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Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. will be 74 November 22.

 

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CINDY WILLIAMS IS 69 TODAY

 


Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams was born in Van
Nuys, Los Angeles,California.

Cindy Williams starred as Shirley Feeney on the ABC-TV
series Laverne and Shirley from 1976 to 1983. She also
portrayed Laurie Henderson in the hit 1973 coming of age
film American Graffiti. She debuted as an actress through
a variety of commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and 
and made her big screen debut in the 1970 Roger Corman
movie Gas-s-s-s. Williams co-produced the 1990s Steve
Martin
comedies Father of the Bride and Father of the
Bride Part II.


Cindy Williams in American Graffiti.

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THE CALCULATING MACHINE


 William Seward Burroughs I
(January 28, 1855 – September 15, 1898)

Burroughs was an inventor born in Rochester, New York 
who invented a "calculating machine" designed to ease
the monotony of clerical work. He was a founder of the
American Arithmometer Company (1886), which later
became the Burroughs Adding Machine Company
(1904), then the
Burroughs Corporation (1953)
and in 1986, merged with
Sperry Corporation to
form
Unisys.

 

burroughs factory post card 

  
           

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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

The Midnight Special is a late-night musical variety series that aired on
NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt
Sugarman
. It premiered as a special then began its run as a regular series
on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981.The 90-minute
program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson
.


John Denver was the first host of The Midnight Special.

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STARR DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation.

This was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know
them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.


Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) turned 76 July 7.

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