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FAMOUS AUTHOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904

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Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Seuss Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts
(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)

Author and cartoonist Theodor Geisel wrote forty-six immortal children’s books
under the pen name of Dr. Seuss. His most notable works include The Cat in
the Hat
(1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), and Green Eggs and
Ham (1960).

In his early adulthood, he attended Dartmouth college, where he became the
editor-in-chief of the school’s humor magazine, the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern.

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NEWSMAKERS ON THIS DAY

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John Joseph Travolta is 61 years old today.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1947

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Family Theater is a dramatic anthology radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. The
show was produced by Family Theater Productions, a film and radio studio 
extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by the Holy Cross Priest,
Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, as a way to promote family prayer. The program
featured not only religious stories but half-hour adaptations of literary works
such as A Tale of Two Cities
,Moby-Dick and Don Quixote. The program had
no commercial sponsor.

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Jimmy Stewart with Don Ameche and Loretta Young for Family
Theatre Radio program.


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Father Peyton (right) with Gregory Peck

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NEWSMAKERS ON THIS DAY

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IT WAS IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Troyal Garth Brooks is 53 years old today.

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