All posts tagged "1960s"
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24.8K8Arts and LeisureBabe Ruth Throws a Piano Into a Pond: The Truth Behind the Legend
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...
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17.8K1MaineThe Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Lumber Camps
In 1880, Dr. George Miller Beard boarded a train for Moosehead Lake in Maine to see for himself the strange lumberjacks known...
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73.4K7Arts and LeisureSalem Chop Suey Sandwiches, A Sign of Summer No More
Chop suey sandwiches have marked the beginning of summer for generations of people who grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts....
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48.5K14MassachusettsJFK Redesigns Air Force One
Air Force One looks the way it does because President John F. Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval Office with...
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18.8KArts and LeisureEd Ames, Ukrainian Boy from Malden, Gets Longest Television Laugh Ever
Ed Ames, best known for playing Mingo on the Daniel Boone television series in the 1960s, was actually a Ukrainian Jew from...
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11.4K1Arts and LeisureSister Corita Kent Paints Boston a Rainbow and Gets the World’s Biggest Copyright
Corita Kent created two wildly successful works of art: a tiny collectible and a major Boston landmark. The U.S. Postal Service sold...
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