The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
This Week in Music Chart History (August 3)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History August 3 - 9 1990 - Vision of Love, Mariah Carey 1986 - Glory of Love, Peter Cetera 1985 - Shout, Tears for Fears 1980 - Magic, Olivia Newton-John 1978 - Miss You, The Rolling Stones 1977 - I Just Want to Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 1973 - The Morning After, Maureen McGovern 1968 - Hello, I Love You, The Doors 1964 - A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles 1963 - So Much in Love, The Tymes
Today's Dose of Humour (August 5)
'Sherman gets a call from his doctor with the results of his blood test. "I've got band news and worse news," says the doctor. "The bad news is that you've only got twenty-four hours to live." "Oh, no," says Sherman. "That's terrible. How can it get any worse than that?" "I've been trying to reach you since yesterday."' - Unknown
Thinking Cap (August 5)
"Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation." - Leo Tolstoy
Today In History (August 5)
1984 Cliff Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays set a major-league baseball record by hitting the 19th pinch-hit home run in his career. He led the Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
Born on this Date (August 5)
1968 - Terri Clark (Canadian country music artist) 1966 - Jonathan Silverman (actor) 1956 - Maureen McCormick (actress; The Brady Bunch) 1953 - Samantha 'Cheryl Lau' Sang (singer, Emotion) 1948 - William Hootkins (actor; Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark; died October 23, 2005) 1945 - Loni Anderson (actress; WKRP in Cincinnati; died August 3, 2025) 1930 - Neil Armstrong (NASA astronaut; first man to land a craft on the Moon and first man to step onto its surface; died August 25, 2012) 1914 - Parley Edward Baer (Was an American actor in radio, television, film, despite numerous appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of Gunsmoke, and as the Mayor of Mayberry in The Andy Griffith Show; died November 22, 2002) 1877 - Thomas 'Tom' John Thomson (Was a Canadian artist, produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 larger works on canvas, almost entirely of landscapes, depicting trees, skies, lakes, rivers of Ontario landscape, member of the Group of Seven; died July 8, 1917)
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