Sportscaster Bill Schonely was the play-by-play announcer tor the
Portland Trail Blazers basketball team for almost three decades. He
began with the teams launch in 1970 and his final year behind the mike
was in 1998.
In 2002, Schonely was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame for Broadcasting. In 2012, he was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award
from the Basketball Hall of Fame. The voice of the Trail Blazers turned
86 on Monday June 1st.
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” is one of the group’s most popular and recognizable songs
that has been featured in films and covered by numerous performers, notably
Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and Johnny Winter.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Jumpin’ Jack Flash" at number 2 in its list of
the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In 2004, Rolling Stone rated the song 124th on
its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. VH1 placed it at 65 on its show 100 Greatest Rock Songs.
Stones guitarist Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is 68 today.
Archie Andrews began on the NBC Blue Network and switched to Mutual in 1944,
and then continued on NBC radio from 1945 until September 5, 1953. The show’s original announcer was Kenneth Banghart. Archie was first played by Charles Mullen (1943-1944).
From left: Harlan Stone as Jughead, Bob Hastings as Archie, and
Gloria Mann as Veronica.
From left: Howard Taft, President Warren G. Harding, and Robert Lincoln
The Lincoln Memorial is a national monument built to honor the 16th President of
the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National
Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument.
William H. Taft – who was then Chief Justice of the United States – dedicated the
Memorial and presented it to President Warren G. Harding, who accepted it on
behalf of the American people. Lincoln’s only surviving son, 78-year-old Robert
Todd Lincoln, was in attendance.
Today, approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually.
The musical film On with the Show! was released by Warner Bros. It is noted as
the first ever all-talking, all-color feature length movie, and the second color
movie released by Warner Bros. Unfortunately, only black and white copies
survived.
