was created by
Chester Gould who wrote and drew the popular strip until 1977.

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Cartoonist Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985)

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GREETINGS FROM COL. SANDERS AND KFC

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