History & Headlines

April 8, 2020

1947,
Golf & Sports

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April 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1947: 2000-Year-Old Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery, Babe Ruth Day, & Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Sets Sail Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery The American Schools of…

March 27, 2020

1947,
Movies

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March 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives Wins 8 Academy Awards At the 19th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 13, 1947, the post-WWII…

March 20, 2020

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What Was New in March 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1952 Sun Records is Founded "Colonel" Sam Phillips founded Sun Records on March 27, 1952, on Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee (according to…

March 15, 2020

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March 1949 Moments in Time

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1949 Knock on Any Door - Humphrey Bogart Film with Allene Roberts Director Nicholas Ray's film-noir crime drama Knock on Any Door was…

March 8, 2020

1950,
Movies

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This Was Nifty in March 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1950 House by the River Movie Release (Lee Bowman & Louis Hayward 1950 House by the River) The film-noir crime movie House by…

February 26, 2020

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Venetian Palazzos in Movies and Plays

Venice is filled with beautiful historic buildings and palazzos, some of which date back to medieval times - among the many the reasons why Venice and the Grand Canal continue…

February 19, 2020

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February 1949 Moments in Time

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from February, 1949 Dodge Wayfarer Debuts February 1949 In February 1949 Dodge introduced the first Wayfarer automobiles (D-29 series), a 2-door sedan, and a 2-door…

February 14, 2020

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When Valentine's Day Traditions Began

Valentine's Day has been celebrated on February 14th since 496 AD! I've (wrongly) always assumed it was either a relatively new, non-secular "holiday" - or an older holiday deriving from…

February 12, 2020

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Black History Month: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

February is Black History Month. One of the most important cultural legacies of any country, ethnicity, or religion, is music. The haunting spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot goes all the…

February 11, 2020

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This Was Nifty in February 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from February, 1950 Three Came Home Film Premiere (Patric Knowles & Claudette Colbert 1950 Three Came Home Photo: 20th Century Fox) When the biographical drama…