Archive for August 11th, 2017
STAMP ISSUED ON THIS DAY IN 1952
Mount Rushmore commemorative stamp.
On August 11, 1952, the U.S. Post Office issued the Mount Rushmore Memorial commemorative stamp on the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the National
Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. On January 2, 1974, a 26-cent stamp
depicting the monument was also issued.
REVIEWING PAST WORLD NEWS
Camille Bohannon
It began on this day in 1965.
President Ronald Reagan’s bombing Russia joke during a voice
test for a political advertisement causes a Cold War flap on this
day in 1984.
On this day in 1992, in Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America
opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
Haley’s photo from his Service Record.
Alexander Murray Palmer "Alex" Haley
(August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992)
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956)
Jackson Pollock was one of the greatest artists of his generation, well known
for his innovative style of drip painting (shown below). He died at the age of
44 after driving drunk and crashing into a tree in New York.
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