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Confluence Logansport
May 13, 2009, 10:03:57 AM5/13/09
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Today's update has relevance to Logansport this week:
Louis Armstrong & his orchestra recorded When the Saints Go Marching
In in 1938.
Stevie Wonder is born in 1950.
Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan was born in 1842. He was knighted not for
the operettas he created with William Schwenk Gilbert, but for
composing Onward, Christian Soldiers.
The Pajama Game opened on Broadway in New York City at the St. James
Theatre in 1954.
1984 - The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in theatre history
-- & the longest running show of any type in American history -- gave
performance number 10,000. The show opened on May 3, 1960.
Samuel Rust patented the first practical printing press in 1821.
The first commercial American FM radio station went on the air in
Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1939. The station later became WDRC-FM.
Louis Armstrong & his orchestra recorded When the Saints Go Marching
In in 1938.
Stevie Wonder is born in 1950.
Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan was born in 1842. He was knighted not for
the operettas he created with William Schwenk Gilbert, but for
composing Onward, Christian Soldiers.
The Pajama Game opened on Broadway in New York City at the St. James
Theatre in 1954.
1984 - The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in theatre history
-- & the longest running show of any type in American history -- gave
performance number 10,000. The show opened on May 3, 1960.
Samuel Rust patented the first practical printing press in 1821.
The first commercial American FM radio station went on the air in
Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1939. The station later became WDRC-FM.
Confluence Logansport
May 15, 2009, 11:25:56 PM5/15/09
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L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born in 1856.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their film debut in the animated cartoon
Plane Crazy (1928).
In 1990, Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for a
world-record $82.5 million.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their film debut in the animated cartoon
Plane Crazy (1928).
In 1990, Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for a
world-record $82.5 million.
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