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1 day ago · Robin Roberts developed an interest in rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues records as a high school student in Tacoma, Washington.Among the songs he began performing as an occasional guest singer with a local band, the Bluenotes, in 1958 were "Louie Louie", which he had "rescued from oblivion" after hearing Berry's obscure original single, and Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin", which gave him his ...
2 days ago · The Fourth of July is packed full of festivities in Greater Boston, from walking tours and live performances to good eats and, of course, fireworks.
2 days ago · Ron Acks (1944–living), NFL linebacker 1968–76. Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009. Lived in Illinois for a number of years after emigrating to the United States from Lithuania, getting a college degree and entering Chicago politics.
1 day ago · Good Times (1974-1979) The sitcom GoodTimes ran from 1974 to 1979 and focuses on a Black family living in the projects of inner-city Chicago. Although 26 at the series' start, Jimmie Walker played 17-year-old James “J.J.” Evans Jr., who became one of the most recognizable TV teen characters of the 1970s.
2 days ago · Browse Boston area obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.
1 day ago · t. e. The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to " the '80s " or " the Eighties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned ...
3 days ago · The following is the part of statement Reuben Boston made for his pension: “ 4 Sep 1832 Pension Papers of Reuben Boston File #31116 v “upon being interrogated __ could I further state that I was born in Orange County, Virginia. where I resided during the revolutionary war __ while in service continued to live there until about the year 1792 when I remand to Kentucky and been the last ...
