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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…

October 21, 2020

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What Was New in October 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from October, 1952: Classic movie release - The World in His Arms, based on the story by Rex Beach; Joan Davis stars on TV's I…

October 9, 2020

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Mona Lisa and The Spendthrift

The Los Angels Belasco stock theatre company established singer-actress Thais Magrane as their new leading lady in 1909. (Thais Magrane 1920 Merchants of Venus, and in 1909 for the Belasco…

October 4, 2020

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October 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From October 1947: Kukla, Fran and Ollie children's TV show debuts; Hollywood Ten are under fire in HUAC hearings; Classic Film-Noir Lured premieres,…

September 27, 2020

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Fascinating Facts From September 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from September, 1940: Axis Pact & The Blitz - Luftwaffe Bombings in Battle of Britain; 17,000-year-old Lascaux Cave Paintings Discovery; Classic Movie Premiere - The…

September 25, 2020

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What Was New in September 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from September, 1952: George Reeves, star of The Adventures of Superman; Charlie Chaplin's U.S. Re-Entry Permit is Revoked; and the Classic Movie Release of Just…