Oscar spouses update: Readers have sent in six pairs of spouses nominated for an Academy Award in the same year. Three of them are Fontanne/Lunt (1931-32), Lanchester/Laughton (1957), and Roberts/Harrison (1963). (Thanks to Pamela Middlings of San Ramon, Calif., and Rich Berkery of Martinez, Calif.) More in a future column.

Many trivia fans know that World War II delayed the development of television, but the Great Depression delayed it first. The first TV station started broadcasti ...

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