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“Candid Camera” TV Premiere: 65th Anniversary
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Created and hosted by Allen Funt, the show “Candid Camera” was initially an Armed Forces Radio program. Funt was extremely successful in recording soldiers’ gripes and broadcast them on the radio. The show’s main objective was to catch people unaware that they were on camera. In later years, the show changed dramatically. Most people that…
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National Archives Throws a Curveball
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The National Archives has published a free eBook called Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives, which tells the story of baseball in America through documents, photographs, audio, video, and other records preserved at the National Archives. The eBook covers the two world wars, contract disputes, civil rights, equal access and opportunity on and off…
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki: Anniversary
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Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, President Truman ordered the second bombing on Japan. It was August 9th, 1945, and an American B-29 bomber named Bock’s Car left Tinian Island on a mission to Kokura, but poor visibility meant redirection of the plane to Nagasaki. The bomber carried the plutonium bomb nicknamed the “Fat…
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National Hobo Convention
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Every year since 1900, Britt, Iowa, celebrates current and retired hobos and their independent life style. Each year there is a parade, traditional mulligan stew is served, and visitors can visit the Hobo Museum and the Hobo cemetery. The celebration also crowns a King and Queen of the hobos. To learn more about this obscure…
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Disappearance of Judge Crater
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Joe and his wife were on vacation in their cottage on a lake in Maine on the 3rd of August, 1930. The 9th was her birthday and the two were going to celebrate. Joseph Force Crater was a justice of the New York Supreme Court. He received a phone call that day and left immediately…
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Change in Hours for Special Collections
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Beginning Monday, August 5, 2013, Special Collections and Archives will be closed Mondays. The department will maintain its current hours the rest of the week: Tuesday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm If you have any questions, please contact specialcollections@furman.edu
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“American Bandstand” TV Premiere: Anniversary
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August 5, 1957 marked the premiere of the American classic, “American Bandstand.” The program began five years earlier as a local show in Philadelphia. Dick Clark, then a disc jockey, took over as host at age 26 and held that position until 1989. The show toured the country, putting on concerts or dances in various…
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Mandela Arrest: Anniversary
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Born Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the leader of the Tembu tribe in 1918 Umata, South Africa. Mandela grew up to be a political activist and a lawyer and in 1962 established the first black practice in South Africa. Four years later, he was charged with treason. In 1961 he was acquitted of those charges, but…
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Columbus Sails for the New World: Anniversary
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In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue…We all know it, but did you know that he set out to traverse the Big Blue on August 3rd? His courage and sometimes audacity won this Italian the nickname, “Admiral of the Ocean.” The Admiral and his crew of 90 set sail from Palos, Spain just half an…
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Happy 150th Birthday, Henry Ford!
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Happy birthday to the great American innovator! You know him as the man who introduced the car and the industrial line to America. Did you also know that he was not only a perfectionist and a business man, but also a tinker-er, a tyrant, and a good bit paranoid (borderline mental)? That’s right, Henry Ford…