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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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BROADCAST DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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BERG
Gertrude Berg (born Tillie Edelstein) played Molly 
Goldberg

The Goldbergs is a domestic comedy-drama featuring
the home life of a Jewish family living in the Bronx. The
program was devised by writer-actress Gertrude Berg
who also starred as the lovingly meddlesome matriarch
Molly Goldberg. The 15-minute program was broadcast
from 1929 to 1946, first on NBC, later moving to CBS in 
1936.

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EPIC FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Ben-Hur, a remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name, premiered at
Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. It was the fastest-grossing as well as
the highest grossing film of 1959 and also had the largest budget at $15.175
million with the largest sets built for any film produced at the time.

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Charlton Heston

 

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LINDA EVANS IS 72 TODAY

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Linda Evans (Born Linda Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut)

Evans gained notice for playing Audra Barkley in the ABC Western
television series, The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known
for the role of Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC prime time soap
opera
Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.

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October 23, 1982

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1980


Double Fantasy
, released by
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is the seventh
and
final studio album released by Lennon in his lifetime. The album is
notable for
its association with Lennon’s murder three weeks after its
release. It became a
worldwide commercial success, and went on to win
the
1981 Album of the Year.

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John Lennon at the studio mixing board

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