Paul McCartney after The Beatles!

In the 1960's, it was Paul and the Beatles. It's hard to think of the 1960's without whistling a Lennon-McCartney tune.

Paul left the Beatles in 1970. He recorded a bunch of great songs by himself or with Wings. They were good songs and the common denominator was Linda.

From 1969 til her death from cancer in 1998, Paul and Linda had a great marriage.  It shows in all of their videos and recordings from that period!

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1955: Harmon Killebrew hit the first of 573 HR

On this day in 1955, a young Harmon Killebrew hit # 1 as a member of the Washington Senators who became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.   

Harmon Killebrew was one of the great power hitters that I grew up watching and following.    

He finished his career with 573 HR & 1,559 RBI.

Killebrew won 6 HR titles and led the AL in RBI 4 times.   He was the AL MVP in 1969.

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1948: The Berlin Airlift & President Truman

1948: The Berlin Airlift & President Truman.......click to listen......http://t.co/qGUIavqlHX

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) June 26, 2015

We remember Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970)

Erich Maria Remarque was born on June 22, 1898 in Osnabruck, Germany.    

He wrote “All quiet on the western front” or arguably the most famous book about World War One.   

Years later, it is still a must read for those trying to understand the story of what we now call World War I.  

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A Father's Day special: "My father's quest", a book by Carmen Konneker!

"My father's quest", a book by Carmen Konneker! Click to listen....... https://t.co/NPCebZ4Vsx

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) June 19, 2016

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We remember Ken Johnson (1933-2015)

We remember Ken Johnson who was born in Florida on this day in 1933.   He died in 2015.

Ken Johnson went down in baseball history for something that happened on April 23, 1964 or the day that he pitched a no-hitter but lost 1-0.  

Ken broke with the A's in 1958 but became a starter with the expansion Astros in 1962.   He pitched well and won 32 games over 4 seasons.

In 1965, Johnson was traded to the Braves winning 45 games in 4 seasons.

Johnson retired in 1970 with 97 wins and a good 3.46 ERA.

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Tony Snow died much too young!

We remember Tony Snow who was born in Kentucky on this day in 1955.  

Back on July 12,  2008, we heard that Tony Snow died of cancer.

Tony was a journalist, a speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and the first host of FOX News Sunday.

After that, he became President George W. Bush’s press secretary until his resignation for health reasons.

One of my memories of Tony Snow’s career was his responses after Fidel Castro resigned in 2006:

Q: With Castro sidelined, has the United States reached out to his brother, Raul, to try to turn the page, look for anything new?

MR. SNOW: No. Look, the one thing that this President has talked about from the very beginning is his hope for the Cuban people finally to enjoy the fruits of freedom and democracy. And for the dictator, Fidel Castro, to hand off power to his brother, who has been the prison keeper, is not a change in that status. So Raul Castro’s attempt to impose himself on the Cuban people is much the same as what his brother did. So, no, there are no plans to reach out.

Unfortunately, the Obama administration reached out and we know how that turned out.

We miss Tony Snow. Our best to his wife and children.

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