Archive for August 11th, 2017

FROM A DOG’S LIFE FILE ~

dogjoke

posted by Bob Karm in Animals,HUMOR and have No Comments

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. 

Image result for mount rushmore in 2017

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Memorial,Stamps and have No Comments

REVIEWING PAST WORLD NEWS

todayinhistory

Image result for camille bohannon
Camille Bohannon

Image result for st arts of the watts riots in l.s.
It began on this day in 1965.

Related image

Related image

associated-press-2

Related image

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.

associated-press-2

Image result for the mall of america opened.

Image result for the mall of america opened.

On this day in 1992, in Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America
opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the
United States.

Image result for the mall of america opened.

Image result for the mall of america opened.

associated-press-2

Image result for alex haley
Haley’s photo from his Service Record.

Image result for alex haley

Alexander Murray Palmer "Alex" Haley
(August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992)

Image result for alex haley

Image result for alex haley

Image result for alex haley

associated-press-2

Image result for painter jackson pollock killed in an auto accident
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.   

Image result for painter jackson pollock killed in an auto accident

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,ART,AUTHORS,Cold War,Crash,DEATH,Department store,HISTORY,Joke,President,Riot and have No Comments