1988

Tom (Thomas Jeffrey) Hanks is one of the most
popular and recognizable film stars worldwide,
and is regarded as an American cultural icon.

Hanks’ films have grossed more than $4.9 billion
in North America and more than $9.96 billion
worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing
actor in North America. He has received numerous
honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award
in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French
Legion of Honor both in 2016, as well as the Golden
Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

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In 1947 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, General Dwight
D. Eisenhower commissioned Florence Blanchfield to the
the regular U.S. Army, making her the first woman in the
country’s history to receive a commission.

Florence Aby Blanchfield (April 1, 1884 – May 12, 1971)

The king of fast-food fried chicken, KFC’s "Colonel Harland Sanders" sight-seeing during his trip to Egypt in the 1970s.

Menswear in the J.C. Penney catalog. 

James Cash Penney Jr.
(September 16, 1875 – February 12, 1971)

James Penny Jr. was a businessman and
entrepreneur who founded the JCPenney
stores in 1902.

J. C. Penney mother store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Bob Wian (below) was the founder of the Big Boy restaurant
chain which began as a 10-stool hamburger stand in Glendale,
California, opening in 1936 with an investment of $300
raised from the sale of his car.

Robert C. Wian (June 15, 1914 – March 31, 1992)