FLASHBACK: Fond Memories of Yesteryear (1943)
Originally from Gabe Martin
SONGS: All or Nothing at All.....Besame Mucho.....Born to Lose.....I'll Be Home For Christmas.....Jingle Bells.....Mairzy Dotes..... Oklahoma.....Pistol Packin' Mama.....San Fernando Valley.....You'll Never Know
HEADLINES: 6.5 million sq. ft. Pentagon completed (1/15).....Wartime ban on pre-sliced bread went into effect (1/18)....."Oklahoma" opened on Broadway (3/31).....The U.S. seized the coal mines following miners' strike (5/1).....Warsaw ghetto captured by Germans (5/16).....Charlie Chaplin, 54, married Oona O'Neill, 18 (6/16).....The Allies bombed Rome after sparing it for four years (7/19).....Italy surrendered unconditionally, German troops fought on (9/8).....Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin completed talks at Teheran (12/1).....Eisenhower named Supreme Commander for invasion (12/24)
LEADERS: Franklin D. Roosevelt was President.....Henry A. Wallace was Vice President
TOP: Movie: Casablanca.....Director: Michael Curtiz.....Actor: Paul Lukas.....Actress: Jennifer Jones.....Won World Series: New York AL.....Heavyweight Champ: Joe Louis.....Derby Winner: Count Fleet.....Miss America: Jean Bartel.....NFL Champ: Chicago Bears.....Tennis Open Champ: Joseph Hunt
BIRTHS: Vangelis - Composer (3/29).....John Newcombe - Tennis Star (5/23).....Gale Sayers - Football Star (5/30).....Nikki Giovanni - Author (6/7).....Joan Van Ark - Actress (6/16).....Arthur Ashe - Tennis Star (7/10).....Susan Flannery - Actress (7/31).....Jody Powell - Corresondent (9/30)
STATS: Flour/5 lbs - .31.....Eggs/dozen - .57.....Pair of Boots - 5.95.....Lady's Bicycle - 29.50.....1st Class Stamp - .03.....Dow Jones - 136.24.....Milk/half gal. - .31.....Pair of Pants - 5.95.....Population - 134,245,000
EVENTS: Tuberculosis germ discovered by Robert Koch (1882).....1st long-distance phone service set up [NYC and Chicago] (1883)
