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Tim Maguire


William Henry "Bill" Gates III is 60 today.

It’s been said that Gates hacked into his high school’s computer system to
make sure there would be more girls in his classes than boys.



Julia Fiona Roberts is 48 today.

Roberts reportedly wanted to be a veterinarian, but
she ended up signing with Click Modeling Agency
in New York.

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THE TELEVISION SET OF THE FUTURE!

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SOUND SATISFACTION ON THIS DAY IN 1965

 


In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
worked out the opening guitar riff of "Satisfaction", following the purchase 
of a Gibson fuzz-box (similar to below) by Richards earlier that day.


Maestro Fuzz-Tone – Originally built in 1962 or 1963

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Sandy Kozel

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  Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)    
             

 

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ONE COMPACT PACKAGE FROM SONY

SONY1970
1970

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