Day of Yore, February 6

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Today in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook”as a way for Harvard students to socially interact with each other via their computers. It was a pretty good idea.

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Today in 1789 George Washington invented “MySpace”. Wait, that’s not right… Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the Electoral College.

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Today in 1977, Fleetwood Mac released one of the greatest albums ever made, “Rumours.” Produced by the band and Colbie Callait’s father Ken, the album sold over 40 million copies worldwide and was lauded by critics.

If you were alive in the 1970’s there’s a good chance you know every song by heart:

Side One:

  1. Second Hand News
  2. Dreams
  3. Never Going Back Again
  4. Don’t Stop
  5. Go Your Own Way
  6. Songbird

Side Two:

  1. The Chain
  2. You Make Loving Fun
  3. I Don’t Want To Know
  4. Oh Daddy
  5. Gold Dust Woman

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Today in 1983 Karen Carpenter died of complications from Anorexia. She was just 32 years old.

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1994 saw the release of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.” Nobody would have ever guessed the free fall Jim Carrey would take from the public eye at the height of his success.

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— Bill Hubbell

 

 

 

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One thought on “Day of Yore, February 6

  1. I kind of like that Dubs isn’t on the Facebook, though I can remember a time when he didn’t like the Twitter, which now seems crazy. If Facebook has a birthday, does it timeline get overloaded with well wishes? Does anyone spring for a Starbucks gift card?

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