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LOOKING BACK ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Burt Bacharach is 84 today

"Magic Moments" (1957) with music by Burt Bacharach and
lyrics by Hal David
, one of the first compositions by the duo.

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Perry Como

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AIRSHIP DISASTER 75 YEARS AGO TODAY!

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May 7, 1937

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The Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey in 1936, a
year prior to the crash



Radio announcer Herbert Morrison
‘s recorded eyewitness report
from the landing field,which was broadcast the next day. Of the 97
people on board (36 passengers, 61 crew), there were 36 total 
fatalities, including one death among the ground crew.

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Herbert Morrison

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NPR’S FIRST NEWS PROGRAM ON THIS DAY IN 1971

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Bob Edwards hosting All Things Considered circa 1974.

All Things Considered (ATC) is the flagship news program on the broadcast
network
National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR,
and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets.

NPR is a privately- and publicly-funded non-profit media organization that
serves a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. It replaced
the National Educational Radio Network on February 26, 1970.

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY FROM THE AP

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Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld turned 58 today

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PIONEER JOURNALIST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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1909

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    Edward Roscoe Murrow ( April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965)

   

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