This Day In History

December 1st

1909   The Pennsylvania Trust Company of Carlisle, PA becomes the first bank to offer a Christmas Club savings account for the holidays.
1917  Father Edward Flanagan opened Boys Town near Omaha, Nebraska as a farm village for wayward boys.
1979  Boys Town, founded in 1917, opens its doors to girls as well.

1935  Actor/Director/Writer Woody Allen (born as Allen Konigsberg)
1935  Singer Lou Rawls
1939  Golf Champ Lee Trevino
1940  Comedian/Actor Richard Pryor
1945  Singer/Actress Bette Midler
1946  Singer Gilbert O'Sullivan

1961

• Runaround Sue - Dion

• Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes

• Heartaches - The Marcels

• Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

1969

• Come Together/Something - The Beatles

• And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears

• Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam

• Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard

1977

• You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

• Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago

• Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt

• The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get over You) - Waylon Jennings

1985

• Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin

• Broken Wings - Mr. Mister

• Never - Heart

• Too Much on My Heart - The Statler Brothers

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