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Dial C for Cake, It's Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday!

By Tim R on Aug 13, 2014 8:35 AM

If you find yourself at the end of your Rope, suffering Vertigo every time you look out your Rear Window at all The Birds, with the sneaking Suspicion that you might just go Psycho... the reason might just be that today is Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday.

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August 1, 1981 - MTV debuts

By Heather S on Aug 1, 2014 10:10 AM

Thirty three years ago today, MTV debuted.  At 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981, MTV launched with a numerical countdown, followed by the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll." The first music video the new network played was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles...

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This Day in History : Eastland Disaster

By Jennifer on Jul 24, 2014 11:31 AM

"Her terrible fate was postponed until the day when Chicago went mad and the grinning face of the master of hell showed itself in the placid waters of the Chicago River." - The Eastland Disaster, Franklin Lee Stevenson

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