Raymond Loewy designed the GG1 and S-1 locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pennsylvania is the first US state to list its website URL on its license plates.
Little League Baseball’s first World Series was held in 1946 in Williamsport, PA.
Tommy Lee Jones was born in 1946. He won an Academy Award for supporting role in the 1993 movie The Fugitive.
Thomas Lee Bass, who played drums for Motley Crue as “Tommy Lee,” has been married to two of TV’s most popular blonde bombshells: Pam Anderson and Heather Locklear.
The first British trademark was registered to Bass Pale Ale, on January 1, 1876.
Mötley Crüe co-founder Nikki Sixx was born in San Jose, CA. In his 20s he became addicted to heroin, while his bandmates did not.
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The first British trademark was registered to Bass Pale Ale, on January 1, 1876.
Procol Harum was originally a group called the Paramounts, who changed their name and recorded the single “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” After the song became a monster hit, Gary Brooker gathered his bandmates and went into the studio to record an album in about a week.
Paramount Pictures is the fourth-oldest existing film studio in the world, behind Universal Studios, Pathé and Gaumont Film Company. Also, it is the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
The name “Goldwyn”, part of MGM, is a combination of the names of Goldwyn Pictures founders Archibald Selwyn and Samuel Goldfish. Goldfish later legally changed his last name to “Goldwyn.”
Members of Goldwyn’s family started the Goldfish Army & Navy Store, which was an institution in downtown Cleveland from the 1920’s until closing its doors in 2005.
President John F. Kennedy gave a famous speech on May 25, 1961 to a special session of the U.S. Congress that came to be known as the “man on the moon” speech. Embedded in the text of the speech was a call for a large increase in funding for “…paramilitary operations and sub-limited or unconventional wars.” This line underscored President Kennedy’s commitment to the military’s nascent special operations community. Kennedy signaled his support of special operations forces when he signed off on the Army Special Forces A-Team’s attempt to wear green berets in violation of existing regulations. As a Navy veteran himself, Kennedy also saw a role for Naval special warfare operators in counterinsurgency missions in the Cold War.
That Kennedy speech and commitment helped to form the US Navy SEALs. Although the Navy had “SEALs roots” dating back to WWII with their Amphibious Scouts and Raiders, and their combat and underwater demolitions teams, Kennedy’s speech promised $100 million in funding for special operations teams and this was coupled by CNO Arleigh Burke’s efforts to form teams capable of operating from Sea, Air and Land.
The “England Dan” of the one-hit wonder soft rock group England Dan and John Ford Coley was Dan Seals, younger brother of Jim Seals of the soft rock group Seals and Crofts.
England Dan and John Ford Coley were not a “one-hit wonder” act. “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight” reached the #2 position on the Billboard Hot 100, “We’ll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again” got as high as #9, while "Nights Are Forever Without You " and “Love Is The Answer” each climbed to #10.
John Ford (born John Feeney) won more Oscars as Best Director than any other filmmaker in history- he received the Best Director nod for ***The Informer, ***The Grapes of Wrath, ***How ***Green Was My Valley and The Quiet Man.
How Green Was My Valley was Roddy McDowell’s first acting role. He was 13 years old.
Roddy McDowell and Elizabeth Taylor were lifelong friends. One of her many husbands was U.S. Sen. John Warner (R-Virginia).
Professional wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was also an occasional actor; most notably, he played the lead role of Nada in They Live. Nada’s last words were, “Fuck it.”