PORTLAND, Ore.(KATU-TV)  — A Multnomah County Library
patron recently returned an overdue book – 65 years after its
check-out date!

In a social media post, the library said that someone recently
returned a first-edition copy of 1984 by George Orwell.

It was originally checked out in 1958, 65 years ago. The library
noted it even has the Library Association of Portland stamp
on the pages.

The MCL provided a picture of the book, as well as a note the
patron left with it.

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14,
it commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United
States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second
Continental Congress.The Flag Resolution, passed on
June 14, 1777, stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing a new constellation."

The United States Army also celebrates the U.S. Army
birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American
continental army" after reaching a consensus position
in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation
that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; on August
3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of
Congress.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)

Schick was founded in 1926 by Jacob Schick as the Magazine
Repeating Razor Company. In the same year, Schick introduced
its highly successful single-blade safety razor system, which
stored twenty blades in a steel injector. Jacob Schick sold the
company in 1928 and founded another company bearing his
name, in order to market his newly invented electric shavers.

1958

Jacob Schick
(September 16, 1877 – July 3, 1937)

He is called the father of electric razors.

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)

Benny Goodman was an clarinetist and bandleader who’s bands
started the careers of many jazz musicians.

Despite health problems, he continued to perform, his last concert
being six days before his death. Goodman died on June 13, 1986,
from a heart attack while taking a nap at his apartment in Manhattan House.     

    

Robert Cornelius (March 1, 1809 – August 10, 1893)
was a photographer and pioneer in the history of
photography.

He designed the photographic plate for the first
photograph taken in the United States, an image
of Central High School taken by Joseph Saxton in
1839.

His self image taken in 1839 is the first known
photographic portrait of a person taken in the
United States. He operated two of the earliest
photography studios in the United States
between 1841 and 1843 and implemented
innovative techniques to significantly reduce
the exposure time required for portraits.