A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

“Spring Forward” as Daylight Saving Time 2024 begins - WataugaOnline.com

How the Start of Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Dog

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BONA FIDE ICON MADE ITS DEBUT IN 1959

Lot Detail - VINTAGE 1959 BARBIE IN BOX.    
    
   

    
   

On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll went on display at the
American Toy Fair in
New York City.

Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was
the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult
features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who
co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband (below) in 1945. 
        
        
        
        
        
       

Mattel’s early days: Eliot and Ruth Handler create a toy empire | South Bay History
Elliott and Ruth Handler


Mattel’s headquarters and factory near LAX in 1956.

March 9, 1959 – Present Barbie Doll™ History and Collecting | Barbie, Vintage barbie, Barbie dolls

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A COMEDIC LEGEND DIED ON THIS DAY

George Burns Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth

Pin on a day in history
Burns started smoking cigars when he was 14.

On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer
George Burns dies at his home in Beverly Hills,
California,
just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday.

George Burns is one of the few entertainers whose career
successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television.



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                                                             Model 11S474, 1940s.

Burns and Allen’s radio show was inducted into the National Radio
Hall of Fame
in 1994.

Burns is also a member of the
Television Hall of Fame, where he
and
Gracie Allen were inducted in 1988.

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958 ...
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on
CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958. 

'Inspiring and eye-opening': Sparkling acclaim for breakthrough book unlocking Bible secrets ...
1977

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FLIGHT WENT MISSING ON THIS DAY IN 2014

Could better tech solve mystery of Malaysia Flight 370? | CNN

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying
227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost contact with
air traffic control less than an hour after taking off from 
Kuala
Lumpur, then veers off course, disappears and
most of the plane, and everyone on board, were never 
seen again.

About an hour after Flight 370 was scheduled to land in
Beijing, Malaysia Airlines announced it was missing.

Prior to the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance, it had
been flying seemingly without incident.

There were no distress signals from the plane, reports
of bad weather or technical problems.

 


In 2015, French police officers carried a piece of airplane
debris on the island of Réunion which later proved to
have been from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.


 

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 debris successfully identified by officials - CBS News
More debris from Flight 370 found.

Can US assets locate missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? | Fox News Video


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A STAND-UP COMEDY THURSDAY NITE

Biden assails ‘predecessor’ Trump and GOP in sharply partisan State of the Union address

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