Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the Democratic National Convention in
Chicago, July 2, 1932. His son James is on the right. Roosevelt was the first
nominee to make an acceptance speech in person.
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05
Sep
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ~ 1932
05
Sep
RAQUEL WELCH BECAME 72 TODAY
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05
Sep
MASSACRE IN MUNICH ON THIS DAY IN 1972
A member of the Palestinian terrorist group holding hostages of the
Israeli Olympic team appears on the balcony of the quarters where
the team was staying at Munich Olympic Village.
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04
Sep
MITZI GAYNOR IS 81 YEARS YOUNG TODAY
Actress, singer and dancer Mitzi Gaynor was born Francesca Marlene
de Czanyi von Gerber in Chicago. Her family first moved to Detroit and
when she was eleven to Hollywood where she trained as a ballerina as
a child and began her career as a chorus dancer. By the time Mitzi was
13 she was singing and dancing with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera
company.
Mitzi Gaynor with Rossano Brazzi in “South Pacific”, 1958
.
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