THE FIRST TIME WAS A CHARM FOR LEE

Lee Petty No. 42 and Johnny Beauchamp No. 73 battle on the last lap of the 1959 Daytona 500.
Lee Petty No. 42 and Johnny Beauchamp No. 73 battle on the last lap
of the 1959 Daytona 500.


The 1959 First 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at
Daytona (now known as the 1959 Inaugural
Daytona 500) was
the second race of the 1959
NASCAR Grand National Series
season. It was held on February 22, 1959, in front of 41,921
spectators. It was the first race held at the 2.5-mile
Daytona
International Speedway
.

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Lee Petty’s 1959 Oldsmobile 88 hardtop at the Richard Petty
Museum in Randleman North Carolina.

 

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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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PRESIDENT ACQUITTED ON THIS DAY IN 1999

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Clinton and Lewinsky in 1997.

On February 12, 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of Bill
Clinton
come to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the
president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and
obstruction of justice.

In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica
Lewinsky
, a 21-year-old unpaid intern.

 


Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate, in session during the
1999 impeachment Senate trial of Bill Clinton.


Depiction of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
in 1868, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding.

 

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THE JAZZ WORLD HAS LOST A LEGEND AT 79

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Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea
(June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021)

Chick Corea, iconic jazz keyboardist and winner of 23 Grammy
awards, died at his Florida home from a rare form of Cancer.

 

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RESTAURANT CO-FOUNDER DIES AT 92

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Sally Farris Dussin  (August 21, 1928 – January 28, 2021)

 

In 1969, Guss and Sally Dussin opened the first Old Spaghetti
Factory in Portland, Oregon on SW 2nd Avenue and SW Pine
Street in Old Town (below). Today, there are 45 locations in
14 states and Japan.

 

 

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Beloved Restaurant, The Old Spaghetti Factory, Celebrates 50 Years; Rolls Back Prices

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