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Chocolate chips are small teardrop shapes of sweetened chocolate. They are found in a number of desserts and sweets, but they are most well known for the classic chocolate chip cookie.  It is not exactly clear which chocolate manufacturer invented chocolate chips. Hershey states they have been selling chocolate chips since 1928 and are on record for the Hershey's kiss (a large individual drop of chocolate) becoming commercially available in 1907; however, the popularity of chocolate chips did not take off until 1937 with the creation of the Toll House cookie. Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn of Whitman, Massachusetts, added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie recipe. The cookies were a huge success; in 1939, Nestlé offered Wakefield a lifetime supply of chocolate in exchange for her recipe, which they printed on the packaging of a chocolate bar. In 1941, Nestlé began selling chocolate chips commercially.

A short mythological Viking outlined in purple is wearing a helmet and carrying a shield and torch. The character is standing behind a cannon as it goes off and blasts the red "SOUTH" text with a cannon ball.  The other text is in purple along the top of the button on a white background.

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On October 4th, 1983 Iron Maiden and Quiet Riot played at the Baltimore Civic Center - the entire event sponsored by local radio station, 98 Rock. 98 Rock, otherwise known as WIYY or 97.9FM is currently active in Baltimore and plays rock music. The station often sponsors local concerts and classic rock groups - it has been recognized as one of the nation's top rock radio stations.

Iron Maiden is an English rock band active from the early 70s.. They were early pioneers in the genre known as 'metal'. This particular concert was part of Iron Maiden's 'World Piece Tour' to promote the band's fourth album Piece of Mind. Maiden's tour would be a whopping 139 shows and the associated album was a huge success including metal anthems 'The Trooper', 'Flight of Icarus', and 'Where Eagles Dare'. 

Quiet Riot, the other band performing was a popular 1970s-1980s hair metal band that disbanded in 1990 and has been sporadically active since. Quiet Riot released their hugely successful album Metal Health (1983)  featuring the hit song "Cum on Feel the Noize". In 1984 Quiet Riot released another album (Condition Critical) that could not achieve Metal Health popularity it still was commercially successful. Rarely did Quiet Riot, even when successful, perform as the headline act - they spent much of 1983 opening for Black Sabbath on the "Born Again Tour". Having made a comeback in recent years, Quiet Riot is attempting new music like many other hair rockers that are becoming beloved by a younger generation.

The Baltimore Civic Center has hosted everything from rock-stars to monster trucks since being built in 1962 atop Old Congress Hall. Baltimore Arena would become the official name of the venue in 1986 and starting in 2003 First Mariner Arena (due to sponsorship from First Mariner Bank). 

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Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is a holiday observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a holiday in most of them. The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending hand-written cards, known as valentines.

An image of Jean-Calude Van Damme's face surrounded by the face of a red clock . He is holding a gun and the lower image shows an entrance to the time portal emitting light. Image has green text at the top and middle of the button.

A Science Fiction Action film from 1994 written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme based the short story. Van Damme is a police officer named Max Walker who works for the Time Enforcement Commission and stops time travel related crime and preserves the time stream. He becomes embroiled in a plot by his former partner who is attempting to use the knowledge of the past to become rich and tries to stop him with a new field Agent played by Gloria Ruben.

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The first and “Original Series” of Star Trek debuted in 1966 and ran, on NBC, for three seasons. The show was created by Gene Roddenberry, and was to be an American science fiction show, inspired by westerns. Not only did Roddenberry want to create a show that had plots that paralleled contemporary politics and conflicts, the show was also one of the first with a multiracial cast. The character Sulu was initially played by George Takei from 1966-1969. Sulu was created by Roddenberry as a representation of Asia in total, and as a symbol of peace in the Trek universe.  The name for the character, to avoid a specific nationality, came from the Sulu Sea, which touches many shores. Throughout the show Sulu is portrayed as having many physical hobbies such as gymnastics and fencing. For the majority of the series Sulu has the position of a helmsman but eventually becomes a commanding officer. 

Illustration of cartoon character Bart Simpson with a black censor bar leaning in front of a white star. Red text on yellow background. 

The Simpsons is one of America's most famous animated television shows. The show, which follows the life of the Simpson family, was first created as a sketch on the Tracey Ullman show in 1987 and in 1989 became an independent series. This button features Bart Simpson, the oldest Simpson child known for his mischievous pranks and carefree attitude. The show was controversial in its early years, and many Americans were offended by the show's parodying of average suburban life. In 1999, The Simpsons was the subject of attempts at censorship, especially in their Itchy and Scratchy skit, a violent parody of Tom and Jerry. However, the attempts at censorship were unsuccessful and today The Simpsons is popular around the country and is the longest-running sitcom in American history.

Illustration of Batman in blue and black costume in front of the moon, with white text on red background.

The Batman is the secret identity of the American billionaire named Bruce Wayne. The character is a creation of DC comics and made its first appearance in May of 1939 in Detective Comic. The Batman dedicated his life to justice and the removal of crime after witnessing the murder of his parents as a small child. Batman works and lives in the fictional Gotham city and fights characters from the “rogues gallery” including Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, and others. The character was, and is known, for his intelligence, mastery of martial arts, and his use of high tech. equipment. Batman was popular throughout the 1940s and even had his own television show in the 1960s. Bob Kane conceived the original concept of the character. Even though Batman has had moments without fame, throughout the years he has been reinvented and reimagined by various artists resulting in continued resurgence in his fan base. 

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