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Roman Year: MCMXLVIII Star Date: 07201948.0 Chinese Date: 4548 Mayan Year: 5061 Atomic Year: 4
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1948 is the Year of Un-American Activities The Patron Saint of Today is St. Jerome Emiliani Today is Moon Landing Anniversary Tuesday's Child is full of grace.
Quote of the Day "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." William Yeats
On This Day in History:
1969: First human to ever step on another celestial body - (10:56:20 pm) Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong takes "one big step for mankind."
1985: Treasure hunter Mel Fischer strikes the mother lode finding $400 mil in coins & silver bars from a 400 year old sunken Spanish galleon.
1801: Elisha Brown creates a 1,235-pound cheese ball, and presents it to President Thomas Jefferson at the White House.
1944: Von Stauffenberg fails to assassinate Hitler in Rastenburg briefcase bombing.
Joke of the Day "Talk is cheap … until you hire a lawyer!"
USA population is 146,631,302 5.91% of the World! There are approximately 6,864 new Americans today!
Born on this Day ...
Songwriter Kim Carnes Guitarist Carlos Santana Sex Pistols' Paul Cook Pearl Jam's Stone Gassard Mt. Everest's Sir Edmund Hillary Baseball's Leo Durocher Actor Charlie Korsmo
Todays Exceptional Excuse: I had a severe sugar rush!
Married this Day ... Songwriter Pete Seeger & Toshi-Aline Ohta 1939 John Sloss & Kathryn Tucker 2002 Jimmy Buffett & Margie Washichek 1969 Michelle Grant & Bill bouse 2002
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Paley's Law: You can never be too skinny or too rich.
One Hundred Years Ago Today! 1848 - James Marshall discovers gold in California, changing the course of World history.
Word of the Day: an*throp*ic
1 Gallon of Gas cost $0.26 60 years ago today!
1oz. of Gold cost $34.71 60 years ago today!
1 Gallon of Milk cost $0.86 60 years ago today!
The best selling car of 60 years ago was the Chevy Style Master, but the Eventagram car of the year is the Buick Roadmaster
On this Day in 1948 Time Magazine featured Igor Stravinsky.
National Geographic's cover story is the Mighty Hudson.
Congressional Pay Congressional pay is 4 times the median family income. times that of the medium family income!
Tax Freedom Day in 1948 was 3/25. The Government took 23.2% of your parent's income. They worked 64 days to pay their taxes. Today it's 29.5% and 79 days!
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Winners of 1948
World Series: Cleveland over Boston Braves (4-2).
American Home in 1948
USA's rural population 43.5%. Home ownership in USA is 43.6%, 37.3% of these have no plumbing. Few have telephones. Most every home has a radio, 1 million homes have TVs. 63% vote. All desire the new appliances!
Memorable Ad of 1948 Gillette tells men to, "Look Sharp, Feel Sharp, Be Sharp!"
