This Day in Rock History - June 26th
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1996: Van Halen announces they are dumping their vocalist Sammy Hagar and reinstating their original vocalist David Lee Roth. The Van Hagar-Van Halen debate continues to this day.
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1996: Van Halen announces they are dumping their vocalist Sammy Hagar and reinstating their original vocalist David Lee Roth. The Van Hagar-Van Halen debate continues to this day.
What girl wouldn't have responded to this ad?
Good news for guys with nagging wives. A recent study showed, men who are married to women who nag them are less likely to develop diabetes.
Sorry guys. The same study showed women with nagging husbands received no health benefits.
Now it can be told (or actually, it was already told in the pages of 16 Magazine)!
This is the film that started it all!
Teen exploitation movies! A nationwide craze for surfing! The slang phrase “Big Kahuna!” Sandra Dee’s brief career as a movie star!
Before Gidget, there had been movies aimed at teenagers, but they were mainly bad horror and science fiction films whose stars were still adults. Gidget was the first movie for the Baby Boomers to make the kids and their personal lifestyle the focus.
With Memorial Day weekend here, it's the start of vacation season! If you're planning on renting a car when you reach your destination, the rental company is sure to try and sell you rental car insurance. Do you really need it?
In a lot cases, the answer is no!
If you own a car and have car insurance, many of those policies automatically cover you when you're driving a rental car. Check with your insurance company before you take your trip and see if you're covered!
"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" was first said in a commercial for what product?
