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Celebrity Relatives: Game-show host Jack Narz is the uncle of game-show host Tom Kennedy. |
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Toys and Games: The Big Wheel, a large plastic tricycle popular in the 1970s, was originally made by Kenner. |
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Movie Settings: In the movie "Miss Congeniality", the Miss United States Pageant, in which FBI Agent Gracie Hart (played by Sandra Bullock) poses as Miss New Jersey, was held in San Antonio. |
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Military Aircraft: The KC-10 Extender is based on the same airframe as the DC-10 passenger jet. |
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Medications: Vytorin, the popular cholesterol medication, is a combination of the prescription drugs Lipitor and Zocor. |
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Women's Basketball: The Charlotte Sting joined the WNBA in 2000, as an expansion team. |
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Unusual Deaths: Astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See died during a trip to St. Louis, on February 28, 1966, to visit their Gemini spacecraft. |
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Holidays and Observances: Residents of Boston celebrate Evacuation Day, the occasion on which British troops left the city during the American Revolution, on September 11. |
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American Cars: The Pontiac Astre was the twin of the Chevrolet Vega. |
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The Grammys: Renowned session drummer Hal Blaine played on the Grammy-winning Record of the Year for six consecutive years, 1966 to 1971. |
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Video Games: The Sega Dreamcast game "Bomber Hehhe!" was a clone of the 1980s vintage Activision classic "Kaboom!" |
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Deaths In The News, 2006: Singer Gerald Levert, who died on November 10, was cut down by a heart attack, at the age of 40. |
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Classic Television: In the last original episode of the series "That Girl", Ann Marie (played by Marlo Thomas) and Donald Hollister (Ted Bessell) finally get married. |
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Highways and Byways: Interstate 64 provides a direct connection between Frankfort, Kentucky and Richmond, Virginia. |
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Airports: McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is named in honor of a US Air Force fighter pilot killed in action during the Korean War. |
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