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Happy Birthday, Chester Lauck!

Happy Birthday, Chester Lauck!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 9th 2019

On April 26, 1936, the small Arkansas town of Waters officially changed its name to Pine Ridge. It wasn’t because they wer
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Happy Birthday, Bennett Kilpack!

Happy Birthday, Bennett Kilpack!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 6th 2019

During his long-running stint as the titular sleuth on Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, actor Bennett Kilpack—born William
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“The Green Hornet strikes again!”

“The Green Hornet strikes again!”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 31st 2019

Though most people remember veteran newsman Mike Wallace from his long-running stint on the television investigative news p
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Happy Birthday, Danny Kaye!

Happy Birthday, Danny Kaye!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 18th 2019

The date was June 9, 1986 and the borough of Brooklyn was awash with the celebrative gaiety of its Back to Brooklyn Day Fes
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Happy Birthday, Jeanette Nolan!

Happy Birthday, Jeanette Nolan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 30th 2018

Actress Jeanette Nolan—born in Los Angeles on this date in 1911—met future husband John McIntire while working on a West Co
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