Archive for November 5th, 2023

FUTURE PRESIDENT MARRIED ON THIS DAY

First day as newlyweds- Laura Welch and George Walker Bush married in 1977. | THE BUSH DYNASTY ...
First day as newlyweds- Laura Welch and George Walker
Bush.

On November 5, 1977, 31-year-old future President George W.
Bush
marries 31-year-old Laura Welch at the First United
Methodist Church in her hometown of Midland, Texas.

Cool Wedding Photography | Wedding Photographer
A pose with George’s parents, George H.W. Bush and
Barbara Bush.

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ICONIC ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1913

Gone with the Wind (1939) - Logos — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Movie Review: Gone With The Wind (1939) | The Ace Black Blog
Clark Gable and  Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh: Memory and Calm
Vivien Leigh ( born Vivian Mary Hartley)
(5 November 1913 – 8 July 19)

British actress Vivien Leigh won the Academy Award 
for Best Actress twice, for her performances as
Scarlett O’Hara
in Gone with the Wind (1939) and  
Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar
Named Desire
(1951), a
role she had also played on
stage in London’s
West End in 1949.

She also won a Tony Award for her work in the
Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).

Although her career had periods of inactivity, in
1999 the
American Film Institute ranked Leigh as
the
16th-greatest female movie star of classic
Hollywood cinema.
 
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Ship of Fools [DVD]
1965

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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

Did you remember to turn the clocks back?

Don't Forget - Set Your Clocks Back An Hour. | Clock, Clocks back, Daylight savings time

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BOMBING ORDER GIVEN ON THIS DAY IN 1941

Imperial Japanese Navy “Fuso”-class battleship, c. 1935. | Old TokyoOld ...

On November 5, 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-
Secret Order No. 1: In just over a month’s time,
Pearl Harbor is
to be bombed, along with Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the
Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto, World War II Admiral
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Commander-in-Chief of the
Japanese Combined Fleet who planned the attack.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Best 1940 headline newspaper FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT for 3rd TERM | eBay

FDR Elected Third Term | World War 2 Facts

1940: Roosevelt Wins Third Term - The New York Times

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Man Who Brought America Through the War timeline | Timetoast ...

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