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:
The Apple I is created (1976) BORN: Charles Halle pianist and conductor (1819) DIED: Joseph Merrick 'The Elephant Man' (1890)
Quote:
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. (Sir Winston Churchill)
Fact:
The word 'freelance' was first used by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe to describe a medieval mercenary warrior as a 'free-lance'
Word:
misology (noun) Hatred of logic or reason or enlightenment
Fortune Cookie:
Your heart is pure, and your mind clear, and your soul devout
Poem:
In the twilight rain / These brilliant-hued / Hibiscus ... a lovely sunset / (Haiku by Basho)
Joke:
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
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The notorious outlaw of the Great Northwest Vernon Kyle has terrorized the inhabitants in the town of Pitchblende in the Yukon into sharing their mines with him. Kyle plans to force the miners to ship their pitchblende ore containing radium to Peal River by way of his airplane ...
Rocky doesn't know that his enemy Triflis has returned from Istanbut to Cairo before him. He's waiting at the Cafe Tambourine to recover his valuables and attempt again to kill Rocky.
A meek little Professor claims to have invented a system to beat the roulette wheel ... a promptly proves it by winning $90,000 and getting himself killed!
Gregory Arkadin summons Harry from Vienna to Antibes. He's a wealthy man with amnesia for twenty years who hires Harry to find out who he really is. It's worth $10,000 to Harry if he succeeds.
Frank Bissell and his gang have come to Dodge. Marshal Dillon gives them until sundown to leave Dodge. Features a showdown between William Conrad and John Dehner.
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