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Charlene LaFleur (Bower)
Happy Birthday wishes to all.
Received a card that gave some interesting facts from 1949.
Thought you might enjoy them:
RCA introduces the 45 RPM record.
Joe Dimaggio re-signs with Yankees for $100,000. The first six-figure contract in baseball.
First rocket launched into outer space.
Lucky Lady II, USAF B-50 completes first non-stop around world flight in 94 hours.
TV sales hit 60,000 per week. Look magazine declares radio is "doomed within 3 years.
The lone ranger and Candid Camera make television debut.
Born 1949: Sigourney Weaver, Richard Gere, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bruce Jenner and John Belushi.
We of course are all the main event !!! |
OK here goes.... some 1948 facts for our classmates:
Top Songs: Golden Earrings, Ray Charles; Honky Tonkin', Hank Williams; Nature Boy, Nat King Cole; Mariana, Peggy Lee; Buttons and Bows, Doris Day.
Famous Quote: Tonight, we have a really big shoe (shoe) by Ed Sullivan.
The Hotties: Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, Betty Grable, Jane Russell, Gene Tierny, Lana Turner.
Can't understand why they did not mention the men ?????
World Series: Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves 4-2
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit 4-0
NFL : Philadelphia Eagles
Firsts: Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour; Wright Flyer - 1st plane to fly returns to US from England; Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem (50 die); WBEN-TV channel 4 Buffalo & KNXT (now CBS) TV channel 2 in LA broadcast; 1st color newsreel; velcro Swis, transistor radio USA; Porsche founded; US made long playing vinyl record at 33 rpm; 1st polaroid land camera model 95 cost $89.75.
Songs: Mule Train; That Lucky Old Sun (Frankie Lane); All I want for Christmas (is my 2 front teeth) by Spike Jones & Orchestra; Some Enchanted Evening ( Perry Como); Ghost Riders in the Sky (Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra); Muddy Waters
Hollywood: Hollywood Ten are jailed for contempt of Congress after being called as witnesses in House Committee Investigation of Un-American Activities;
Films: Road to Rio, Easter Parade; Red Shoes.
Oscar: Gentlemen's Agreement.
Academy Awards: Hamlet ; Laurence Olivier for Hamlet & Jane Wyman for Johhny Belinda.
1948 Facts: 1948 was leap year; Orville Wright died; New home avg. cost $7,700.; Avg. wages $2,950.; Gallon gas 16 cents; new car $1250.; loaf bread 14 cents; US population 146,631,302; 1 million households own TV sets (only 5,000 owned in 1945).
Born: Prince Charles; Alice Cooper; Al Gore; Samuel Jackson; Andrew Lloyd Webber; Olivia Newton-John; Ozzy Osbourne; Donna Summer and James Taylor.
Scrabble, barcodes were invented
While hiding behind newspapers & magazines, many people were actually reading the new best seller book: Kinsey Report".
Time Magazine man of year is Harry S Truman
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