“The Ed Sullivan Show,” originally called “Toast of the Town,” was a Sunday night fixture on CBS for 23 years (1948 to 1971). Sullivan and his boss, CBS owner William Paley, were born on the same date: Sept. 28, 1901.
What U.S. president is credited with saying, “Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time”?
A) John Adams
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Jimmy Carter
Tuesday’s answer: In a press conference after the first manned Gemini flight, the five-hour Gemini III in 1965, astronaut John Young admitted that he had smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the spacecraft. Both he and command pilot Gus Grissom took a few bites before restowing it.
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