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Podcast title RetroMental: Time Capsules
Website URL http://www.retromental.com
Description Nostalgia. Memories. Television. Life.
Updated Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:20:55 +0000
Category Society & Culture
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Episodes

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You
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Description: On this day in 1934, Ethel Merman recorded “I Get A Kick Out Of You”. You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease. Copyright © 2008 RetroMental: Time Capsules. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in [...]

2. Old Man River
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Description: On this day in 1944, Frank Sinatra recorded ‘Old Man River’. Copyright © 2008 RetroMental: Time Capsules. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator or at retromental.com, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement and most likely has tried to [...]

3. The Monroe Doctrine
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Description: On this day in 1823, President James Monroe outlined the now famous ‘Monroe Doctrine‘. At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at St. Petersburgh to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective [...]

4. Rosa Parks Refuses To Give Up Her Seat
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Description: On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, becoming a symbol and a face in the civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. [...]

5. Lincoln Delivers The Gettysburg Address
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Description: On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any [...]

6. Steamboat Willie Arrives
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Description: On this day in 1928, Mickey Mouse debuted as Steamboat Willie. Did you ever notice, that no matter where Mickey Mouse went, in the black and white days, he never carried any luggage? In fact, I think the only Disney character I have ever seen with a suitcase of any kind was Goofy, and it [...]

7. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
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Description: On this day in history, “Days Of Our Lives” debuted on NBC. Back then you had commercials for laundry soaps, dishwashing soaps, and every soap imaginable. These days they try selling every product under the sun, whether it’s a good product or not. What they need to do is provide information about their products, [...]

8. “Love Me” Hits The Charts
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Description: In 1956, Elvis Presley’s “Love Me” hit the charts. It was the first song to hit the charts without being released as a single. I haven’t heard this song in quite a while. I hear Elvis songs all over the place, so much so that the kids know when an Elvis song is coming [...]

9. Peter Pan Debuts In New York
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Description: On this day in 1905, the original stage production of Peter Pan opened in New York. Of course, I couldn’t find video of the original performance, but here is a clip of the trailer for later performances. Those were the days, when you could afford to pay to see a show with cash, and you [...]

10. Nevada Becomes The 36th State
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Description: On this day in history, Nevada became the 36th state. Nevada is the seventh-largest state in area, and geographically covers the Mojave Desert in the south to the Great Basin in the north. About 86% of the state’s land is owned by the U.S federal government under various jurisdictions both civilian and military. As of 2006, [...]