The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
This Week in Music Chart History (April 27)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History April 27 - May 3 1988 - Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Whitney Houston 1985 - We Are the World, USA for Africa 1984 - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Phil Collins 1979 - Heart of Glass" Blondie 1975 - (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, B. J. Thomas 1974 - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), MFSB and The Three Degrees 1966 - Good Lovin', The Young Rascals 1963 - I Will Follow Him, Little Peggy March 1961 - Runaway, Del Shannon 1960 - Stuck on You, Elvis Presley
Today's Dose of Humour (April 29)
"The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it." - Shirley MacLaine
Thinking Cap (April 29)
"Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning." - Denis Waitley
Today In History (April 29)
2004 The last Oldsmobile, named after Ransom Eli Olds, rolled off a General Motors assembly line in Lansing, MI.
Born on this Date (April 29)
1963 - Michael Babcock Jr. (Canadian ice hockey coach, player, NHL) 1958 - Eve Plumb (actress; The Brady Bunch) 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress; Dangerous Liaisons, Batman Returns) 1957 - Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (Academy Award winning, retired English actor) 1955 - Kate Mulgrew (actress; Columbo, Ryan’s Hope, Roots, Throw Momma from the Train) 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld (Emmy Award-winning producer; comedian, actor) 1951 - 'Ralph' Dale Earnhardt Sr. (Was an American professional stock car driver and team owner; died February 18, 2001) 1947 - Tommy James 'Jackson' (singer; group Tommy James and The Shondells; Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover) 1933 - Rod McKuen (singer; poet-song writer; died January 29, 2015) 1931 - 'Anthony James' Lonnie Donegan (folk singer, musician; Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight; died November 3, 2002) 1899 - Duke 'Edward Kennedy' Ellington (musician, composer, bandleader; died May 24, 1974)
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