Archive for May, 2012

PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL TICKETS ~ 1956

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THE KING’S LAST SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1992

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A news report that aired in Melbourne, Australia 

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POLITICAL NEWS ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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President Richard Nixon meets with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

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THE RED CROSS, FORMED ON THIS DAY IN 1881

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Clara Barton (1821-1912)

The American Red Cross was established in Washington, D.C. on May 21,
1881, by school teacher
Clara Barton, who became the first president of the organization. The Red Cross continues to be the nation’s premier emergency
response organization.

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CARTOON WON PULITZER ON THIS DAY IN 1922

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ROLLIN KIRBY
Albert Edward Sterner’s "Portrait of Rollin Kirby" ,1931

Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 – May 8, 1952) was a political
cartoonist for the New York World and the New York Post. He
was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
for his cartoon “on the Road to Moscow”. Kirby received the
Pulitzer for his cartooning again in 1924 and 1928. 

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