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January 7, 2021

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Dancing & More at the Waldorf-Astoria

Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the magnificent Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was torn down in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building. A…

January 3, 2021

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Done in January 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1951: Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz is #1, Classic film-noir Storm Warning premieres, and the previously thought extinct Cahow is discovered. Patti Page has the #1…

December 27, 2020

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Fascinating Facts from December 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant & James Stewart; Artie Shaw's Frenesi is the #1 hit…

December 20, 2020

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What Was New in December 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1952: Classic film premiere of The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, & Dick Powell; Hank…

December 13, 2020

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This Was Nifty in December 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1950: Former child star Shirley Temple marries and retires at the age of 22; 4 students steal the Stone of Scone from Westminster…

November 29, 2020

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Fascinating Facts From November 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1940: Classic Movie Premiere - The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Basil Rathbone; Little Norway Air Force Training Camp Opens…

November 15, 2020

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This Was Nifty in November 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…

November 10, 2020

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Heroic Pigeon Patrols of WWI & WWII

The Pigeon's Flying Corps of WWI also employed dogs and balloons to aid in their wartime message delivery services. This grocery wagon was converted to house a squadron of up…

November 4, 2020

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November 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From November 1947: The Hollywood Blacklist begins; Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip.; Howard Hughes flies his mammoth Spruce Goose into the record books;…

October 28, 2020

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Fascinating Facts From October 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from August, 1940: Classic Movies Premiere - The Great Dictator, starring Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard; Novelist Jan Struther's Mrs. Miniver Tops Best-Seller Lists; Everyman's…