2025 – A Look at 100 Years Ago

What happened in 1925?

Another year has passed. Every year I look back to see what was happening 100 years ago. On January 3, 1925 – Benito Mussolini made a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship.

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Premiere – The Rifleman

… when the voice on the TV screen booms out … The Rifleman!

Premiere episodes can certainly make or break a TV series. I’ll use these posts to let you know some of the premieres (new and old) that I loved and kept me watching a certain TV show through all the seasons.

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C.W. McCall Dies

Let Them Truckers Roll, 10-4

Born Billie Dale Fries on November 15, 1928, in Audubon, Iowa he grew up listening to country music and married Rena Bonnema on February 15, 1952. He worked for an ad company and came up with a character named C.W. McCall, a truck driver, to use in a series of commercials for a Midwestern bread company.

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