1946: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis began their partnership as a nightclub song and comedy act with a performance in Atlantic City, N.J. They split up in 1956.
Entertainment highlights during the week of July 20-26: 1946: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis began their partnership as a nightclub song and comedy act with a performance in Atlantic City, N.J. They split up in 1956. 1952: "High Noon," starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, opened. 1965: Bob Dylan's single "Like A Rolling Stone" was released by Columbia Records. 1979: Little Richard - known as the
MONROE -- Joey Eilers, son of Mrs. Raymond Eilers of Monroe Bridge, has received his discharge from the Army. He was drafted on July 6, 1956, and held the rating of specialist third class. He was stationed at Fort Knox, Ken., Armored School.
New York Yankees legend Don Larsen will meet and greet fans and sign free autographs. Larsen arguably pitched the best game in the history of baseball - a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series!
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys is planning a resort community on about 1,600 acres at Lake Eufaula. Lake Eufaula was created through the River and Harbor Act of 1946. Work began in 1956, with the lake being dedicated in 1964 by a Texan -- President Lyndon Johnson.
No Asian team has won the football gold medal since the sport was included in the Olympics 100 years ago, and barring an upset they will struggle to breakthrough in Beijing.
A fresh take on a French classic. By Lance Goldenberg You don't really need to see Albert Lamorisse's The Red Balloon in order to appreciate the film it inspired, Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon. In some ways, in fact, you may even be better off deliberately avoiding Lamorisse's 1956 classic, 34 minutes of charming effervescence that tend to make Hou's delicately contoured
CHARLESTON -- Sammy L. Riggens Jr., 51, died July 11, 2008, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 14, 1956, in Wyatt, to Samuel L. Rigney Sr. of Charleston and the late Margie Ree McCain Riggens, he was a 1975 Charleston High School graduate.
The greatest collection of baseball talent perhaps ever assembled stood on the field Tuesday night in a glorious tribute at the All-Star Game, with many saying their final goodbye to Yankee Stadium.