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LAST ALAN FREED MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1959

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‘Moondog’ Alan Freed

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FAMOUS SPEECH DELIVERED ON THIS DATE IN 1951

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) made
his last official appearance in a farewell address to the U.S. Congress on April
19, 1951. The address was interrupted by fifty ovations and is considered to
be one of the most impressive and divisive oratorical performances of recent  
times.

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JAYNE MANSFIELD ~ BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1933

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Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was a actress working both 
on Broadway and in Hollywood. She was one of the leading blonde sex symbols
of the 1950s. While Mansfield’s film career was short-lived, she had several box 
office successes. She won the Theater World Award, a Golden Globe and a  
Golden Laurel. Jayne was only 34 when she died in an automobile accident.

                                

 

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HUGH HEFNER IS 85 TODAY

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Hugh Marston Hefner is a magazine publisher, founder and chief creative
officer of Playboy Enterprises.

PLAYBOY FIRST ISSUE

First issue of Playboy, December 1953

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THE #1 SONG ON THIS DATE IN 1972

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This was the groups first and most successful single and was
certified "gold" by the Recording Industry Association of America.

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