Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max
Fleischer. She made her first appearance in the cartoon Dizzy
Dishes, the sixth installment in Fleischer’s Talkartoon series.

Max Fleischer, with his star performer, Betty Boop

"The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)”, a song by Sol Lake, was recorded
by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and represents the first release
on A&M Records, formed by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss..

It became a hit (US #6) and title song to the album The Lonely Bull,
released in December 1962. Its original title was "Twinkle Star".

Smokey’s debut poster (above) is considered his anniversary date. Overseen
by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, the first campaign poster
was illustrated by Albert Staehle.

Also in 1944, Forest Service worker Rudy Wendelin became the full-time artist
for the campaign. He was considered to be Smokey Bear’s "caretaker" until he
retired in 1973.

Rudolph "Rudy" Andreas Michael Wendelin (1910–2000)

Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski outside their home on Cielo Drive, 1969

A portrait of former President Richard M. Nixon is replaced by
that of his successor Gerald R. Ford as the 38th president of
the United States.