On 8 Apr 99 at 0:07, judith richards wrote:
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> A very happy 75th birthday to our very special cyber-Dad!!! We all hope
> you are Vivian are both feeling better soon. WEYQ2,2.
>
> Love and best wishes,
> Judith
Ah lets see now 1999 minus 75.......
Lets look back to April 8th. 1924.
The latest US census (1920) revealed US pop. topped 100 million!
The 19th. Amendment had just been ratified granting suffrage to
American women.
Radio Broadcasting was in its infancy.
Henry Ford was still churning out Model T's.
A 26 year old mobster Al Capone was entering his heyday in Chicago.
Young J. Edgar Hoover becomes director of the FBI (1924 - 72)
Republican Calvin Coolidge elected 30th. President on a platform of
"Coolidge Prosperity".
Don Mckinley born in the heart of the Roaring Twenties.
The comic strip Little Orphan Annie appeared this year.
Paul Whiteman inaugurates "Symphonic Jazz" with the introduction of
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".
In 1924 Louis Armstrong married pianist Lillian Hardin and went to
New York to join Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra.
In musical theatre Fred Astaire and sister Adele dance in Lady Be
Good.
Comic genius Buster Keaton making silent films such as Sherlock
Junior and The Navigator.
Shopping in New York City is booming; Barneys and Saks Fifth Ave.
open flagship stores, while Macy's moves to Herald Square and offers
its first Thanksgiving Day Parade.
1924 heralded the first automatic elevators installed in the
Standard Oil Bldg. in New York City. (they still used people to
direct traffic and initiate closing the doors.)
Ah Don, you've come a long way baby...............
Many Happy Returns and Fond Memories as you light 75 candles!
Have a very Happy Birthday ........... Murray
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