This morning I planned to write about the 20th anniversary of Sesame Street and also the end of the Berlin Wall 40th anniversary but a comment by Monica asking if Roy Orbison sang Shaboom…Shaboom sent me on a detour to Carl Hoffman’s The 60′s Official Site and then via one of his links to A Delicious...
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As posted on Carl Hoffman’s The 60′s Official site  Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shults, a nurse. Both were unemployed during the Great Depression, so the family lived in Fort Worth for several years to find...
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THIS IS PRETTY GOOD Some ‘Senior’ personal ads seen in Alberta/BC newspapers: Who says seniors don’t have a sense of humour? FOXY LADY: Sexy, fashion-conscious blue-haired beauty, 80′s, slim, 5’4′ (used to be 5’6′), searching for sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion. Matching white shoes and belt a plus. LONG-TERM COMMITMENT: Recent widow who has just buried...
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This is what Kevin says: “Although I’ve had the concept for the Rocket Product Creation program in my brain for quite awhile, the name took longer. I finally settled on the rocket, and the character riding a rocket while typing his info product, because I wanted to create something that would propel your business-building...
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1998: Witchcraft was blamed when a bolt of lightening killed all 11 members of a soccer team in the African Congo village of Bena Tshadi during a game in which both teams were evenly matched 1-1. 1998: a superbly preserved granite sphinx with the head of Cleopatra’s father was winched up by divers in...
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1998: 77 year-old JOHN GLENN become the oldest astronaut in the world when he blasted off from NASA’S lauch site in Florida in space shuttle DISCOVERY, on its nine day flight to study the sun. (Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962) 1996: 2,000 sheep went on the march in...
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“LIVING PROOF: Why we are Impatient Optimists” is a story about success. Millions of lives have been saved, improved and empowered because of the investments in global health made by the U.S. and its partners around the world. We have seen the remarkable successes—living proof that these investments are paying off. There are millions...
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2002: in 2002 Irish actor RICHARD HARRIS died in London after suffering from Hodgkin’s Disease. 1998: in 1998 PRINCE CHARLES and CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES issued their first joint statement rejecting any suggestion that they collaborated with author PENNY JUNOR on her biography CHARLES:VICTIM OR VILLAIN? which sought to shift the blame for the Prince’s...
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1996: in 1996 a year-long study into a mysterious outbreak of black spots on hundreds of Cypriot school children revealed they were caused by jabbing themselves with pencils. 1993: in 1993 American president BILL CLINTON and wife HILLARY were reported to be planning a death pact to allow them to switch off the life...
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