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December 27, 1932: The Opening of Radio City Music Hall

December 27, 1932: This day marked the opening of the world's largest indoor theater at the time, Radio City Music Hall in New York City. For its gala grand opening show, it presented a six-hour extravaganza which incurred a loss of half a million dollars in three weeks. The theater underwent renovation to restore it to its original decorative charm. It now carries an Art Deco theme and is the seat of entertainment. It can accommodate 6,200 people and is still a common destination among New York visitors. Audiences still get wowed during the holiday season by the internationally acclaimed Rockettes' performance on the theatre's stage, which is made up of nearly 10,000 square feet. The Radio City Music Hall was built on a 12-acre (49,000 m²) complex in midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center. It was developed from 1929 until 1940 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone and interior designer Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style

December 26: Happy Birthday, Steve Allen

December 26: Happy Birthday, Steve Allen Born December 26th, 1921, Steve Allen was an American television personality, actor, and comedian best known for the Steve Allen Show . Allen was born in New York City, but grew up on the south side of Chicago with his mother’s Irish Catholic family. His first radio job came in Phoenix, Arizona on station KOY. After his job as an announcer for KFAC in Los Angeles, Allen moved to Mutual Broadcasting System in 1946, where he starred in a five-nights-a-week comedy show, Smile Time, with Wendell Noble. Allen moved again, this time to CBS radio, where he hosted an hour long talk show. His popularity skyrocketed, and audiences were often standing room only. In 1950, Allen’s program replaced Our Miss Brooks , exposing him to a national audience for the first time in his career. Making the leap to TV, Allen helped to create the Tonight Show with Sylvester “Pat” Weaver. Several years later, NBC offered him his own prime time slot that would com