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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

USA/

                              ap on air shdw 
                                      Camille Bohannon

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EFREM ZIMBALIST, JR. IS 95 TODAY

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efrem now

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.is known for his starring roles in the ABC TV series 
77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964) and ABC’s The F.B.I (1965-1974). He is 
also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the ABC 
series Maverick (1957-1962).

Zimbalist worked as a page for NBC radio in New York after studying at
Yale and went on to serve a five-year stint in the army during World
War II.

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              efrem fbi

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

ap red

              teletype machines

                          camille bohannon
                                        Camille Bohannon

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BEST SELLING SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1955

sixteen tons

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       tennessee ernie ford radio
        Announcer Ernest Jennings Ford at WOPI-AM in Bristol, Tennessee

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HORROR FILM ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1887

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karloff as monster
The Monster

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Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)

(November 23, 1887- February 2, 1969)

Boris Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films such as
Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein
(1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). His best-known non-horror
portrayal is the Grinch, as well as the narrator, in the animated TV  
special of Dr. Seuss’s How the  Grinch Stole Christmas (1966).     

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