The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
This Week in Music Chart History (August 24)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History August 24 - 30 1992 - End of the Road, Boyz II Men 1985 - The Power of Love, Huey Lewis and the News 1977 - Best of My Love, The Emotions 1975 - Fallin' in Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 1973 - Brother Louie, Stories 1964 - Where Did Our Love Go, The Supremes 1962 - The Loco-Motion, Little Eva 1960 - It's Now or Never, Elvis Presley 1959 - The Three Bells, The Browns 1958 - Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu), Domenico Modugno
Today's Dose of Humour (August 25)
"A neighbour is a person who listens to you attentively, through a wall." - The Little Book of Jokes, Robert Frederick Ltd., Montague House, Lambridge Street, Bath, BA16RX
Thinking Cap (August 25)
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford
Today In History (August 25)
1949 "Father Knows Best" debuted on NBC Radio. The program was aired Thursday nights for four years. As in the later-to-come television version, Robert Young also played the role of Jim Anderson, the ever-patient father, over the radio waves.
Born on this Date (August 25)
1964 - Blair Underwood (actor; L.A. Law) 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus (singer) 1954 - Elvis Costello 'Declan McManus' (musician, songwriter) 1949 - Gene Simmons (musician; group, Kiss) 1944 - Jacques Demers (former Canadian Senator, former broadcaster and former professional ice hockey head coach) 1933 - Tom Skerritt (Emmy Award-winning actor; Picket Fences) 1931 - Regis 'Francis Xavier' Philbin (TV host, TV announcer, TV field interviewer; died July 24, 2020) 1930 - Sir Sean Connery (Academy Award-winning actor; died October 31, 2020) 1930 - Graham Powley Jarvis (Was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s; died April 16, 2003) 1921 - Monty 'Monte Halparin' Hall (Was a Canadian-American game show host, producer, philanthropist, Let's Make a Deal; died September 30, 2017) 1918 - Leonard Bernstein (conductor, composer; died October 14, 1990)
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