The Red Baron Wins his First Aerial Combat
He was only 25 when he died on April 25, 1918, but Manfred von Richthofen also known as the Red Baron was a flying ace and a deadly combat pilot for Germany during World War I. he was also know as “le Diable Rouge” (“Red Devil”) or “Le Petit Rouge” (“Little Red”) in French, [...]
Allen Funt – Smile You’re on Candid Camera!
Allen Funt was born on September 16, 1914. Beginning in the 1940’s and until the 1980s as a regular show or in a series of specials, his famous show, Candid Camera was produced.
Funt came up with his idea of recording ordinary people in unusual situations in the 1940s and began on radio as Candid Microphone. [...]
Virginia Rappe
If it wasn’t for the people that were around her when she died on September 9, 1921 in San Francisco, the name and the person Virginia Rappe would just be a small fact in the course of history. However, Rappe died after attending a Labor Day party held by Hollywood Comic Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle.
The [...]
The Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears were founded in Decatur, Ill as the Decatur Staleys in 1919. It was the company team of The A. E. Staley Co. In 1921 George Halas, who was hired in 1920 to run the team took over ownership of the team relocated them to Chicago and renamed them the Bears in [...]
Top Songs of 1976 in the Unites States
1976 was the year I graduated from High School and in many ways it was also the changing of styles of the 1970’s. The Top Six songs of the year had a few songs by long time artist and others from newer ones. The 6th best song of 1976 was from one of [...]
Gunsmoke – From Radio to Television
It was on September 10, 1955 that the radio show Gunsmoke began its television run. The Radio series voiced by William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillion began on April 26, 1952 and would remain on CBS radio until June 18, 1961. From the TV premier until the last radio broadcast the program would [...]
Elvis on Sullivan
It was on Sunday night September 9, 1956 that Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Even though the show was broadcasted from New York, Elvis’s appearance came from California, where he in the middle of filming Love me Tender, his first film role.
Ed Sullivan had originally said that he [...]
The Indianapolis Colts
In an unpopular 1984 move the Colts left their longtime home in Baltimore to Indianapolis. Ironically the then Mayor of Indianapolis now resides in Maryland.
Although the Colts have appeared in two Super Bowls, III & V, the Indianapolis Colts appeared in their first after the 2006 season. It was the Baltimore Colts. [...]
The Baltimore Ravens
When the NFL decided to expand in 1991, the city of Baltimore, who was one of the cities that had lost their NFL franchise when Bob Ersay moved the Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis, went after one of those franchises. They were not successful since the NFL awarded franchises for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the [...]
The Baltimore Colts
The Baltimore Colts were created in 1953 out of the failed NFL franchise Dallas Texans. There were two other football teams in Baltimore prior to 1953 to use the name Colts. In 1947 the Miami Seahawks of the All-American Football Conference moved to Baltimore and took the name Cots. In 1950 the AAFC merged with [...]
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