Yo-Yo Mah and Kathryn Stott performing "Over the Rainbow" On this Day: In 2017, the world's longest recorded rainbow at 8 hrs 58 min was…
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Vinheteiro performing his transcriptions of the Evolution of Video Game Music 1980 - 2018 On this Day: In 1972, the co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell…
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Peter Combe performing "Newspaper Mama" On this Day: 1814 The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich…
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Sunrise fanfare from Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" set to the opening of "2001 A Space Odyssey" On this Day: In 1896, "Also Sprach Zarathustra"…
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Victor Laszlo singing to, and the house band playing, "La Marseillaise" On this Day: In 1942, "Casablanca", a film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring…
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On this Day: In 1817, the first sword swallower in USA performed in New York City. But sword swallowers had been performing their feats of…
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On this Day: In 1974, the most complete early human skeleton ("Lucy", Australopithecus) was discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White…
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On this Day: In 1835, Henry Burden of Troy, NY, patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine. However, people had been hanging horseshoes over their doors for…
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On this Day: In 1927, the 1st snowmobile patent was granted to Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin. Was Carl truly the first sledneck to take…
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Eternal Light (A Chanukah Song) On this Day: In 164 BC, during the Maccabbean revolt, Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, which…
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