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DION AND THE BELMONTS FROM 1958

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Dick Clark, America’s oldest teenager!

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NOSTALGIC SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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Happy Days is a television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974,
to
September 24, 1984, on ABC.


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IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE

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Merry_Christmas

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AVAILABLE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING

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The comic strip Dick Tracy made its debut in the Detroit Mirror on
Sunday, October 4, 1931 as Plainclothes Tracy. It was created by
Chester Gould who wrote and drew the popular strip until 1977.

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Cartoonist Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985)

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904

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William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

Swing-era bandleader Count Basie is noted for his theme songs One O’clock
Jump
from 1937 and April in Paris from 1932. He originally wanted to be a 
drummer, but took up the piano at age 15.

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