On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above) signed into law the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill of
Rights to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. By the time the
original G.I. Bill ended in July 1956, 7.8 million World War II veterans had
participated in an education or training program and 2.4 million veterans
had home loans backed by the Veterans’ Administration (VA).

”Wipe Out”spent four months on the national Billboard chart
in the autumn of 1963, reaching #2 and kept out of the top slot
only by Stevie Wonder’s “Fingertips”.

The Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of this country,was adopted
on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. The document went into effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

Jane Russell was one of Hollywood’s leading sex symbols in the 1940s and
1950s. She Moved from the Midwest to California, where she had her first film
role in 1943 with The Outlaw, a western film, directed by Howard Hughes. In 1947, Russell delved into music before returning to films. After starring in multiple films
in the 1950s, Russell again returned to music while completing several other
films in the 1960s. She starred in over 20 films throughout her career.
 

Promotional photos of Jane Russell from The Outlaw (1943)