The Louisiana Purchase was completed when France turned
New Orleans over to the United States.

Hillerman won a Supporting Actor Emmy Award in 1987 for his
role in MAGNUM, P.I. The CBS-TV series ran from 1980 to 1988. 

Benjamin Franklin began publishing the yearly almanac under
the pseudonym of Poor Richard or Richard Saunders. It was in
publication from 1732 to 1758 and was the best seller in the
colonies. Print runs reached 10,000 per year.

        DOROTHY COLLINS FROM YOUR HIT PARADE (1950)

General George Washington lead his army of nearly 11,000 poorly
nourished and battle fatigued men to the Valley Forge military camp
of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania. The ill-equipped army spent 
the winter there during the Revolutionary War. At one point the supply shortages caused nearly 4,000 men to be listed as unfit for duty. About
half of these men died from sickness and disease.

    
               George Washington’s headquarters