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EPIC FILM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Ben-Hur
is a remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name. It won
a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, unequaled until
Titanic in 1997 and by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 
2003.  

 

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THEOLOGIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1483

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            Martin Luther (November 10, 1483-February 18, 1546) 

Luther was a German monk, Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal
figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity, subsequently known
as the Protestant Reformation. His father was hoping he would become a lawyer.

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Beloved Christian evangelist William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is 95 today 

                        
                                HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER GRAHAM!

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TALK SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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In 1967, Phil Donahue left his positions as news reporter and interviewer at
WHIO radio and television in Dayton and became the host of a new television
program, Phil Donahue Show on WLWD (now WDTN), also in Dayton. His first
guest was atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. His show was broadcast nationwide
between 1970 and 1996.

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Phil with guest Johnny Carson (left) in 1970

 

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