AYYYYY, THE FONZ BIKE TO BE AUCTIONED

Fonzies Motorcycle Happy Days 4

The motorcycle that helped make Arthur Fonzarelli an icon of cool
is up for auction.

The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 (above) was featured on the beloved sitcom “Happy Days.” The bike, owned by motocross rider Bud
Ekins, will be
sold Nov. 12 by Bonhams at its annual Classic
California sale. (The Washington Post)


Henry Winkler as Fonzie with an unidentified admirer.

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Happy Days is a sitcom television series that aired first-
run on the
ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July
19, 1984.

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Henry Franklin Winkler turned 76 October 30.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

Tim maguire
TIM MAGUIRE

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Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham Jr.)
(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018)


Rev. Graham was an American
evangelist, a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who
became well known internationally in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among the most influential Christian leaders"
of  the 20th century.

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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860

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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United
States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the
first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only
40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three
other candidates: Southern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern
Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for
Illinois.

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FORMER TRAIL BLAZER IS 69 TODAY

 Why Bill Walton sued the Blazers medical staff

Bill Walton howling at the moon to ring in the New Year sent college  basketball fans berserk | Sporting News


Bill Walton (above) is a retired basketball star,who had been with
the Portland Trail Blazers, and is now a broadcaster in the sport.

He was born in La Mesa CA. Walton led the Trail Blazers to an
NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals MVP (Most
Valuable
Player Award) that season. 


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