Archive for the 'ELECTION' Category

TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is 63 today. Raitt has received nine
Grammy
Awards
during her career. She is listed at number 50 in the
Rolling Stone magazine list of 100 Greatest Singers. She is
also listed at number 89 in the Rolling Stone list of 100
Greatest Guitarists.

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ELECTION NIGHT PRESS COVERAGE IN 1932

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UP’s New York City bureau

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ELECTION DAY ~

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PAST ELECTION NIGHT TV COVERAGE

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The CBS newsroom on election night, 1952


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CBS election night coverage in 1964

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NBC news correspondents (left to right) John Chancellor, Frank
McGee and
Sander Vanocur with an election map showing the
territories they will cover on election night in 1962.

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ABC election coverage in 1984 with Peter Jennings (left) and
David
Brinkley

 



 

 


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A RECAP OF PAST WORLD NEWS

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Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is 81 today. Before fame, he 
was briefly enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of 
Chicago.

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