Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky)

                       (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

Jack Benny Show skit with Mel Blanc

Benny had been a vaudeville performer before becoming
a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly
radio show that ran from 1932 to 1948 on NBC and from
1949 to 1955 on CBS.

State Flag

The Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and became the 33rd state on this
day in 1859. 

                       
                       Seal of the Oregon Territory

Mount Hood, the highest point in the state at 11,249 feet

Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast

Crater Lake National Park is the fifth oldest national park in the U.S.and the
only one in the state of Oregon

                           
                            State Seal of Oregon

Hugh Malcolm Downs is perhaps best known for his role as co-host
of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the game
show Concentration from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News
magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. Downs was the announcer and
sidekick on NBC’s Tonight Starring Jack Paar.