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On this day in 1912, Frank Lovejoy was born.

March 4, 1925: On this day, inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge was broadcast from the President's oath of office in Washington DC for the first time. The inauguration was the second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as the beginning of his second term as the 30th President of the United States. The event was attended by Charles G. Dawes as Vice President. Chief Justice and former president William H. Taft administered the Oath of office, and It was the first time an inauguration was broadcast nationally on radio. Calvin Coolidge 1924 Speech  * * * This  country needs every ounce of its energy to restore itself. The costs of government are all assessed upon the people. This means that the farmer is doomed to provide a certain amount of money out of the sale of his produce, no matter how low the price, to pay his taxes. The manufacturer, the professional man, the clerk, must do the same from their income. The wage earner, often at a higher rate when co

On this day in 1908, Staats Cotsworth was born.

On this day in 1906, William Bendix was born.

On this day in 1926, George Burns and Gracie Allen were married!

January 7, 1950: Ernst Tubb made his debut in Nashville, TN at the Grand Ole Opry . After that, he did a daily fifteen minute show which turned out to be so famous that he was able to procure the radio station KGKL, located in San Angelo, Texas, to continue hosting his show. Tubb usually mocked his own voice after a tonsillectomy and became well-known for writing songs. He was arrested after trying to shoot a man in a production office while he was drunk.