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Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...
Did Ben Franklin Pen Famous 'Tell Me and I Forget' Quote?
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Mariska Hargitay on the motto her dad, Mickey Hargitay, instilled in her to have the ‘stamina’ to do ‘SVU’
After nearly 26 years on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Mariska Hargitay knows a thing or two about commitment and perseverance — qualities she says she learned from her late father, Mickey ...
Charles Dawes was a banker, general, vice president — and hit songwriter
Charles Dawes, who had a varied career as a banker, politician, military officer, is the only vice president to have written ...