Archive for December 26th, 2024

FREE RIDE AFTER 8 P.M NEW YEAR’S EVE

 The TriMet Story   
    
    
   

TriMet buses, Max light rail and the Portland Streetcar
will be offering free services after 8 p.m. on New Year’s
Eve.    
   


Portland Streetcar

FX-Frequent Express
Trimet | Summit Strategies

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FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DIED ON THIS DAY

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Amazon.com: Harry S Truman (1884-1972)N33Rd President Of The United States  Photographed 1964 Poster Print by (18 x 24): Posters & Prints

On December 26, 1972, former 33rd President of the United
States Harry S. Truman died in Independence,
Missouri.

Then-President Richard Nixon called Truman a man of
“forthrightness and integrity” who had a deep respect
for the office he held and for the people he served, and
who “supported and wisely counseled each of his
successors.” Truman was in office from April 12, 1945
to January 20, 1953.

On December 5, 1972, Truman was admitted to Kansas City’s
Research Hospital and Medical Center with pneumonia.

He developed multiple organ failure, fell into a coma, and
died at 7:50 a.m. on December 26, at the age of 88.


Truman in September 1917.

Wedding photo of Truman in gray suit and his wife in hat with white dress holding flowers
Harry and Bess Truman on their wedding
day, June 28, 1919.

On this day in history, December 26, 1972, President Harry S. Truman dies  after suffering from pneumonia | Fox News
President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago
Daily Tribune declaring his "defeat" to Thomas Dewey
in the presidential election, St Louis, Missouri, in Nov.
1948.
 

Truman was so widely expected to lose the 1948 election that
the Chicago Tribune had printed papers with this erroneous
headline when few returns were in.

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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August
6 and 9, 1945 respectively, were authorized by President
Truman at the end of World War II.

Hiroshima at 70: The Oregonian's front page coverage of 1945 atomic bomb  was chilling, apocalyptic (photos) - oregonlive.com

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CONTROVERSIAL HORROR FILM OPENED

The Exorcist (1973) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)

On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist, a horror film starring
the actress Linda Blair as a girl possessed by an evil spirit,
made its debut in theaters; it went on to earn a reputation
as one of the scariest movies in history.


The post-holiday release served to help The Exorcist sell
tickets, as most moviegoers had time off.

It was the highest-grossing Christmas week release after
1997’s Titanic, and is still in second place.

William Friedkin Dead At 87 | HuffPost UK Entertainment
William David Friedkin 
(August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023)

The Creepiest Part of 'The Exorcist' Was the Real-Life Murderer Cast in the Classic Horror Film

Forums | TORN

The Exorcist Wallpapers - Wallpaper Cave

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