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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Gertrude Berg


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Cast of The Goldbergs

The Rise of the Goldbergs began on the NBC radio network as a weekly
15-minute comedy-drama on Wednesday November 20, 1929, going daily
in 1931. The series moved to CBS radio in 1936 with the title shortened to
The Goldbergs and ran until 1946. The program was devised by writer-
actress Gertrude Berg.

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Bud Collyer
Announcer of the show was Clayton “Bud” Collyer

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EPIC FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Charlton Heston

Ben-Hur premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. The epic film
went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a
record equaled only by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King
in 2003.

 

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ACTRESS LINDA EVANS IS 69 TODAY

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Linda Evans is known primarily for her roles on television such as Audra
Barkley in the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965–1969),
and Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC prime time TV  soap opera
Dynasty. She played the role from 1981 to 1989.

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO TURNED 37 TODAY

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DiCaprio, Leonardo

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is a actor and film producer. He has received many
awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Academy Awards,
Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. DiCaprio began his career appearing in TV commercials and soon landed roles in shows
such as the ABC sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut
in the sci-fi/horror comedy Critters 3 (1991). DiCaprio’s first major role was in This
Boy’s Life
(1993).

 

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1993

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1997

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J-Edgar-Movie

Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, in
Clint Eastwood’s current biopic J. Edgar.

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SHOW CAUSED TERROR ON THIS DAY IN 1938

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Welles in War of the Worlds

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October 30, 1988, 50th anniversary documentary on the
radio show

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A tripod

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