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May 16, 1966

Today In History

The Beach Boys release their groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", containing hit singles "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

Remember When

Take a peak of the 1950s TV Comedy and Children's Programs
Billy Rohr knocks on the door of fame with his pitching debut in 1967 - Carl Yastrzemski - Yaz is Great! - Great Catch and Throw - part of the Impossible Dream season
Some say Bob Feller threw as fast as 120 miles an hour. Check out and see how they measured this Before Radar Guns
Song of the Day
Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Love This Way Again
JAMES DEAN | BORN COOL | A documentary by Denn Pietro and Denver Rochon
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Yellowstone National Park

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Who won Best Director in 1969?

  • Alice's Restaurant - Arthur Penn
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - George Roy Hill
  • Midnight Cowboy - John Schlesinger
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Sydney Pollack
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John Lennon

While many believe Hydrox cookies are an Oreo knock-off Hydrox actually came first—in 1908, four years before the Oreo.

How fast was New York City cabbie Jacob German driving when he became the first motorist arrested in the U.S. for speeding? 12 miles an hour. The year was 1899, and the arresting officer was on a bicycle.

Romance in the movies

TV Show of the Day
Car 54 Where are you? Episode: Here we go again
Remember | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | with guest Jodie Foster
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a series about a widower, Tom Corbett played by Bill Bixby, who is a magazine publisher, and his young son, Eddie played by Brandon Cruz. Eddie believes his father should marry, and manipulates situations surrounding the women his father is interested in. ABC had acquired the rights to the story | the series debuted on September 17, 1969 - March 1, 1972. Bixby received an Emmy nomination for the show.
Ted Williams - The Boston Red Sox
Interview of the Day
George Lucas Calls Disney “White Slavers” in Charlie Rose interview
Lee Iacocca at the Inaugural launch introducing the 1964 Mustang Automobile
THE FORD MUSTANG DEBUTS April 13, 1964 The Ford Mustang debuted this week to an enthusiastic response. Priced from $2,400. over 22,000 orders were made in the first day. The Mustang is the idea of the young vice-president at Ford, Lee Iacocca. The Mustang fondly termed the “Pony Car”will compete with Chevrolet’s Corvair Monza. Lee Iacocca at the Inaugural launch of the 1964 Mustang

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Lou Gehrig attended which college ?

Columbia University

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