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BROADWAY PLAY PREMIERED ON THIS DAY

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Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by the
American
playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered
on
Broadway in February 10, 1949, running for 742
performances. It is a two-act
tragedy set in late 1940s
Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams,
and arguments of the protagonist
Willy Loman, a travelling
salesman
who is despondent with his life and appears to
be slipping into
senility. The play addresses a variety of
themes, such as the
American Dream, the anatomy of truth,
and infidelity. It won the 1949
Pulitzer Prize for Drama and
Tony Award for Best Play. It is considered by some critics
to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.


Arthur Asher Miller
(October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)

‘Death of a Salesman’ Arrives on Broadway Right on Time - The New York Times
Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock in the 1949
Tony Award-winning production of "Death of
a Salesman."

Photos From Death of a Salesman, One of the First Tony Winners | Time.com

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MIKE GRACIA

Nov. 27: Gerald Ford Confirmed as Vice President - ABC News
On this day in 1973, a Senate vote confirmed Gerald Ford as
vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned to avoid being indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. Ford was the first
vice president to be selected under the terms of the 25th Amendment.

1973 NEWSPAPER - THE OREGONIAN

WENDELL MEREDITH STANLEY Nedwcomb Cleveland Prize Virus Studies 1937 Newspaper | eBay

List of One-Term U.S. Presidents
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
(born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)
(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)

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SANDY KOZEL

MLB Legend Hank Aaron Dies Peacefully In His Sleep At 86 | Access

Atlanta Braves: Consistent legend Hank Aaron turns 84
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021)

On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocked out the first home run
of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron
becomes baseball’s new home run king when he
broke Babe
Ruth’s long-standing record
of 714 career homers.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, Aaron  began his professional
baseball career in 1952 in the Negro League and joined the
Milwaukee Braves of the major leagues in 1954, eight years
after
Jackie Robinson had integrated baseball. Aaron,
nicknamed "Hammer", was the last Negro League player
to compete in the majors.

Baseball Legend and Hall of Famer, Hank Aaron, Dies at 86 - Gizmo Series

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English lead singer and one of the founding members of  the
Rolling Stones, Sir Michael Philip Jagger is 78 today.

In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame
, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the
Rolling Stones.

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Moscone–Milk assassinations - Wikipedia



Twinkies were invented in
Schiller Park, Illinois, on April 6, 1930, by James Alexander Dewar, a Canadian-born baker for the Continental Baking Company.

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James Alexander Dewar (February 5, 1897 – June 30, 1985)

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