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• Today is My Friend Flicka Day, marking the show's premier on CBS-TV on this date in 1956. The show, about a boy and his horse, lasted two seasons on CBS and one season on NBC.
• Today is National Cream Cheese Brownie Day. • Today is National Umbrella Day.
On this date in . . . 60 AD: The Apostle Paul was shipwrecked near the island of Malta. 1897: The phrase "All the news that's fit to print" first appeared on the front page of the New York Times. It had first appeared on the editorial page on October 25, 1896. 1933: The Postal Telegraph Company of New York City delivered history’s first "singing" telegram. 1940: "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra hit #1 on Billboard’s pop music chart. 1942: History's first gold record was awarded to the Glenn Miller Orchestra for "Chattanooga Choo Choo." RCA presented a gold-sprayed master disc to Miller during a radio broadcast. 1949: "Jumping Joe" Fulks of the Philadelphia Warriors introduced the jump shot, scoring a then-NBA record 63 points against the Indianapolis Jets. The record stood for a decade until Elgin Baylor scored 64 on November 8, 1959. 1957: The Styrofoam cooler was invented. 1987: At the Maritime Aquarium in Gothenburg, Sweden, 65-year-old Smiley became the oldest alligator ever to freeze to death when someone apparently turned off the electricity heating her pool. 1993: With 90-million Americans watching, Michael Jackson told Oprah Winfrey his light skin was caused by a disorder called Vitiligo. He admitted he had had "minor" plastic surgery on his nose. 1998: A study at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital revealed evidence that men’s brains shrink faster with age than women’s brains. The study concluded that, between the ages of 65 and 95, men’s brains shrink faster in areas that control thinking, planning, and memory. 1999: Ruperta Hernandez of San Antonio became the oldest person ever to take the oath of U.S. citizenship. The 107-year-old Mexican-born mother of 11 had lived in Texas since 1915. 2002: A student with just 50 hours of flying lessons landed a ten-seat plane in the dark with no landing gear. A passenger aboard the Cape Air flight from Martha's Vinyard to Hyannis, Massachusetts, 24-year-old Melanie Oswalt took the controls after the pilot passed out. She could not contact ground staff over the radio and her mobile phone was dead. Ms. Oswalt landed the plane safely on Provincetown airport's 3,000 foot runway. She had never flown anything as complicated as the Cessna 402 and had never flown alone. 2004: Democrat John Kerry won the Virginia and Tennessee presidential primaries. 2005: Prince Charles announced he would marry his divorced lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, in April. 2007: In Fairfax, Virginia, 60,000 eggs were smashed on a highway when an 18-wheedelr overturned. Freezing weather prevented a rancid smell on the beltway encircling the nation's capital. The unidentified driver fled the scene rather than explain the mess. Birthdays:
Q: Did actress Laura Dern
and her mother Diane Ladd both receive Oscar nominations for their roles in the film: (a)
"Blue Velvet;" (b) "Wild At Heart;" or (c) "Rambling Rose?" Q: Gunshot wounds in the
U.S. cost $2.3 billion a year in medical expenses. How much of that is paid by
taxpayers through Medicaid, Medicare, workers’ comp, and other government programs:
(a) 50%; (b) 30%; or (c) 18%? 52 years ago today:
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