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FAST FACT: WHAT A DOG INTERPRETS WHEN YOU SMILE

A DOG MOST LIKELY INTERPRETS A SMILING PERSON AS BARING THEIR TEETH, WHICH IS A SIGN OF AGGRESSION.

FLASHBACK: GAS STATION...(1960)

1960---GAS STATION.

FAST FACT: HOW MUCH POWER IT TAKES TO POWER TIMES SQUARE

THE AMOUNT OF POWER IT TAKES TO POWER TIMES SQUARE IS TWICE THE AMOUNT IT TAKES TO POWER ALL OF THE CASINOS IN LAS VEGAS.

FAST FACT: HAPPINESS SLOWLY BUILDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

FOR MOST PEOPLE, HAPPINESS SLOWLY BUILDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH A PEAK AT LUNCHTIME AND THEN A SHARP PEAK AT 7:00 PM.

FAST FACT: 'TAXI' ON ABC-TV

JEFF CONAWAY WAS PART OF THE ENSEMBLE OF THIS SITCOM AS BOBBY WHEELER, A WANNABE ACTOR WHO PAYS THE BILLS BY DRIVING A CAB. CONAWAY LEFT THE SHOW TO PURSUE A MOVIE CAREER THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY FIRED. ONE DAY HE PASSED OUT ON THE SET (HE WAS A KNOWN DRUG USER) AND MISSED A REHEARSAL. THE WRITERS TOOK BOBBY OUT OF THE EPISODE ENTIRELY, ASSIGNING HIS LINES TO OTHER CAST MEMBERS. REALIZING THAT THE SHOW WORKED JUST FINE WITHOUT THE BOBBY CHARACTER, PRODUCERS FIRED CONAWAY. CONAWAY DIED IN MAY 2011 FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE.

THE ARTIST FILE: 11-24-20

NOVEMBER 24, 1972...ABC-TV'S DON KIRSHNER-PRODUCED: IN CONCERT, THE NETWORK'S WEEKLY LATE-NIGHT ANSWER TO NBC'S MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, DEUBTS. THE INITIAL EPISODE FEATURES MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY CHUCK BERRY, ALICE COOPER, BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, AND POCO.

NOVEMBER 24, 1991...AN ORDAINED LITTLE RICHARD MARRIES SINGER CYNDI LAUPER AND ACTOR DAVID THORNTON IN NEW YORK, THEN STICKS AROUND TO PLAY AT THE RECEPTION.

***CLEM BURKE of THE ROMANTICS/BLONDIE is 66

Actor: STANLEY LIVINGSTON of MY THREE SONS is 70

Actor: CONLETH HALL of GAME OF THRONES is 56

Actor: DWIGHT SCHULTZ of THE A-TEAM is 73

Actress: SARAH HYLAND is 30

Actress: DENISE CROSBY of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION is 63

Actress: KATHERINE HEIGL is 42

FLASHBACK: PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER PROPOSES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S BIRTHDAY BE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY...(JANUARY 14, 1979)

JANUARY 14, 1979---PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER PROPOSES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S BIRTHDAY BE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

FLASHBACK: TIME PUBLISHES "IS GOD DEAD" ISSUE...(APRIL 08, 1966)

APRIL 08, 1966---TIME PUBLISHES ITS "IS GOD DEAD" ISSUE, ITS FIRST ISSUE WITHOUT AN IMAGE.

FLASHBACK: SHOUT DISCO ON WEST 43RD STREET IN NEW YORK CITY...(JULY 31, 1985)

JULY 31, 1985---SHOUT DISCO ON ITS OPENING NIGHT. IT WAS A NEW CLUB ON WEST 43RD STREET THAT CATERED TO '50s AND '60s ROCK-N'ROLL.

FLASHBACK: OMAGH BOMBING IN NORTHERN ISLAND...(AUGUST 15, 1998)

AUGUST 15, 1998---A MAN AND A CHILD, WHO BOTH SURVIVED, STAND NEXT TO THE CAR BOMB IN OMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, THAT EXPLODED SHORTLY AFTER KILLING 29 PEOPLE. THE PHOTOGRAPHER DID NOT SURVIVE.

FLASHBACK: 1966 BATMOBILE KIT

1966---BATMOBILE KIT.

FLASHBACK: BILLY JEAN KING LOSES HER COOL AND THE GAME...(JANUARY 22, 1969)

JANUARY 22, 1969--BILLY JEAN KING LOSES HER TEMPER AND HER TITLE AS MARGARET SMITH COURT OF AUSTRALIA WINS THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. KING PLAYED WELL UNTIL SHE BECAME UPSET OVER THE UNSPORTSMAN LIKE BEHAVIOR OF SEVERAL SPECTATORS AT THE MILTON COURTS. THEN HER GAME FELL APART. KING WAS BEAT 6-4, 6-1.