Archive for April 27th, 2012
THE FORWARD LOOK FOR 1957
INVENTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1791
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872)
Samuel Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph
system based on European telegraphs and was co-inventor of the
Morse code, and an accomplished painter.
Painting by Samuel Morse, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
VINTAGE COLGATE DENTAL CREAM
WHO IS BURIED IN GRANT’S TOMB?
The General Grant National Memorial, known as Grant’s Tomb, is a mausoleum containing the bodies of Civil War General and 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902). It is located
in the Riverside Park area of Manhattan in New York City. The U.S. National Park
Service conducted a groundbreaking ceremony on April 27, 1891. The structure was
completed in time for the 75th anniversary of Grant’s birth on April 27, 1897. The
tomb is the second largest mausoleum in the Western Hemisphere.
STILL ‘’REACHING FOR THE STARS’’ AT 80!
Although currently retired,radio personality Casey Kasem is still
heard on reruns of the weekly syndicated radio programs based
on the American Top 40 franchise. He does some voice acting
and commercials. In 1985, Kasem was inducted into the National
Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame radio division.
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