History Day..........
History Day is back! And to kick us off.... a picture of the original Women's Liberation Movement! Because on this day in 1915, the House of Representatives voted to DENY women the vote. Ah yes. Our government at work. Even back then, managing to ignore one half of the population. Thanks Guys!
And in other news.....
1773, the first public museum in America was established in Charleston, SC
1932, Hattie Carraway became the first woman elected to the US Senate. (Bet she had some bad days)
1943, it's Frankfurter Day! The Office of Price Administration announced that the standard frankfurter/hot dog would be replaced with VICTORY SAUSAGE, made of meat and soybean meal. (ooh, yummy! Clearly, the folks at home during WWII had to make plenty of sacrifices too!)
1949, the Chicago based children's program, Kukla, Fran and Ollie made its national debut on NBC
1963, Songwirter Bob Dylan sang BLOWIN' IN THE WIND on the BBC radio presentation of The Madhouse of Castle Street,
1965, the TV show HULLABALOO made its debut on NBC. It was a direct competition maneuver to ABC's SHINDIG. Guests on the first show included The New Christy Minstrels, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Zombies (loved them!) and of all people, Woody Allen.
1966, Batman debuted on ABC
1971, ALL IN THE FAMILY premiered on CBS
1987, Europe was snowed in as a SIBERIAN EXPRESS spread across the continent
That's it for me. What've you got? Remember, post this week and win some books!
posted by Maureen Child @ 12:34 PM
10 Comments:
At 10:58 PM,
Pat said…
Now THERE are two shows I remember well. Shindig and Hullabaloo. Gerry and the Pacemakers....oh yeah! "Ferry cross the mersey"!! I have to stop, I'm getting too carried away.
1935- "Lawrence of Arabia" who led the Arabs in their revolt against Turkey, is killed in a crash on a motorcycle given to him by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
1973- The Supreme Court passes the ruling that ensures a womans right to an abortion.
1978- The preacher Jim Jones presides over the suicide of 913 members of his People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana.
At 8:10 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Pat, me too!!! Oooh. Ferry cross the mersey was fab! =) But how the heck did Woody Allen get on Hullabaloo??
You found some good ones!
Let us hope Jim Jones is somewhere roasting his chestnuts
At 8:22 AM,
EllenToo said…
I have a raging headache today so excuse me if I repeat anything.
1948 - the Supreme Court ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
1959 - Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla)in Detroit
1966 - Pres. LBJ said in his State of the Union address that the US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression was ended.
1986 - The shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space.
2004 - Pres. Bush and Mexican Pres. Vicente Fox forged an agreement on the contentious issues of immigration and Iraq, meeting before the opening of a 34-nation hemispheric summit.
At 11:11 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Ellen Too.....WOW, even with a headache, those are some great ones! Feel better......
At 2:19 PM,
Anonymous said…
You've found some great ones.
Jim Jones roasting his nuts... BRAWAHAHAHAH
My favorite and beautiful niece was one day old in 1985. :)
And Maureen - No RWA for me this summer. WAAAA Think we'll be in Alaska. You have books in RITA this year?
At 5:53 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Hey Cyndi!....Happy late birthday to your niece!!
WHATDYAMEAN no RWA this year??? Go to Alaska AFTER!! we were gonna have lunch!!!
Yep, entered four books in the RITA this year.....we'll see what happens!
At 9:20 AM,
Jennifer Lyon said…
Hey Maureen, this is totally off the subject, but I just wanted to say that I am reading BEDEVILED and loving it! I started last night and am half way though. Great book! It's so much fun to read!
At 9:46 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Thanks, Jen! I'm so glad you're loving it!
At 11:33 AM,
Pat said…
I know christmas is already over, but how about this one. "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire....."
Take THAT Jim Jones!!
From what Jennifer says, it sounds like Bedeviled is a winner.
At 11:58 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Pat, that's JUST the song for Jim Jones!!
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