November 28, 1925: Debut of The Grandle Ole Opry on WSM

On this date in OTR: The "Grand Ole Opry" debuted on WSM in Nashville Nov. 28, 1925. NBC carried a 30-minute segment of the program 1939-1957.

November 9, 1906 Norman Macdonnell was born

Norman Macdonnell and Orson Welles

On this day in 1916, Norman Macdonnell was born.