Family Trade is an American reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN). The show premiered on March 12, 2013, and continued to air new episodes until April 16, 2013. Filmed in Middlebury, Vermont, the series chronicles the daily activities of G. Stone Motors (pictured), a GMC and Ford car dealership that employs the barter system in selling its automobiles. The business is operated by its founder, Gardner Stone, his son and daughter, Todd and Darcy, and General Manager Travis Romano. The series features the shop's daily interaction with its customers, who bring in pigs, maple syrup, collectable dolls and other items for resale to make a down payment on a vehicle they are leasing or purchasing. Family Trade was part of GSN's attempt to broaden their programming beyond traditional game shows. The series was given unfavorable reviews by critics, and its television ratings fell over time, losing almost half of its audience between the series premiere and finale.

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1622:

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier

1881:

Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international footballer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)

1933:

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast the first of his "fireside chats" to address the nation directly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireside_chats

1952:

British diplomat Hastings Ismay was appointed as the first Secretary General of NATO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay

1971:

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Turkish_military_memorandum

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