Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
On This Day:
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg convicted espionage (1951) BORN: Man o' War, racehorse (1917) DIED: Sir Robert Falcon Scott, explorer (1912)
Fact:
A large beech tree can provide enough oxygen for the daily requirement of ten people
Quote:
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. (Sir Francis Bacon)
Word:
scuttlebutt (noun) 1: Rumor, gossip 2: A drinking fountain on a ship 3: A cask of drinking water on a ship
Fortune Cookie:
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause
Poem:
For nothing this wide Universe I call, / Save thou, my Rose; in it thou art my all. (Shakespeare)
Joke:
What do lawyers and sperm have in common? One in 50,000,000 has a chance of becoming a human being.
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Johnny gets a call from a young boy in rural Massachusetts ... to report a murder! By the time Johnny arrives in town, young Jimmy has disappeared!
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