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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…

January 25, 2020

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This Was Nifty in January 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from January, 1950: The Great Brinks Robbery On January 17th, 1950 at 6:55 PM, seven men dressed in Brink's uniforms entered the Brink's depot in…

January 22, 2020

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Treasures of the Medici: Pitti Palace

The Medici family had several palazzos in the heart of old Florence during their almost 200-year reign over the city. Today you can tour the magnificently decorated Pitti Palace and…

January 19, 2020

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January 1949 Moments in Time

News headlines and entertainment trivia from November 1949 Gertrude Berg's The Goldbergs TV Series Premieres The Goldbergs TV sitcom starring actress Gertrude Berg as lovable, meddlesome Jewish mother Molly Goldberg,…

January 12, 2020

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Sirmione and the Grottoes of Catullus

At the tip of a peninsula that juts out into Lake Garda's southern shoreline, are the medieval town of Sirmione, Scaligero Castle, and the ruins of a Roman villa dating…

January 11, 2020

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Helen MacInnes: Neither Five Nor Three

Reading spy thriller author Helen MacInnes' cold-war novel Neither Five Nor Three (1951) almost seventy years after it was first released, is likely to arouse feelings of déjà vu on…

January 5, 2020

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100 Years Ago: 1920 At A Glance

Although people haven't really changed that much in the past 100 years, our modes of transportation, the hairstyles, fashion, the film stars and movies we liked to watch, appliances, houses,…