| In 1868 Brigham Young, at age sixty-seven, married Ann Eliza Webb, an attractive twenty-four year old divorcee with two children. Young had already married dozens of other women. |  |
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| "Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men." Archilochus, Greek poet (c680-640 BC) |
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| The tsar labored at the reform of fashions, or, more properly speaking, of dress. Until that time the Russians had always worn long beards, which they cherished and preserved with much care, allowing them to hang down on their bosoms, without even cutting the moustache. With these long beards they wore the hair very short, except the ecclesiastics, who, to distinguish themselves, wore it very long. The tsar, in order to reform that custom, ordered that gentlemen, merchants, and other subjects, except priests and peasants, should each pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year if they wished to keep their beards; the commoners had to pay one kopek each. Officials were stationed at the gates of the towns to collect that tax, which the Russians regarded as an enormous sin on the part of the tsar and as a thing which tended to the abolition of their religion. |
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| In 1868 Brigham Young, at age sixty-seven, married Ann Eliza Webb, an attractive twenty-four year old divorcee with two children. Young had already married dozens of other women. | |
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| Celluloid was the first synthetic plastic material. In 1856 it was synthesized by British Chemist Alexander Parkes (1831-1890). John Wesley Hyatt (1837-1920) of Starkey New York developed it as a commercial product in 1869. Celluloid is produced from a mixture of cellulose nitrate and camphor. It is a strong, durable product which can be produced in many colors. It was even an expensive substitue for ivory. Common products made from celluloid include combs, brushes, dentures, billiard balls, photographic film and, yes, scales for figural corkscrews! |
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| It was not the first. The earliest known type, using two large wheels on each skate, was invented in
1759 by Joseph Merlin, a Belgian musical instrument maker living in London. In 1760, Mrs Cornelly gave what has
become her famous masquerade at Carlisle House, in Soho Square in 1760. Merlin astonished the assembled guests
when he sailed into the ballroom mounted on his skates and playing a violin. However, could neither change direction
or stop himself with the result that he crashed into a large mirror valued at more than £500. It was smashed
to smithereens, his violin was destroyed and he suffered severe injuries.
On April 22nd 1823, Robert John Tyers, a London fruit merchant, took out a patent on his Volitos an "apparatus to be attached to boots ... for the purpose of travelling or pleasure," which used five small wheels in a single line. He first demonstrated them in the safer surroundings of the tennis-court in Windmill Street, also in Soho. Somewhat similar skates with rollers were used to simulate ice skating in a scene of Meyerbeer's opera Prophète Paris, on the 16th of April 1849. Another American inventor, James L. Plimpton of New York, had a patent for four-wheeled roller skates from 1865, whose right was affirmed at a trial for infringement on the 28th of January 1876. These skates had small boxwood wheels and were cushioned by rubber pads. These skates allowed the wearer to maintain a proper balance and also to execute quite intricate movements and gave rise to the roller-skating craze which swept across America in the 1860s and Europe in the 1870s |
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| Kodak created in 1888 by George Eastman has been a modern day pioneer of sorts in cameras and photography for the masses. George Eastman and the scientists who worked with him at Kodak developed the photographic film in 1889 and made it available in rolls for the mass use of consumers. Previously the camera contained a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures. |  |
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| Exterior Finish: Quartz monzonite (similar to granite) quarried from Little Cottonwood Canyon 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
Temple Design: Six-spire design suggestive of Gothic and other classical styles but unique, distinctive, and symbolic. Number of Rooms: Twelve sealing rooms and four progressive-style ordinance rooms (for live acting). Total Floor Area: 253,015 square feet. |
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| There were 245 athletes registered for the inaugural 1896 Games at Athens, but 164 of them were Greek. They and 81 other athletes, representing 13 other countries, competed in the 43 events. The program included nine sports: cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling. (Rowing and sailing races had also been planned, but they were canceled because of bad weather. |  |
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| The first animated cartoon in the United States was Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, copyrighted by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906. Crude by today's standards with its use of simple animated chalkboard drawings, Blackton's film was nevertheless a revelation at the time. |
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| In 1909, the first credit union gained legal status in Manchester, New Hampshire, through a special act of the state legislature. Massachusetts passed the first credit union law the same year. The Massachusetts law defined a credit union as a "cooperative association formed for the purpose of promoting thrift among its members," and adopted the principle of member deposits financing member loans. |
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| Henson was especially skilled at endearing himself to the Eskimos, and passed the wisdom
of their ways to Peary. Due to the Eskimo influence on their planning, Peary and Henson made sure they learned
all they could about dog sleds, furs, and igloos. Peary discovered that Canada's Ellesmere Island would be the
best stepping-off point for his trek to the Pole, and not Greenland as had been previously believed. He also
surmised that he would have greater success traveling in late winter, when the ice was firmer, than in summer.
Peary and his entourage of 23 men, 133 dogs, and 19 sleds set off from Ellesmere Island on March 1, 1909.
As the men traveled farther and farther north, they lightened their loads and reduced the size of their party. By the time April 6, 1909, rolled around, only six men, Peary, Henson, and four Eskimos were left to witness the planting of the American flag on the North Pole. Peary's elation over his accomplishment was short lived, however. Upon his return to civilization he was informed that another American, Frederick Cook was claiming to have reached the North Pole a whole year earlier than him.. Cook held firm to his claim until two Eskimos who had accompanied him on his trek revealed his so-called photographic evidence to be a fake. |
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| The first electrical ignition system or electric starter motor for cars was invented by GM engineers Clyde Coleman and Charles Kettering. The self starting ignition was first installed in a Cadillac on February 17, 1911. The invention of the electric starter motor by Charles Kettering eliminated the need for hand cranking. |  |
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| Hiram Percy Maxim, with the backing of the Radio Club of Hartford, who appropriated $50, and some volunteers, proposed the formation of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Maxim developed an application form explaining the purpose of the ARRL and invited every known station in the country to join the League. His "pioneer blitz" paid off. By September, 1914, there were 237 relay stations appointed, and traffic routes were established from Maine to Minneapolis, and Seattle to Idaho. |
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| The DT-2 was redesigned as the basis for the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) and was selected as part of a
secret military project to build the first airplane to circumnavigate the globe. It marked Douglas' entry into
long range passenger service. Douglas built five DWCs for the Aviation Service of the U.S. Army. Four of the planes, the Seattle, the Boston, the Chicago and the New Orleans, left Santa Monica, Calif., for Seattle, March 17, 1924, and left Seattle April 6. The Seattle was lost during a Pacific storm over Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Boston made a forced landing in the mid-Atlantic. The other two DWCs were kept flying with the help of 15 extra engines, 14 extra sets of floats and duplicates of all the airframe parts, stashed at various sites around the world. The Chicago and New Orleans circled the globe and returned to Seattle Sept. 28, 1924. They flew 27,553 miles in six months and six days and earned the company its motto "First Around the World - First the World Around." |
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| The Lost World, the first science-fiction film (with early examples of stop-motion special effects) about prehistoric dinosaurs in a remote South American jungle was presented on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Europe. |
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| On his return from a cruise to ease his bronchitis, Al Jolson reopened Big Boy for another 120 performances, followed by an eleven month tour. Jolson added "Keep Smiling At Trouble" and "It All Depends on You." When audiences did not respond to "If You Knew Susie," he offered it to friend (and competitor) Eddie Cantor. It became one Cantor's greatest successes, and years later Al told Eddie, "If I knew it was that good, you dog, I'd never have given it to you!" |  |
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| William P. Mac Cracken, JR. (1888-1969) was the first licensed US Pilot. He is considered an aviation
pioneer just as Lindbergh and Wright, who were his personal acquaintances. MacCracken served as the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce in 1926 and Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics in the Department of Commerce in
1927 during the Coolidge administration.
The Air Commerce Act of 1926 established the Bureau of Aeronautics in the Commerce Department. It provided, for the first time, regulations for civil aviation. MacCracken was the first federal regulator of Aviation. He helped establish the first standards and regulations of federal aviation. |
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| Frank Hawks made the first transcontinental glider flight in 1930. He also piloted a towed glider for
2860 miles across the US. He had recently become interested in gliding when he saw a Franklin glider perform at the Detroit Glider Carnival in 1929. Still impressing crowds around the country, its designers, R.E. and Wallace Franklin, offered an improved glider to Hawks. Hawks' employer, Texaco, endorsed Hawks' gliding activities because they thought the sport would attract people to aviation (and have their aircraft fueled and oiled by Texas Company products). Before the new Franklin glider was completed, Hawks and Texaco had devised a spectacular stunt to stoke public interest in both motorless and powered flight. Hawks planned to fly the glider coast to coast, in tow behind a Waco Ten biplane. During the flight, the glider would land frequently, and at every airfield, Hawks would meet with reporters. A stylized eagle and the Texaco logos decorated the craft. Hawks christened it the "Eaglet" but it was renamed the "Texaco Eaglet" after the transcontinental flight. The glider's maximum speed was 125 mph. Total cost of the "Texaco Eaglet" came to $2,500. |
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| The Hostess ® brand got its start in Indianapolis in 1925. Continental Baking Company purchased a bakery
called Taggart that was selling popular new bread called Wonder ® (maybe you've heard of it). Continental began
selling Wonder Bread as its national bread brand but needed a line of cakes to sell alongside. Hostess cake was born,
including the chocolate cup cake which is still popular today.
Continental hit the sponge cake gold mine in 1930 when Jimmy Dewar invented Twinkies ® . Seeing a need for an inexpensive product during the depression, Dewar made use of shortcake pans that were only used during the strawberry season. Dewar's idea was to inject the shortcake with a banana crème filling to make them a year-round treat and sell them two for a nickel. Dewar's quest for a catchy name ended on his way to St. Louis to present his sweet invention. Driving down the highway he passed a billboard advertising ?Twinkle Toe? shoes, and from this the Twinkies name evolved. |
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| Unlike most of the evening thrillers of the time, the juvenile dramas like Annie’s were continued stories, divided into fifteen-minute time segments stretching from Monday through Friday. (For a few years they ran into Saturdays, too.) These daytime thrillers were not episodic serials in the mode of nighttime adventures but were open-ended, having suspenseful closings for each daily installment. Only when an adventure that had occupied the regular characters for weeks or months was at last wrapped up might an individual program end on a note of resolution. More often, however, a new mystery was introduced during the same episode in which the old one concluded. This revolving-plot technique was, of course, designed to draw the juvenile listeners to the next installment. Women’s serials also employed the device, but soap-opera writers used many more episodes to sneak in the new plot and rarely ended one on the high note of suspense that marked the serials for children. |
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| The story of Teflon® began April 6, 1938, at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey. DuPont chemist,
Dr. Roy J. Plunkett, was working with gases related to Freon® refrigerants, another DuPont product. Upon checking a
frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene, he and his associates discovered that the sample had polymerized
spontaneously into a white, waxy solid to form polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
PTFE is inert to virtually all chemicals and is considered the most slippery material in existence. These properties have made it one of the most valuable and versatile technologies ever invented, contributing to significant advancements in areas such as aerospace, communications, electronics, industrial processes and architecture. As DuPont registered trademark Teflon®, it has become a familiar household name, recognized worldwide for the superior non-stick properties associated with its use as a coating on cookware and as a soil and stain repellant for fabrics and textile products. |
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| From April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 over the ABC radio network, listeners heard the only program that was in direct competition with CBS's F.B.I. In Peace And War. This program was a notch above in the fact that actual F.B.I. cases ever used for its stories and not fictionalized scripts. Frank Lovejoy from "We Love and Learn" served as narrator for "This is Your FBI" for the next eight years. |
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| Named for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the American
Theatre Wing who had recently passed away, the Tony Awards made their official debut at a dinner in the Grand
Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1947. During the first two years of the Tonys (1947 and 1948), there was no official Tony Award. The winners were presented with a scroll and, in addition, a cigarette lighter (for the men) or a compact (for the women). |
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Gary Thomas worked for Swanson foods in Omaha, Nebraska. He wanted to develop a way to use frozen turkey meat, which was
leftover after Thanksgiving sales. Making use of aluminum serving dishes, which were also used at that time to
serve aircraft dinners, he packaged leftover turkey with cornbread dressing, frozen peas and sweet potatoes. Each
item was placed in its own compartment. The trays were useful: the entire dinner could be removed from the outer
packaging as a unit; the aluminum tray could be heated directly in the oven without any extra baking dishes;
and one could eat the meal directly out of the same tray.
The original TV Dinner sold for 98 cents in 1954, and had a first production estimate of 5,000 dinners for the first year. Swanson far exceeded its expectations, and ended up selling more than 10 million of these dinners in the first year of production. The innovative products could be cooked in 25 minutes at 425¬ F, and fit nicely on a TV tray. |
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| It has already become a Hollywood landmark as it is the world's first office building in the form of a round tower. Now widely known as the 'Capitol Tower', the building was designed by Welton Becket, noted architect, and is a modern, striking, earthquake-resistant reinforced-concrete structure. It is 13 stories tall and 150' high, the maximum building height permitted in Los Angeles. It houses the Recording Department offices, tape-to-disk dubbing rooms, and three recording studios which were designed to be as modern and striking as the building itself." |
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| In the last year of operation before being replaced by buses in 1957, the yellow-and-orange trolleys made the 1.6-mile run in 10 minutes. A ride cost 10 cents. Some 125 passengers crowded the 44-passenger car for its last trip. |  |
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| Perry Como’s rich voice and easy manner made him one of the nation's most popular singers and entertainers in the decades after World War II. Como’s million sellers were "Prisoner of Love," "Hot Diggity," "Because," "And I Love You So," "Hubba-Hubba-Hubba," "Wanted," "Temptation," "When You Were Sweet 16," "Papa Loves Mambo," "Round and Round" and "If." |  |
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| The record, Butterfly backed with Ninety Nine Ways became a monster hit, reaching the number one position all across America. Charlie received a gold discfor the two million plus sales and became the first native Philadelphia rock star to achieve international success. |  |
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| Palmer led the PGA Tour in wins with 4 in 1957, then exploded in 1958 with his first major, the Masters. Palmer's swashbuckling, go-for-broke style, combined with an aggressive, somewhat-flailing swing, plus movie-star looks and charisma, immediately made him a star. |  |
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After five years of researching Mark Twain and honing his material in front of countless audiences in small
towns all over America, he opened his one-man show on Twain at a tiny theater off-Broadway in New York.
Following a twenty-two week run in New York he toured the country again, performed for President Eisenhower and at the Edinburgh Festival. The State Department sent him on a tour of Europe, during which he became the first American dramatic attraction to go behind the Iron Curtain following World War II. |
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| The group included lead singer Judy Craig, Sylvia Peterson, Barbara Lee, and Patricia Bennett.
They formed when the girls were high school classmates in the Bronx section of New York City. In 1960
they began to work as backup singers.
Their first minor hit came in 1960 with Tonight's the Night. They hit the big time in 1963 with their recording of He's So Fine, a song that had been written by a young songwriter named Ronnie Mack. Recorded on the Laurie label (as were all of the group's huge hits), the song became a mega-hit and reached the number one position on both the R&B and the pop charts. |
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An organization (International Telecommunications Satellite Organization) formed in 1964 that designs, builds,
and operates a global system of communications satellites of the same name. For most of its life, Intelsat was
run by a consortium of government telecommunications authorities with shares in the organization in proportion
to their use of it. Intelsat 1, also known as Early Bird, was launched in April 1965 and became the first comsat to provide regular commercial telecommunications. It could support either one TV channel or 240 voice circuits but not both, a limitation that made it costly to use. |
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| Otis Redding is regarded by some as the greatest male soul singer of all time. With the exception
of James Brown, his was the most popular black act of his time. Leaving for a tour with his back-up group, the Bar-Kays, Redding was killed in a plane crash on December 10, 1967 while flying to a scheduled performance. Some aboard survived the crash, but Otis Redding and four members of the Bar-Kays were killed. Early in 1968 [Sittin' On] The Dock Of The Bay, as recorded by Otis Redding three days before his death, reached number one on the pop and R&B charts; it was Otis' only top twenty pop song. |
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| The designated hitter, or DH, was first proposed during the 1890s. League presidents, owners,
and players argued about the position originally known as the designated pinch hitter for nearly eighty
years before finally approvings its use in the American League during the 1973 season. In the Red Sox - Yankee game,
Orlando Cepeda was the Red Sox DH. The designated hitter rule was approved on January 11, 1973. It was used during exhibition games prior to the season and the first ever "official" spring training designated hitter was Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins! |
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| Roberto Clemente was one of the greatest baseball players ever to play right field and arguably to play the game. Watching Clemente track down balls that were bound for an extra base hit was thrilling. Watching him gracefully catch a deep fly ball and throw a strike to the catcher to cut down the runner was incredible. Tearing around the bases at full speed, legging out another extra base hit was exciting. The Hall of Famer's lifetime batting average was .371 with 240 home runs and 1,305 RBI's. His career was cut tragically short by an accident as he was delivering emergency relief to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. |
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| The Stylistics formed in 1968, when members of the Philadelphia soul groups the Monarchs and the
Percussions joined forces after their respective band dissolved. In 1970, the group recorded "You're a Big Girl
Now" and the single became a regional hit for Sebring Records. The larger Avco Records soon signed the Stylistics,
and single eventually climbed to number seven in early 1971.
In the 70s, the band had 12 straight Top Ten hits, including "You Are Everything," "Betcha by Golly, Wow," "I'm Stone in Love With You," "Break Up to Make Up," and "You Make Me Feel Brand New." Of all their peers, the Stylistics were one of the smoothest and sweetest soul groups of their era. |
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| Vocalist Bjorn Skifs was already well known in Sweden when he and EMI Records record producer, Bengst Palmers, decided that an offensive on the English-speaking market in 1973 would be feasible. Forming Blue Swede, they listened hard to Slade's rowdy singalong style and, as they had no compositions of their own, the sextet covered B.J. Thomas's 1969 hit single "Hooked On A Feeling". After a successful testing in domestic charts, it was issued in the USA and reached number 1 - doing likewise in Canada, Australia and Holland. |
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| "The Beatles--Live At The Star Club," was opposed by the band, and a lawsuit was filed in England to block the release of the album. A tape recording of that performance was made by Mr. E. W. Taylor. One of the Beatles, in the presence of the others, gave Mr. Taylor oral permission to make the recording; but no consent in writing was ever given." |
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| In their first game, the Seattle Mariners were defeated 7-0 by the Angels. Attendance in the Kingdome was 57,762. The Mariners' starting pitcher was David Sequi who was a member of the Seattle Pilots club in 1969. The first batter was Dave Collins and the first hit was by Jose Baez. |  |
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| Weaver won his 1,000th game as a skipper, as the O's open with a 53 win over the White Sox. Jim Palmer allowed three hits to win. Rich Dauer, who ended the 1978 season by driving in a run in 10 straight games, added another game to the streak with an infield out. |
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| Gordie Howe is referred to as simply "Mr. Hockey". World War II had just ended when he first entered the National Hockey League, and when he played his final NHL season 33 years later, Wayne Gretzky was playing his first. Over those five decades, Howe didn't just survive, he was dominant - on the scoring lists, in battles in the corners, on game-winning goals and when the year-end awards were handed out. |
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| Spencer Silver was working in the 3M research laboratories in 1970 trying to find a strong adhesive.
Silver developed a new adhesive, but it was even weaker than what 3M already manufactured. It stuck to objects,
but could easily be lifted off. It was super weak instead of super strong. No one knew what to do with the stuff, but Silver didn't discard it. Then one Sunday four years later, another 3M scientist named Arthur Fry was singing in the church's choir. He used markers to keep his place in the hymnal, but they kept falling out of the book. Remembering Silver's adhesive, Fry used some to coat his markers. Success! With the weak adhesive, the markers stayed in place, yet lifted off without damaging the pages. 3M began distributing Post-it ® Notes nationwide in 1980 -- ten years after Silver developed the super weak adhesive. |
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| Five years and seven albums after signing with RCA Records, Alabama took a creative turn with 40 Hour Week. The title song best represented the change. The music contained a tougher, more driving edge, while the lyrics celebrated American workers rather than love or the rural South. |  |
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| The album No Jacket Required was released in 1985. It contained the hits "Sussudio", "One More Night" and "Take Me Home". The album featured Sting and ex-bandmate Gabriel as backing vocalists. Collins had three American number one songs in 1985, the most of any artist that year. No Jacket Required went on to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. |  |
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| A crowd of 44,568 sees the Orioles defeat the Indians, 20, as they play the 1st game ever in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Rick Sutcliffe hurls the shutout for Baltimore. |  |
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| Across the country, reaction to the voting process was boisterous and opinionated. Members of Congress debated the worthiness of Elvis as a stamp subject, newspaper editorialists made lofty pronouncements, and presidential candidate Bill Clinton publicly voiced his support for the younger Elvis. |  |
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| Contemporary R&B singer/songwriter Tony Rich first attracted attention as a staff writer at LaFace Records, where he authored hits for acts including Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill, TLC, and Toni Braxton. As the Tony Rich Project, he debuted in 1995 with Words, writing, performing, and producing every note of the LP himself; after scoring the Grammy-nominated hits "Like a Woman" and "Nobody Knows," he began work on his sophomore LP, 1998's Birdseye. |
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0648 BC Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled
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1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards More
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1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final
wife More
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1869 First plastic, Celluloid, patented More
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1869 Isaac Hodgson received a patent for the "roller
skate." More
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1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale
for first time More
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1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19
minutes to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history)
1893 Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated More
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1896 After a break of 1500 years, the first Olympics
of the modern era was held in Athens, Greece. More
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1906 First animated cartoon copyrighted More
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1909 First credit union established in US More
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1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary
& Matthew Henson More
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1912 Electric starter first appeared in cars More
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1914 American Radio Relay League (organization
for hams) founded by Hiram Percy Maxim More
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1924 4 planes leave Seattle on first successful
around-the-world flight More
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1925 First film shown on an airplane (British
Air) More
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1925 Eddie Cantor recorded the standard, "If
You Knew Susie" More
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1927 William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned aviator license
number ‘1’ More
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1930 First transcontinental glider tow completed More
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1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive
James Dewar More
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1931 First broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie"
on NBC-radio More
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1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws,
misses & sinks 371 more
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett More
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1945 "This is Your FBI" debuted on ABC radio. More
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1947 First Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne
& Patricia Neal win More
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1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons More
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1956 Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records
in Hollywood, CA, was dedicated More
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1957 NYC ends trolley car service More
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1957 "Round and Round" by Perry Como More
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& "Butterfly" by Charlie Gracie topped the charts More
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1958 Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament - the Masters More
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1959 Hal Holbrook opened in the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway presentation of
"Mark Twain Tonight". More
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1963 "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons
topped the charts More
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1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial
geosynchronous communications satellite More
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1968 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" by
Otis Redding topped the charts More
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1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes first designated
hitter, he walks More
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1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his
number More
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1973 The Stylistics received a gold record for
their ballad hit, "Break Up to Make Up". More
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1974 "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede
topped the charts More
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1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album
can be released More
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1977 First Mariners game at the Kingdome More
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1979 Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins
his 1,000th game as a skipper More
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1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season More
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1980 Post It Notes are introduced More
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1985 The country group, Alabama as the album "40
Hour Week" topped the "Billboard" country chart.
1985 "One More Night" by Phil Collins
topped the charts More
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1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1992 First game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles
beat Indians 2-0 More
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1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage
stamps More
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1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading
Windows 3.0
1996 "Nobody Knows" by the Tony Rich
Project topped the charts More
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2000 A private company mapping the human genetic
blueprint announced it had decoded all of the DNA pieces that make up the
genetic pattern of a single human being.