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1965-Smokey Robinson’s classic song “MyGirl” goes to #1 for the Temptations. The song still is great. It became the walk up song for my favorite #NYMets player, Francisco Lindor- and all of #Citifield would join in the singing!🎶👏🏻❤️ music.apple.com/us/album/my-...

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1770-OTD a squad of British regulars shot in2 a crowd of Bostonians killing 5 (3 of the 8 that were wounded eventually died too) including Crispus Attucks,a black freeman.The event became known as the Boston Massacre. John Adams successfully defended the British Officer accused of murder.Revolution!

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OTD in 1918 Sgt Albert Gitchell,a cook at Ft. Riley, Kansas,became the 1st documented patient to come down with the “Spanish flu”. It then spread to Europe and the world killing 50-100 million people.We have not learned everything we should have from that sad pandemic. ⚕️😔

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Remembering the 1895 bdayof General Matthew Ridgway,who had a brilliant military career in WW2 as commander of the 82nd Airborne & then as Supreme Allied Commander in Korea.He replaced MacArthur who wanted 2 use the A-bomb vs China.He also convinced Ike not 2 intervene militarily in Vietnam.🇺🇸👏🏻🙏

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OTD in 1944, Casablanca won the Best picture Oscar at the 16th annual Academy Awards ceremony. Still one of the greatest love stories and WW2 movies ever made. “Here’s looking at you, kid”❤️🙏🎥

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music.apple.com/us/album/in-... Remembering the 1904 bday of Glenn Miller, king of the Big Band Sound. He was the biggest record seller from 1939-44. Smooth! Tragically shot down in WW2 at the height of popularity 🎶🙏😔

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OTD in 1953 Jame Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA. This event opened up a world of medical innovations in the area of cancer care, virology, vaccine development and genetics. A total game changer! Bravo!🙌 ⚕️🙏🧬

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1860-a clean-shaven Abe Lincoln delivers a speech at Cooper Union college in NYC that many say won him the Presidency.Speaking about the duty 2 end slavery,he said-“Let us have faith that right makes might,& in that faith,let us,2 the end, dare 2 do our duty as we understand it” Still holds true!👏🏻🇺🇸

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Remembering the 1932 bday of the iconic Johnny Cash, whose unique country music style allowed him to crossover into pop/rock and R&B. Take a listen to Walk the Line and see what I mean. youtu.be/J5126CibNsk?...

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1950-#NBC debuted the “Show of Shows”, starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris. It was must c 📺. Writers included Mel Brooks,Neil Simon,Woody Allen,Larry Gelbart, & Selma Diamond. It made Americans go out and buy TV sets. The Golden Age of live comedy on TV👏🏻🤣🙏

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Remembering the 1933 birthday of brilliant pediatric surgeon & research scientist Dr. Judah Folkman. His discovery of tumor angiogenesis factor in tumor cells was a major breakthrough in cancer therapy. We lost him too soon in 2008. 🙏⚕️

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1954-OTD at the Arsenal School in Pittsburgh,Dr.Jonas Salk began a mass vaccination campaign vs the dreaded polio virus.This was the beginning of the end of polio that crippled thousands-or so we thought.Now denial & hesitance has allowed polio,measles & whooping cough 2 rear its ugly head again😞💉⚕️

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1980- OTD the US Olympic hockey team led by Coach Herb Brooks upset the heavily favored Russian team in what has been dubbed the “Miracle on Ice”. They went on to win the Gold medal in the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. What an achievement!!!🇺🇸👏🏻🏒

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1852-George Bancroft, Worcester’s own iconic historian,educator & government servant,was elected pres. of the prestigious American Geographic Society.He had previously been the Secretary of the Navy when the Naval Academy at Annapolis was founded.He is known as the “Father of US History”

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Remembering the 1927 birthday of Bahamian-American actor, Sidney Poitier, whose brilliant career gave us ground breaking roles in Blackboard Jungle, Lilies of the Field(Oscar),Guess who’s Coming to Dinner, To Sir, With Love, In the Heat of the Night among many others. A wonderful film legacy!🎥👏🏻🙏❤️

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80 yrs ago 2day the US Marines landed on Iwo Jima,the 1st that was in B-29 range of Japan. 4 days later,Joe Rosenthal captured the image that has represented the USMC ever since.It took till 3/26 2 claim victory. But it cemented the country’s understanding of the intensity of war in the Pacific.

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1790- Remembering the bday of British MD and physiologist John Marshall, who developed an explanation of how the spinal cord worked, how to resuscitate drowning victims and how capillaries worked. He also was an ardent abolitionist. Way ahead of his time! ⚕️🙏

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Remembering the 1781 bday of French physician Rene Laennec, who invented the stethoscope. This innovation has greatly enhanced the evaluation of the cardiothoracic and abdominal organs. Bravo⚕️👏🏻🙏

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Happy 68th Birthday to brilliant actor/teacher LeVar Burton, whose role in Alex Haley’s Roots as slave Kunta Kinte opened so many eyes as to the horrible US legacy of slavery. Then he helped enrich so many kids’ lives with his Reading Rainbow show on PBS. 👏🏻🙏

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music.apple.com/us/album/tak... I grew up on the upper tip of Manhattan in a neighborhood called Inwood.It was on the last subway stop of the A train.When my Dad 1st played the Duke Ellington record of the Take the A Train song,I thought it was written 4 my family.It was released OTD in 1941🎶👏🏻

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share.icloud.com/photos/0088r... OTD in 1803 Chief Justice John Marshall of SCOTUS began deliberations on the famous Marburg vs Madison case. By 2/24/1803 he had established that the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Legislature or Executive Orders.yay!

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80 years ago today the firebombing of the German city of Dresden by the RAF debated the city and killed and estimated 25K people. Even Winston Churchill had remorse over this particular bombing run, as Dresden had relatively little military importance. War is hell😔

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Today we honor the Bday of POTUS#16,Abraham Lincoln,a person of humble birth who rose 2 become the savior of the Union & arguably our greatest leader.More books have been written about him than anyone except Jesus.I shudder 2 think about what he’d say about what our country is going through 2day.😞

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Remembering the 1926 birthday of the late actor/ comedian Leslie Nielsen, who traded in his serious acting chops for his hysterical roles in Airplane and as Lt. Fran Dreben in the Naked Gun Series. I smile just thinking about some of those films. youtu.be/VWY9S-uKU-4?...

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Remembering the 1931 bday of surf guitar music Don Wilson, lead guitarist of the Ventures. He gave us Walk Don’t Run, wipeout, Telstar, and the Hawaii 5-0 theme. Still fun to listen to. music.apple.com/us/album/wal...

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1964- OTD the Beatles made their 1st appearance on the Wd Sullivan show on CBS with 73mil watching. They nailed their set despite the screaming teens in the audience and parents like mine said that seemed alright. A good gig!🎶👏🏻 youtu.be/jenWdylTtzs?...

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Remembering the 1931 bday of legendary actor James Dean, whose career was tragically cut short by a Motor vehicle crash. Benny made 3 films, Rebel without a cause, East of Eden and Giant, but the power of his performances lasts to this day. RIP🙏

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Remembering the 1812 bday of prolific author Charles Dickens.He has an incredible resume, with so many classics(Tale of 2 Cities, Great Expectations,the Christmas Carol).He visited Worcester,MA 2X, reading 4 the public at Mechanics Hall.Testimony 2 the importance of The Woo in the 19th century. 👏🏻📖🙏

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Today would have been the 80th birthday of the iconic reggae performer and social activist, Bob Marley. His messages were baked into wonderful music that introduced reggae to the world. He is missed to this day. 🎶👏🏻 music.apple.com/us/album/thr...

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img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/i... Welcome back Polar Bear Pete Alonso!! I think you made the right decision and that you will have an awesome 2025 season. LGM!!!!!

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80 yrs ago today Gen Douglas MacArthur fulfilling his “I Shall Return” promise by landing on the Philippines. The Battle of Manila was raging but by the end of February most Japanese resistance was defeated. But Manila was devastated.🇺🇸😞

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Remembering the 1936 birthday of pioneering standup comic David Brenner. He was one of the first comedians to use what’s called “observational” comedy, mocking everyday absurdities. He was very funny and gone too soon from pancreatic cancer at age 78. Thanks David!📺👏🏻🤣

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1959-OTD a plane crash took the lives of three rock and roll pioneers- the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly. Don Maclean made the day famous by calling it the “Day the Music Died”.

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1876-OTD the National Baseball League was incorporated in NYC. Teams were included from Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and St Louis. Baseball was truly becoming the National Pastime⚾️👏🏻❤️

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1972- OTD Neil Young released his iconic Harvest album which became an instant classic. He had successes before but this album showed his versatility and still sounds great. Bravo!🎶👏🏻🙏❤️ music.apple.com/us/album/hea...

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1) As a Worcester, MA resident, it is important to recognize the 1933 birthday of our former Congressman, Joseph Early, who represented us in DC for almost 20 years. He gave us two great gifts, among many others. 1 was his son, our wonderful DA Joseph Early, Jr. …

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