MARCH 11 SONG OF THE DAY 1950 - "Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" - Red Foley 1958 - "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" - Johnny Cash 1972 - "My Hang-up Is You" - Freddie Hart 1974 - "There Won't Be Anymore" - Charlie Rich 1982 - " You're The Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" by Ed Bruce HOLIDAYS Dream Day National Debunking Day, a day to debunk rumors and myths Check Your Batteries Day Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day EVENTS 1302 - Romeo Monteveccio married Juliet Cappelleto in Citadela, Italy, and inspired Shakespeare to write a play about them. They had never seen each other. 1779 - Congress established the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental and structural facilities for the U.S. Army. 1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas adopt the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. 1888 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hit the Northeast, killing more than 400 people and dumping as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas. Mark Twain was in New York at the time and was stranded at his hotel for several days. P.T. Barnum entertained some of the stranded at Madison Square Garden. 1901 - U.S. Steel was formed when industrialist J.P. Morgan purchased Carnegie Steel Corp. The event made Andrew Carnegie the world's richest man. 1918 - Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reported to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, complaining of the cold-like symptoms of sore throat, fever and headache. By noon, over 100 of his fellow soldiers had reported similar symptoms, marking what are believed to be the first cases in the historic influenza epidemic of 1918. The flu would eventually kill 675,000 Americans and more than 20 million people (some believe the total may be closer to 40 million) around the world. 1927 - The Flatheads Gang staged the first armored truck holdup in U.S. history. The armored truck, carrying $104,250 of payroll money for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company, drove over a mine planted under the roadbed by the road bandits. The car blew up and five guards were badly injured. 1927 - Seeburg placed their first jukebox in California. 1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000. 1942 - After struggling against great odds to save the Philippines from Japanese conquest, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur abandons the island fortress of Corregidor under orders from President Franklin Roosevelt. Deeply disappointed, he issued a statement to the press in which he promised his men and the people of the Philippines, "I shall return." On October 20, 1944, only one-third of the men MacArthur left behind had survived to see his return. 1950 - After 26 years on the radio, the long-running country music radio show National Barn Dance aired for the last time. It was a Chicago version of the Grand Ole Opry. Each episode began with, "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!" 1951 - The comic strip "Dennis the Menace" first appeared in U.S. newspapers. 1957 - Charles Van Doren threw a game of Twenty-One on national TV 1958 - A B-47 accidentally dropped an unarmed nuclear weapon into the garden of a family in Mars Bluff, South Carolina. The conventional explosives detonated, destroying the home and injuring six family members. The blast resulted in the formation of a crater 50-70 feet wide and 25-30 feet deep. Five other houses and a church were also damaged. The Air Force paid the injured family $54,000 in compensation. 1969 - Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans. 1969 - After 25 years as a successful bluegrass duo, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs split officially 1975 - George Jones & Tammy Wynette divorced after 7 years of marriage 1986 - Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a one-stick model. 1987 - William Lee Golden was asked to leave the Oak Ridge Boys. 1989 – COPS, a documentary-style television series that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as they go about their jobs, debuted on Fox. BIRTHDAYS 1903 - Lawrence Welk 1930 - Troy Ruttman (auto racer: youngest winner of Indianapolis 500 [1952]. 1955 - Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers. |
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Newlywed Game host Bob Eubanks: What is your least favorite fowl, your least favorite fowl, f-o-w-l? Contestant: I'd say sauerkraut. |
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