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And the music goes on...The 21st Century
As we enter the 21st century, many songs from the 50s all the way through the 90s are still popular. Of course, it was by way of the 20s, 30s and 40s that music has evolved into a passion relative to...
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Norma Jean Marries Baseball Legend
This Day in History: January 14, 1954Norma Jeane Mortenson, aka Marilyn Monroemid-1950s, en.wikipedia.orgFor some of you, the name Norma Jeane may not ring a bell but once I mention Marilyn Monroe its...
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And the music goes on...Contemporary & Classical
One cannot leave the music scene without reference to adult contemporary music and contemporary classical music. Adult contemporary music prior to 1979 was sometimes referred to a Easy Listening or...
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Democratic Donkey, the Pentagon & Football
This Day in History: January 15, 1870, 1943, and 1967There is always numerous events happening on the same day but different years. Today, Awakenings is going to highlight three such events relative to...
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America Gone Dry
This Day in History: January 16, 1919 & January 17, 1920Anti-Saloon League paper, The American Issue, with headline, "U.S. Is Voted Dry", Anti-Saloon League MuseumIt was the beginning of an...
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Hollywood Legend Remembered
Carole Lombard en 1936.Source: en.fr.wikipedia.orgThis Day in History: January 16, 1942A TWA skyliner crashed suddenly against an icy Nevada mountain killing 22 persons, including Carole Lombard, her...
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Hands up! Don't move!
This Day in History: January 17, 1950Two recovered Brinks money bags–over a million remains missing.It is widely proclaimed that 'crime doesn't pay'! The premise behind this saying can also be...
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A Salute to Our Troops
All too often our country's military misses out on life's most precious moments. A soldier (in the sense here meaning any member of our military forces) may be thousands of miles away when news arrives...
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A Committed Life
Shop now! Save! Save! Save!This weekend thousands upon thousands of people will be preparing to commemorate on Monday the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Newspapers will be filled with...
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear & Winnie the Pooh
deviantART.comDid you know today is Winnie the Pooh Day? Along with Teddy Bear Day, Teddy Bear Picnic Day and Have a Party with Your Bear Day, Winnie the Pooh Day has to be one of the cuddliest days of...
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The Decade That Changed a Nation
The 1960s...Source with Identifications: en.wikipedia.orgWe are in the midst of the three-day weekend honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. This was a man with a committed life during a...
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Poe's Place in History
This Day in History: January 19, 1809Do you recognize this photograph? Source: en.wikipedia.orgHow about this illustration?Source: en.wikipedia.orgAre you familiar with this bird?en.wikipedia.orgHave...
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Celebration of a General
This Day in History: January 19, 1807Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U. S. ArmyIt is on this day, January 19, 1807, that Robert Edward Lee was born in Stratford of...
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Duel or Dual... or Triple?
Debate over celebration: Duel or Dual... or Triple?MKL Day, Lee–Jackson Day, Lee–Jackson–King Day? What is being celebrated today? Martin Luther King & Robert E. LeeFor most people, the third...
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Stuck in the Mud
This Day in History: January 20, 1863With today being celebrated as Robert E. Lee Day along with Martin Luther King Day, it seems most fitting to include a little story about mud and an event of the...
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And the music goes on...Patsy Cline
This Day in History: January 21, 1957Patsy Cline at Four Star Records in March 1957Source: en.wikipedia.orgArthur Godfrey is heralded for making Patsy Cline a star as a result of her first appearance...
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A Pardon Under Controversy
This Day in History: January 21, 1977War is ugly. War is cruel. War has raged somewhere on the planet Earth since the beginning of time. While some situations can and have been resolved without acts of...
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Rowan & Martin
This Day in History: January 22, 1968Dan Rowan (left) and Dick Martin (right), 1968.Unless your were brought up during the 60s & 70s you may not be familiar with "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In." I...
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And the music goes on...Memory Lane
Today in Music History: January 22Beatles History: January 22 1968 - Apple Corps (not to be confused with Apple computers) opened its first London headquarters. The chief division of this multi-armed...
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Flying discs! Saucers? Aliens?
This Day in History: January 23, 1957Wham-O produces first Frisbees!First "Frisbee" was really Pie Pans from the CT Frisbie Pie Bakery! Here is a rare original! From Mike Mozart's Rare toy...
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