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Robert Hall Clothes, better known as simply Robert Hall, was a warehouse-style clothing store foined in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. It eventually grew to over 350 locations in 36 states. Founder Jacob Schwab is reported to have pulled the name out of thin air....

Before H-E-B, San Antonio grocery shopped at Handy Andy supermarket. Founded by the Becker family in 1927, they created a store where you could "save where shopping is a pleasure." OS16260

The San Antonio Dragons played in the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1996 to 1998. They were established in 1982 as the Peoria Prancers. In 1984 they (wisely) changed their name to the Rivermen. A new version of the Rivermen plays in the Southern...

HemisFair Arena was built as part of the 1968 World's Fair, or HemisFair '68 as it was officially called. In the 1973, the Dallas Mavericks of the American Basketball Association moved to town and were renamed the Spurs. They played in the arena until...

HemisFair '68 was the official 1968 World's Fair (or International Exposition). It was held from April 6 through October 6, 1968 in San Antonio. The theme of the fair was "The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas", celebrating the many nations which settled South...

HemisFair '68 was the official 1968??World's Fair (or International Exposition). It was held from April 6 through October 6, 1968 in San Antonio. The theme of the fair was "The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas", celebrating the many nations which settled South Central Texas. The fair...

The San Antonio Toros began play in 1967 in the Texas Professional Football League (TPFL). In 1969, the teamed joined the Continental Football League (CoFL), along with rest of the TPFL. They also spent time in the??Trans-America Football League, and Southwestern Football League. The...

The Tulsa Talons played in the Arena Football League?????in 2010 after nine years as members of the minor league af2. The Talons were among a handful of af2 teams that re-established the Arena Football League, after the original ceased operations in 2009. In 2011,...

Billed as an expansion team for the second season of the World Football League (WFL) in 1975, the Wings were actually the relocated Florida Blazers. Playing their home games at Alamo Stadium, they went out of business along with the rest of the WFL...

The San Antonio Commanders were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a spring football league launched in 2019. It folded halfway through it's inaugural season.

The short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF) launched in spring 2019. The AAF folded halfway through its inaugural season.

Weingarten's was a supermarket chain based in Houston. While most of its locations were in the greater Houston area, it had locations in San Antonio, Austin, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Memphis, Tennessee. The parent company sold the grocery stores to concentrate on its commercial real...

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) Slam Dunk contest was held during halftime of the 1976 All-Star game in Denver.?? It was won by Julius Erving.

The San Antonio Texans played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1995, after relocating from Sacramento where they were known as the Gold Miners. Their homefield was Alamodome. The team finished with a 12 and 6 record but folded when the CFL ended...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game was played January 9, 1968 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A crowd of 10,872 watched as the East topped the West 126-120.

The San Antonio Texans played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1995, after relocating from Sacramento where they were known as the Gold Miners. Their homefield was Alamodome. The team finished with a 12 and 6 record but folded when the CFL ended...

The San Antonio Riders??were charter members of the NFL-run World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991. After the 1992, the team and league suspended operations. The league was restarted as NFL Europe a few years later with no North American teams. The Riders,...

The San Antonio Rampage began as the the Tidewater Wings, members of the American Hockey League (AHL), in 1971. They changed their name in 1972 to the Virginia Wings. In 1979, they moved to Upstate New York and became the Adirondack Wings. In 2002,...

The San Antonio Thunder played in the original North American Soccer League in 1975 and 1976 before moving west to become Team Hawaii. Their home pitch was North East Stadium in 1975 and Alamo Stadium in 1976. After a year in the Pacific, they...

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

PM Magazine was a news and entertainment magazine produced in several markets throughout the United States from 1978 to 1991.

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

Penny for your thoughts! Buy 12 CDs or tapes (or LPs), for a penny and buy just four more at "regular club prices." Not many did that last bit.

The Corpus Christi Sharks joined af2, a minor league run by the Arena Football League (AFL), in 2007. Their homefield was the American Bank Center. Their head coach was San Antonio native, and AFL veteran Michael Trigg. The team folded in 2009.

Musicland was founded in Minneapolis in 1955.?? In 1964, it merged with music distributor JL Marsh followed by merger in 1968 with record label and distributor Pickwick International. In 1977, American Can Company bought Pickwick and a year later, famed New York record store...

At least it looked that way in the late '70s, as the North American Soccer League (NASL) grew in popularity in North America. Kids all over the continent were playing in youth leagues, while the NASL grew to 24 teams in 1978, a number...

Media Play was an attempt by The Musicland Group to compete with so-called big box retailers such as electronics stores Best Buy and Circuit City, who sold CDs at near cost to lure customers in. In addition to music, Media Play also carried books,...

In the early 1950s, between 20,000-60,000 people a year were becoming afflicted with polio. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh developed a polio vaccine in 1952. By 1955 a campaign to vaccinate children in the U.S. was launched. ALbert Sabin...

If you didn't have MTV in the early to mid '80s, or even if you did, you were parked in front of the TV to watch??Friday Night Videos??on NBC after??The Tonight Show.