August 21, 1950
Today In History
Hawaii became the 50th state
Remember When
FREE Real Estate Land in Missouri - Land Available for the Asking
Missouri is Free - Land Available for the Asking
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad are taking advantage of the Pacific Railroad Act
and aggressively selling land to anyone interested at prices as low as $ 2.40 per acre.
500,000 acres are now available in Missouri, encompassing prairie land, timber, and coal areas. Sectional maps showing the exact locations of the parcels are available for 30 cents each. Minimum of 40 acre lots are available now. Credit will be granted for 2 – 10 year payment terms. If ten year terms are paid within two years, each owner will receive a 20% discount on their loan. All interested parties should apply in writing to George S. Harris, land commissioner of the H.& St.Jo. R.R., Hannibal, Mo.
In 1862 The Pacific Railroad Act granted five square miles of land on either side of every mile of track laid to the railroads.
Sandy Koufax pitches a perfect game
What's My Line? TV Show - Mystery guest is Mickey Mantle - May 17, 1953
Song of the Day
Peter, Paul and Mary | Leaving on a Jet Plane | 25th Anniversary
Academy Awards for 1958 | Best Picture - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai: Sam Spiegel
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Bridge on the River Kwai: Alec Guinness
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Three Faces of Eve: Joanne Woodward
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sayonara: Red Buttons
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sayonara: Miyoshi Umeki
Best Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai: David Lean
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Samuel Goldwyn
Explore America
THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER - Eastern Arizona and western New Mexico
Classic Television Shows
TV Show of the Day
Return To Green Acres
Peter Lawford
1967 NCAA basketball finals - Lew Alcindor UCLA vs Dayton - News Reel
Interview of the Day
Neil Armstrong Rare Interview
The Luner Module “Eagle” landed on the Moon at Tranquility Base
on July 20, 1969 at 4:18 p.m. EDT,
Neil Armstrong realized that they were heading into a field of boulders on the northeast shoulder of a crater the size of a football field. Drama was the last thing that any one had wanted. A warning light was telling him he had less than 60 seconds of fuel left, but they were close now and it was just a matter of easing themselves down. Forty seconds had passed since the sixty-second warning, and Armstrong proclaimed "The Eagle Has Landed."
For the astronauts, the landing had been the big moment of the mission. But, for the waiting world, the big moment was still to come - the first footstep.
Armstrong stood on the pad for a moment or two, testing the soil with the tip of his boot before he made the epochal "small step" proclaiming "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
With only a short time at their disposal, he and Aldrin raised an American Flag, gathered forty-seven pounds of samples, and took about one hundred color photographs. Finally they got themselves back into the spacecraft for a safe return to earth.
1950s News clips in 15 minutes
CLASSIC AMERICAN IMAGES
Great College Athletes
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