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The Second Actress to Play Marilyn Munster on The Munsters

The Second Actress to Play Marilyn Munster on The Munsters

10/22/2022

Pat Priest took over the role of Marilyn Munster on the television show The Munsters, which ran from 1964 to 1966. The Munsters was a comedy show, which ran from 1964 to 1966, about a family whose members were based on horror novel monsters who were living a quiet suburban existence among “regular” people who viewed the Munster family as…read more

Pronghorn — Second-Fastest Land Animal

Pronghorn — Second-Fastest Land Animal

09/14/2022

Updated on 10/17/2022

Cheetahs are cool. They’re sleek. They’re majestic. They’re hunters who use their speed to chase down their prey. They’re the fastest land animals around, topping out in some measures at 60-70 mph. True, cheetahs can only maintain their sprints for maybe a half mile to a mile at most before needing a rest, but we don’t care. Cheetahs are just…read more

2SAS — The Second Regiment of the UK Special Air Service (SAS)

2SAS — The Second Regiment of the UK Special Air Service (SAS)

07/01/2019

Updated on 11/01/2022

It didn’t have as compelling a birth as the first Special Air Service regiment. It didn’t have its great founder driving point in a souped-up jeep during attacks on German air bases. It didn’t have the romance of the desert as its initial stomping grounds. About the only thing it seemed to have going for it was the reputation of…read more

Venus — Planet Second-Closest to the Sun

Venus — Planet Second-Closest to the Sun

02/27/2019

Updated on 07/13/2019

Venus is the planet second-closest to the the sun in our solar system and Earth’s nearest neighbor. The cloudy rocky planet orbits the sun at an average distance of 67,238,251 mi (108,209,475 km) at a mean orbital velocity of 78,339 mph (126,074 km/h). For us Earthlings, Venus also the second-brightest object in the night sky, with the first being the…read more

John Rutledge — Second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

John Rutledge — Second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

12/23/2018

John Rutledge (1739-1800) of South Carolina was an intriguing political figure whose highly preventable downfall came swiftly. In the early days of the U.S., political rules and practices were still being hammered out while the lines between what was appropriate and what wasn’t were slowly being drawn. What didn’t always help matters was the press at the time. Rumors were…read more

Seconds of WWI

Seconds of WWI

11/11/2018

Updated on 12/31/2018

This being the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended major fighting in WWI, SilverMedals.net presents “second” facts about the Great War.

The Second Host of The Tonight Show

The Second Host of The Tonight Show

11/03/2018

Updated on 10/22/2022

The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk-show that has been airing on NBC since 1954. The first person to regularly play host on the show was comedian Steve Allen who was on the show from 1954 to 1957. As for who technically was the second host depends on, like so many other “seconds” on SilverMedals.net, how you define the…read more

Armored Command — Burt Reynolds’ Second Feature Film

Armored Command — Burt Reynolds’ Second Feature Film

09/17/2018

Updated on 09/06/2022

By the time Burt Reynolds signed up for the movie Armored Command (Allied Artists, 1961), his second full-length feature movie, he had already put together a respectable resumé as a stage and TV actor having appeared in at least 15 television shows in not only bit parts but in regular roles. An ex-athlete from Florida with a rugged sexiness that…read more

Second Episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Second Episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

06/28/2018

Updated on 09/19/2022

It may seem like hyperbole to write that Fred Rogers was one of the finest human beings ever to appear on American television, but he really was a good guy. A musician, a minister, a teacher, a producer, director, actor, and a student of early childhood development, Rogers dedicated the greater part of his personal and professional life toward teaching…read more