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JOHN SCHNEIDER IS 55 TODAY

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John Richard Schneider was born in Mount Kisco, New York.

Country musician and actor John Schneider appeared as Bo Duke on the
CBS television show, The Dukes of Hazzard (1979 – 1985). He began
acting at age 8, starring in various plays in New York and entertaining
peers by putting on magic shows.

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SHOW AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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“Petula” received high ratings and critical acclaim. Clark later was the
hostess of two more specials, another one for NBC and one for ABC,
which served as a pilot for a projected weekly series.

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Petula Sally Olwen Clark became 82 in November

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THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY

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Ed Donahue

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THE FIRST 45 RPM RECORD RELEASED

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Texarkana Baby” by Eddy Arnold (above) was the world’s first commercially
released 45 RPM record in 1949. At first each genre of music had it’s own
color of vinyl, Popular releases on standard black, Country were on green,
Children’s records were on yellow, R&B and Gospel were released on
orange vinyl and Classical singles used red vinyl. Eventually, RCA
soon ended it’s colored vinyl lines due to the production cost.

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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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This Is Your FBI
was a radio crime drama which aired in the on ABC from April 6,
1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover
gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program on the air".

Stacy Harris played the lead role of fictional Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in
the cast were William Conrad, Bea Benaderet and Jay C. Flippen.

This Is Your FBI was sponsored during its entire run by the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Company
). The narrator was Frank Lovejoy early in the show’s run, then
Dean Carlton. The long running series also starred legendary actress, Betty
White
.




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Frank Lovejoy


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Stacy Harris

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