The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
Thinking Cap (November 7)
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best." - St. Jerome
This Week in Music Chart History (November 3)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History November 3 -9 1986 - True Colors, Cyndi Lauper 1982 - Up Where We Belong, Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes 1979 - Pop Muzik, M 1978 - You Needed Me, Anne Murray 1975 - Island Girl, Elton John 1973 - Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight & the Pips 1972 - I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash 1971 - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, Cher 1964 - Baby Love, The Supremes 1962 - He's a Rebel, The Crystals
Today In History (November 7)
1885 The last spike driven at Craigellachie in British Columbia marked the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The transcontinental railroad was 2,980 miles long.
Today's Dose of Humour (November 7)
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." - Jack Handey
Born on this Date (November 7)
1972 - Jason London (actor; The Man in the Moon; twin brother of Jeremy London) 1972 - Jeremy London (actor; I’ll Fly Away; twin brother of Jason London) 1964 - Dana Plato (actress; Diff’rent Strokes; died May 8, 1999) 1957 - Christopher Knight (actor; The Brady Bunch) 1955 - Shirley Rose Eikhard (Canadian singer, songwriter; three-time Juno Award winner; died December 15, 2022) 1943 - Joni Mitchell 'Roberta Anderson' (Canadian and American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, painter, one of the most influential singer/songwriters from the 1960s folk music circuit, eleven Grammy Awards, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) 1942 - Johnny Rivers 'John Ramistella' (singer) 1938 - Dee 'Delectus' Clark (singer; died December 7, 1990) 1922 - Al Hirt (musician; trumpet; died April 27, 1999) 1918 - Billy Graham (evangelist; TV host; died February 21, 2018) 1914 - Archie Campbell (country singer, comedian; Hee Haw, Grand Ole Opry; died August 29, 1987) 1907 - Thomas Browne Henry (Was an American character actor known for many guest appearances on television and in films; died June 30, 1980) 1867 - Madame Marie Curie 'Marja Sklodowski' (Nobel Prize-winning physicist; study of radiation; chemist; discovered radium and polonium; died July 4, 1934)
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