THIS DAY – THAT YEAR

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 19, 1997

Ken Alexander subs for Chuck Schaden.

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-19-42) The gang has breakfast at the drug store.

PREDICT A HIT (4-19-49) Students from Chicago’s Senn High School predict the next big hit songs. With the Art Van Damme Quintet.

BOB HOPE SHOW (4-19-49) Guest Jimmy Durante joins Bob as they compare notes and noses. Jimmy plans to change his character for television.

GENERAL DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR (4-19-51) Charles Colingwood anchors coverage of Gen. MacArthur’s speech before a joint session of Congress.  This follows MacArthur’s return to the United States after being relieved of his command by President Harry Truman. This is the complete “Old Soldiers Never Die” speech.

SUSPENSE (4-19-54) “The Card Game” starring Richard Widmark in the story of a man who tried to learn a lesson the hard way by betting his life on the turn of a card.

GUNSMOKE (4-19-59) “Third Son” stars William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon.  An elderly woman from the East comes to Dodge in search of her grandson.