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Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the most wins (22). He also won 3 Honorary Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1932, Walt won his first Academy Award for “Flowers and Trees” in the category of Best Short Subject – Cartoons and, that same year, he won an Honorary Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse. The only feature film Walt... Continue reading
Yellowstone National Park - A vast wilderness of natural beauty
On March 1, 1872 President Ulysses Grant signed into existence the world's first national park, Yellowstone National Park. The 2.2 million acres of wilderness was "set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people."
Yellowstone's name is historically credited to... Continue reading
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the most wins (22). He also won 3 Honorary Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1932, Walt won his first Academy Award for “Flowers and Trees” in the category of Best Short Subject – Cartoons and, that same year, he won an Honorary Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse. The only feature film Walt... Continue reading
Democratic National Convention
1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Chicago, Illinois
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois,
from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Before the convention, Democratic
President Lyndon Johnson had announced he would not seek a second term. Hubert Humphrey became the nominee.
This was a turbulent time in America following the... Continue reading
On March 29, 1978 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, there was an accident and part of the core in the # 2 reactor melted. Some radioactive gas was released but no deaths or injuries were reported to local residents.
When the accident occurred, the # 2 reactor was operating at 97% power. There was a minor malfunction in the secondary cooling... Continue reading
American Bandstand with Dick Clark
Philadelphia, PA
Premiers locally on July 9, 1956
American Bandstand announced that clean-cut 26 -year old Dick Clark will become the new host. Locally produced now, it will soon air it's first national show in 1957. The regulars on Bandstand, Kenny Rossi, Arlene Sullivan, Bunny Gibson, Eddie Kelly, Pat Molittieri, Carmen Jimenz, and Joyce Shafer... Continue reading
REMEMBER WHEN - Macy’s Employees Celebrate their Third Thanksgiving Day Parade
New York City 1927
What a Hit ! Now in it’s third year, over a quarter million people lined Fifth Avenue to celebrate Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Proud of their new American heritage, many of Macy's department store employees, helped create this parade based on the traditions of the festivals they loved in... Continue reading
Henry Ford was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors. During its early years, the company produced just a few cars a day at its factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. In 1908, the Ford company released the Ford Model T. and moved production to the much larger Highland Park Plant to keep up with the demand. By 1913 Ford introduced the... Continue reading
HUGH HEFNER CHANGES AMERICA
Hefner grew up in the mid west and majored in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1949, Hefner wrote a term paper examining U.S. sex laws in light of the newly published Kinsey Institute research on male human sexuality.
After serving as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. He then took his biggest... Continue reading
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