On this date (Aug 10) in 1962, a legend was born. In the Marvel comic, Amazing Fantasy, issue #15, we were introduced to The Amazing Spider-Man. You read that right… Spider-Man is 50 years old! In the early 60s, Stan
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On this date (Aug 6), in 1911, Lucille Désirée Ball was born in Jamestown, NY. She was a groundbreaking comedian; a model; a radio, stage, TV, and film actress; and a film & TV executive. She nominated for 13 Emmy
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On this date (Aug 3), in 1936, a couple of young African American men from the South showed the world that Adolf Hitler’s Aryan idealism was worth about as much as the penny we talked about yesterday. Exactly 76 years
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On this date (Aug 2), in 1909, the first Lincoln head pennies were minted. 1909 was the centennial of Lincoln’s birth, and his profile on the penny was a memorial to The Great Emancipator. Officially called the “cent” by the
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On this date (August 1), in 1981, the landscape of entertainment was permanently altered. MTV began broadcasting, opening just after midnight with footage from the countdown and launch of Columbia, the inaugural mission of NASA’s late space shuttle program. Over