On April 1, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a
measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and
television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
Nixon, who was an avid pipe smoker, indulging in as
many as eight bowls a day, supported the legislation
at the increasing insistence of public health advocates.
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare,
a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the
bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry Truman was
enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first
Medicare card.
Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become
the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative
that was opposed at the time by Congress.
On July 15, 1988, Die Hard, an action film starring Bruce Willis as wisecracking New York City cop John McClane, opened in theaters
across the U.S. A huge box-office hit, the film established Willis
as a movie star and spawned three sequels. Die Hard also became Hollywood shorthand for describing the plot of other actions films,
as in “Speed is Die Hard on a bus.”
Walter Bruce Willis turned 67 in March.
On March 30, 2022, Willis’s family announced that
he was retiring as he had been diagnosed with
aphasia, a disorder caused by damage to the area
of the brain that controls language expression and
comprehension.
]Diet Rite is a brand of no-calorie soft drinks that was originally distributed by the RC Cola company..
Diet Rite was introduced in 1958 and initially released as a dietetic product, but was introduced nationwide and marketed to the
general public as a healthful beverage in 1962.
(Fox News) – Tony Bennett has canceled his fall and winter 2021 tour
dates and retired from touring as per doctors’ orders.
The legendary crooner, 95, is pulling out of concerts in New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Arizona, Oklahoma and Canada.
