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LOOKING BACK WHEN RADIO WAS RADIO

CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Classic Suspense Radio | 12 Hour OTR Marathon

Suspense – The Hitchhiker | Cryptic Escape

Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from
1940 through 1962

One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio,
it was subtitled "radio’s outstanding theater of thrills" and focused
on
suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading
Hollywood actors of the era.

Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run,
and more than 900 still exist.

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Suspense (radio drama) - Wikipedia
Lurene Tuttle (left) and Rosalind Russell.

old time radio | Nitrate Diva

DIY Old-Time Radio

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A NEWS EVENT ON THIS DAY IN 2001

CC, first cloned cat

The world’s first cloned cat—CC, or Copy Cat—was born in
a biomedical lab at
Texas A&M University. CC, who lived for
18 years, had all the physical attributes and indifference
toward humanity of any other kitty. Her birth kickstarted
a global pet-cloning industry.
  

    

CC, the first cloned cat
 CC with her surrogate mom, Allie.

Rainbow, genetic donor cat
Rainbow, the genetic donor cat.

CC, first cloned cat
Photo of C.C. taken in 2008.

On March 3, 2020, CC died at 18 years old in College Station, Texas.

CC's kittens
CC went on to have her own kittens, who were healthy and genetically unique.

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‘’HEEL’’ ATTEMPTED TO DETONATE BOMBS

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The "shoe bomber," British terrorist Richard Reid (above),
attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes on
American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December
22, 2001, but passengers and crew subdued him, leading to
his arrest and a life sentence. 

The event that prompted worldwide airport security changes
like mandatory shoe removal.

   
    

        
        
        
        
       
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The shoes Reid tried to detonate during the flight.

TIME Magazine Cover: The Inside Story of the Shoe Bomber - Feb. 25, 2002 -  Al-Qaeda - Terrorism

Removing shoes to board a plane may be ...

No need to take off your shoes. TSA has a new screening policy already in  effect at some airports - Los Angeles Times

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‘’OLD BLOOD AND GUTS’’ DIED ON THIS DAY

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George Smith Patton Jr
(11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945)

     

          
  General
George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. 3rd Army,
died from injuries suffered in a car accident not in battle. He
was 60 years old.   
         
        
          
          
 

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THE KING MET THE PRESIDENT ON THIS DAY

President Richard Nixon met Elvis Presley in the Oval Office
on December 21, 1970, a famously strange meeting initiated
by Elvis, who wanted to offer his services in the war on drugs
and asked Nixon for a federal narcotics badge, which Nixon
granted, giving the world one of the most requested photos
in U.S. National Archives history.


Elvis showing off his cuff links to the president.


Elvis presented Nixon with signed photographs of his family.

           

 

                             Elvis Met Nixon 50 Years Ago Today in One of the Weirdest White House  Meetings in History - Washingtonian

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