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THE ICONIC KIT-CAT CLOCK

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The Kit-Cat Clock is a novelty style kitchen wall clock that first appeared during
the 1930s. The first clock was made in 1932 by the Allied Clock Company in
Portland, Oregon which moved to Seattle, Washington and then to southern
California in 1962. The name was changed to California Clock Company.  The manufacturer estimates that the clock has been sold at an average rate of one
every three minutes for the last 50 years.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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The single was released during the band’s high-profile performance
at Woodstock. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop
singles chart and number 3 on the Billboard soul singles chart in
autumn 1969. Rolling Stone ranked the song #247 on their list of
the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time",

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AMERICAN BANDSTAND ON THIS DAY IN 1960

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Chubby Checker performs “The Twist” for the first time on American
Bandstand

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Chubby Checker
(Ernest Evans) will be 72 in October

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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SPEED RECORD BROKEN ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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William Herz became the first person to race a motorcycle over 200 miles
per hour. He was clocked at 210 mph at the Bonneville Speedway, an area
of the
Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, 

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