Folks, Facts & Fun From April 1931
News, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from April, 1931: Classic movies premiere - Jimmy Cagney is The Public Enemy; 17-Year Old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig;…
Read MoreNews, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from April, 1931: Classic movies premiere - Jimmy Cagney is The Public Enemy; 17-Year Old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig;…
Read MoreBaby Boomer Trivia From March 1951: Trial of American spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg; Korean War Operation Ripper to recapture Seoul; and The King and I Broadway debut starring Gertrude…
Read MorePulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and Booked Up mega-bookstore owner Larry McMurtry died on March 25, 2021 at the age of 84. Larry McMurtry teaching at Rice University in…
Read MoreFresh-faced Bobby Vinton (nee Stan Robert Vinton), the Polish Prince of love songs such as Blue Velvet, Roses are Red (My Love), and Blue on Blue, was an unlikely pop…
Read MoreNews, Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1940: Author Richard Llewellyn's book How Green Was My Valley tops the best-seller lists; When You Wish Upon a Star is the #1…
Read MoreElusive, Academy Award-winning Best Actress Julie Christie (for 1965's Darling) lives quietly on a farm in Wales. (Julie Christie Photo: A Other) A 1960s Darling Born April 14, 1940 in…
Read MoreBefore Ziegfeld Follies comedy star Fanny Brice and "Baby Snooks", there was the 1904-1916 comic strip series The Newlyweds and Their Baby, created by cartoonist and actor George McManus. (Sunny…
Read MoreNews Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from February, 1931: Ann Harding stars in the classic movie East Lynne; Cab Calloway records Minnie the Moocher; Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller The…
Read MoreLong before movie dogs Benji, Beethoven, Hooch, Old Yeller, and Lassie came to fame on the big screen, Strongheart was the top dog in films and in the hearts of…
Read MoreSwedish songbird Agnetha Fältskog showed musical promise at an early age, writing her first song at age six. (Agnetha Fältskog 2013 Photo: Stockholm Pride / mynewsdesk.com) Born in Jonkoping, Sweden…
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