Archive for November 2nd, 2011

CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THAT SUGAR CRISP!

Sugar Bear

The Sugar Bear originally appeared as a character in the 1964 ABC-TV
Saturday morning cartoon Linus the Lionhearted (1964-1969).

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JAMES K. POLK, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1795

james k. polk

James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States, in office from 1845 to 1849. When he took office, Polk, at 49, became
the youngest man at the time to assume the presidency.

                James-K_-Polk-Presidential-Dollar
                                         The Polk Presidential Dollar

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REMEMBERED BY HIS ‘’RANCH HANDS’’

Heck Harper  
     heck harper later

                    Hector Vincent "Heck Harper" Flateau

                  [September 20, 1919 – November 2, 1998]

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FIRST AND ONLY FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1947

hughes and the spruce goose
H-4_Hercules_2

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, known as the “Spruce Goose” by its critics, made its first
and only flight on Sunday November 2, 1947. It was the largest seaplane ever built
with the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history. The Hughes Hercules in on at
the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.    

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MEL BLANC AS THE FRITO BANDITO

 MEL BLANC

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