Archive for October 24th, 2014

THE MASKS LOOK ALMOST REAL!

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CORNERSTONE LAID ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Wallace K. Harrison, Chief Architect, 
seal the cornerstone for the present U.N. Headquarters building.

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Special open-air General Assembly meeting held on the site of the U.N
Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York. President Harry S.
Truman was the principal speaker.

 


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TODAY IN HISTORY

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                                                                    Carlotta Bradley

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) 
(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

DJ, singer, and songwriter Richardson died in a plane crash in
Iowa, along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and pilot Roger
Peterson
.

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