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FIRST ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN IS 95 TODAY


John Herschel Glenn, Jr. was born in Cambridge, Ohio.

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ON THIS DAY IN U.S. NAVAL HISTORY

                       

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REMEMBER ‘’LONESOME GEORGE’’ ?


George Leslie Gobel (May 20, 1919 – February 24, 1991)

George Gobel initially pursued an entertainment career as a country
music
singer, appearing on the National Barn Dance on WLS radio,
and later on KMOX in St. Louis. Gobel enlisted in the U.S. Army Air
Forces
during World War II and served as a flight instructor in AT-9 
aircraft at Altus, Oklahoma and later in B-26 Marauder bombers
at Frederick,Oklahoma. After his discharge at the end of the war,
he switched from singing to comedy and soon began a comedy
show on NBC in 1954 that ran until 1960. It won him an Emmy
in 1955. 

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REVIEWING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Marvin Neil Simon is 89 today.
               

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RECAPPING NEWS FROM THE PAST

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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997)

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