In History – Anti-Smoking ads air on TV

TODAY IN HISTORY - February 19th:

1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
1987 - Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1924 - Lee Marvin, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York
1940 - Smokey Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles-Tears of a Clown)

GOODBYE TO:

2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)

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