The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
This Week in Music Chart History (August 10)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History August 10 - 16 1995 - Waterfalls, TLC 1994 - Stay (I Missed You), Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 1992 - This Used to Be My Playground, Madonna 1989 - Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx 1984 - Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr. 1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee 1971 - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Bee Gees 1962 - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Neil Sedaka 1960 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini, Brian Hyland 1959 - A Big Hunk o' Love, Elvis Presley
Today's Dose of Humour (August 11)
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." - Don Marquis
Thinking Cap (August 11)
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be." - Anne Frank
Today In History (August 11)
1896 Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, CT received a patent for the pull-chain electric-light socket.
Born on this Date (August 11)
1954 - Joe Jackson (singer; Is She Really Going Out with Him?, Steppin' Out, Be My Number Two) 1953 - Hulk Hogan 'Terry Bollea' (wrestler, actor; died July 24, 2025) 1950 - Stephen Gary 'Woz' Wozniak (American inventor, electronics engineer, programmer, philanthropist, technology entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.) 1949 - Eric Carmen (Was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, lead vocalist of the Raspberries, solo career, All by Myself, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, Hungry Eyes, Make Me Lose Control; died March 10, 2024) 1934 - Billy 'William Allan Evera' Van (Was a Canadian comedian, actor, singer; The Hilarious House of Frightenstein; died January 8, 2003) 1930 - Paul Robert Soles (was a Canadian actor, television personality, voice actor; voiced the title character in Spider-Man [1967]; died May 26, 2021) 1921 - Alex Haley (Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Roots; died February 10, 1992)
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