Archive for January, 2024

SOME GREAT RADIO WAS HEARD HERE!

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

1935 Truetone (Western Auto) 3-band console radio.

Truetone was the private label radio, television and electronics
brand of Western Auto Supply Company of Kansas City, Missouri. Western Auto was a company founded in 1909 to sell tires and automobile supplies for the Model T Ford and other cars through
its catalogs and, starting in 1913, through retail stores in Kansas
City and other major cities. In 1915, Western Auto was split into
two companies, one in California and one in Kansas City.

These were separate companies with a common founder and they
had virtually identical catalogs and merchandise offerings. The
two companies merged again in the mid 1950s.

In the late 1920s Western Auto was looking for new items to add to
its merchandise lines. After selling radio tubes under its "Wizard"
brand in the 1920s, the company offered its first Truetone brand
radios in 1931. Truetone was the radio brand sold by Western Auto
of Kansas City while the California company sold its radios under
the name "Western Air Patrol."

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

TrueTone Dial-O-Matic radio ad from Sept 1937 | Vintage radio, Jukeboxes, Radio
1937

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BIRTHDAY OF “THE KING OF ROCK &ROLL”

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Pin by Pat Mancini on Elvis Presley | Young elvis, Elvis presley photos, Elvis presley

When and Where Was Elvis Presley's Last Concert?
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

Singer and actor, Elvis Presley, known as the "King of Rock
and
Roll", is regarded as one of the most significant cultural  
figures of the 20th century.

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NATIONAL DEBT REACHED ZERO IN 1835

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Andrew Jackson Jr (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845)


On January 8, 1835, President
Andrew Jackson achieved his
goal of entirely paying off the
United States’ national debt. It
was the only time in U.S. history that the national
debt stood
at zero
, and it precipitated one of the worst financial crises in
American history.

Andrew Jackson quote: When you get in debt you become a slave.

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MOONS OF JUPITER DISCOVERED IN 1610

Galileo Galilei: The Great Scientist | by Danish Chaglani | Science and Philosophy | Jan, 2021 ...
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei
(15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642)

With eight planets in our solar system, more than 200 moons
surround those natural satellites.

Jupiter, one of the most recognizable planets, has 80 of those
moons.

On this day in history, Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo discovered the
moons of Jupiter — making it the first observation of this
planet.
 

Galileo Galilei Discovers the Moons of Jupiter and the Phases of Venus - Owlcation
The astronomer discovered the moons with a homemade
telescope.

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Galileo’s "cannocchiali"
telescopes.

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Tomb of Galileo, Santa Croce, Florence.


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(‘’WE GO HOME NOW?”)

Video of Biden being escorted offstage by first lady catches fire on social media

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