FROM THE TV GUIDE COVER ARCHIVE ~ 1955

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Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Faye Emerson,
Garry Moore of "I’ve Got a Secret"

I've Got a Secret - Wikipedia


Original network: CBS (1952-67, 1976)

produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.

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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1929

The Life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr - HubPages

13-things-you-probably-never-knew-about-martin-luther-kings-college-years
Martin Luther King Jr.
(born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta,
Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate
degree in theology and in 1955 helped organize the first major
protest of the African American civil rights movement: the
successful
Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The night Martin Luther King Jr. came to Grosse Pointe

Vala Afshar su Twitter: "April 4, 1968 — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was  assassinated at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.  https://t.co/1x5ASZoJaX" / Twitter

Back to the Bridge | Via Ex Machina

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THE MODEL FOR ICONIC ARMY POSTER

Walter Botts, the Man Who Modeled Uncle Sam's Pose for J.M. Flagg's Famous  Poster ~ Vintage Everyday

The man who modeled as Uncle Sam poses in front of the iconic poster, 1970  - Rare Historical Photos

Walter Botts (1900-72)  posing as Uncle Sam in front of the
iconic poster, ca. 1970.


Artist James Montgomery Flagg referred to his own mirror image
for the portrait of “Uncle Sam” he created for the cover of the July
6, 1916 issue of Leslie’s Weekly. The figure in the long-tailed coat,
stove pipe hat and sideburns was captioned “What Are You Doing
for Preparedness?”
When asked to update the highly effective image for use in World
War 2, Flagg hired a Hoosier-born veteran who’d posed for Norman Rockwell. According to his widow’s memoir, Walter Botts was
chosen over other models for Flagg’s Army poster “because he
had the longest arms, the longest nose, and the bushiest
eyebrows.”

Botts reportedly suggested the pointing gesture when the artist
asked “Walt, what are you going to do with your long arms,
sitting there?”

James Montgomery Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg
(June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960)

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FINAL CONCERT PERFORMED ON THIS DAY IN 1970

Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their final concert in Las Vegas 51  years ago today - Frank Beacham's Journal


They were the most successful American pop group of the 1960s—
a group whose 12 #1 hits in the first full decade of the rock and roll
era places them behind only Elvis and the Beatles in terms of chart dominance. They helped define the very sound of the 60s, but like
fellow icons the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, they came apart
in the first year of the 70s. The curtain closed for good on Diana
Ross and the Supremes on January 14, 1970, at the Frontier Hotel
in
Las Vegas, Nevada.

Diana Ross Supremes Timeline 1969

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OLD WEST LAWMAN DIED ON THIS DAY~1929

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
(March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929)

Nearly 50 years after the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt
Earp
dies quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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