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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 26, 2020 9:11:48 GMT -5
Bonanza was one of the very first U.S. Western TV shows to be produced 100 percent in color. That’s also why it was one of the most expensive of its time. It cost between $100,000 and $150,000 to shoot each episode. They shot 431 episodes. The actors wore the same clothes each week so a reshoot or a past clip could be inserted economically. If it wasn’t for that decision, the show would have been canceled before it had the chance to become one of the most popular TV shows of all time. The only Western TV series to run longer than Bonanzas ('59 to '73) 14 years was Gunsmoke, which ran for 20 seasons. Bonanza was the first “dramatic” TV Western that didn’t focus on hunting down and killing bad guys. Instead, the show focused on such issues as racism, prejudice, and social justice.
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Post by soutxed on Dec 26, 2020 9:37:51 GMT -5
On this day in 1966 First Kwanzaa celebrations were held.
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Post by johnmori on Dec 26, 2020 11:03:05 GMT -5
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December 26, 1919
Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
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Post by sandipaws on Dec 26, 2020 21:57:49 GMT -5
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Post by johnmori on Dec 27, 2020 8:26:00 GMT -5
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December 27, 1981
Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
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Post by BillG on Dec 27, 2020 9:08:20 GMT -5
Who knew??? On December 27th, 1947 the first "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), is telecast on NBC.
 
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Post by soutxed on Dec 27, 2020 9:29:54 GMT -5
On this date in 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.
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Post by sandipaws on Dec 27, 2020 21:11:17 GMT -5
Who Knew??? Pledge of Allegiance Day on December 28th commemorates the date Congress adopted the “The Pledge” into the United States Flag Code.
Congress formally gave recognition for the Pledge of Allegiance on December 28, 1945. Francis Bellamy receives credit for writing the Pledge of Allegiance. The Youth’s Companion, a magazine for young people, first published it anonymously on September 8, 1892, under the title “The Pledge.” It was written in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America.
In 1923 and 1924, the National Flag Conference inserted text of the pledge into legislation. Though modifications were made, the pledge remained nearly the same. At the same time, the conference didn’t designate it as the official pledge. In its original form, it read:
“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
The small changes resulted in this version:
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
On Flag Day in 1954, Congress added the words “under God” in response to the anti-Communist opinion sweeping the country during the Cold War.
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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 28, 2020 3:22:16 GMT -5
Yes, you can smell rain. The smell is ozone, which typically has a sweet, pungent aroma. In stormy weather, lightning splits atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen molecules. These can then combine into nitric oxide, which, with further reactions, forms ozone. This is then carried downwind ahead of the rain with its characteristic fresh scent alerting those with sensitive noses that the rain is about to fall.
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Post by johnmori on Dec 28, 2020 5:17:01 GMT -5
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December 28, 1895
Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
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Post by BillG on Dec 28, 2020 6:25:10 GMT -5
Who knew??? On December 28th, 1912 the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) inaugurates streetcar service on the A and B lines along Geary Street between downtown and 33rd Avenue, amid a celebratory crowd of San Franciscans.
 
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Post by soutxed on Dec 28, 2020 9:20:26 GMT -5
Dec. 28, 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star.
(Neptune wasn’t officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
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Post by sandipaws on Dec 28, 2020 23:53:30 GMT -5
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 Tick Tock Day, observed annually on December 29th, reminds us to complete any unfinished business that might need addressing before the end of the year.
As the end of the year approaches, many items call for our attention. Unfinished business usually needs to be wrapped up before the end of the calendar year. Things like larger business purchases and charitable donations for the tax year may need to be transacted before December 31st.
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Post by johnmori on Dec 29, 2020 5:29:58 GMT -5
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December 29, 1949
KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 29, 2020 7:54:11 GMT -5
The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall is the biggest galactic superstructure we have
discovered so far in our Universe. It is a supercluster which has a diameter of around 10 billion light
years. (5.88 trillion miles, 5.88×10¹² mi, or 5,878,625,373,183.6 miles.) Times 10 billion. Many scientists
believe that our Universe is only one of a set of separate universes, collectively known as the multiverse.
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