Archive for December 27th, 2024

WISHING A HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 1912

1913 Large Wrigley's Spearmint Gum Ad ~ New Year Baby, Vintage Candy & Gum  Ads


The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company,
is a multinational
candy and chewing gum company, based in
the Global Innovation Center  in
Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois.

The company was founded on April 1, 1891, in Chicago, Illinois
by
William Wrigley Jr. (1861 – 1932).

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3 Original Packs of Wrigleys Gum Vintage Chewing Spearmint, Doublemint, and  Juicy Fruit Gum Pack 1950s Retro New Old Stock Bubblegum

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LAST PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR HAS DIED

Warren ‘Red’ Upton, last living survivor of USS Utah, dies at 105

HONOLULU (AP) — Warren ‘Red’ Upton, the oldest living
survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and
the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He
was 105. 

Kathleen Farley, of the California state chair of the Sons
and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors said
Upton died
Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after
suffering a bout of pneumonia.

The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when
Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base 
in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, the attack propelled
the U.S. into World War II.

Oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 105 photo 1

USS Utah Commanding Officers

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SPORTS ANCHOR HAS DIED AT AGE 78

Greg Gumbel - Autographed Inscribed Photograph | HistoryForSale Item 174080

Through the years with Greg Gumbel

CBS hosts wish Greg Gumbel well as he misses March Madness

(FOX NEWS) – Greg Gumbel, who broadcast the NFL
on CBS and served as the network’s studio host for
March
Madness, has died after a bout with cancer.     

Ravens v. Panthers Broadcast on CBS - Russell Street Report

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THE FIRST MANNED MISSION RETURNED

Apollo 8, Re-entering Earths Photograph by Science Source - Fine Art America    
    
    
 

On Christmas morning, Apollo 8 left its lunar orbit and began
its journey back to Earth, landing safely in the Pacific Ocean
on on this day in 1968 after an historic six-day journey.

On December 21, Apollo 8 was launched by a three-stage
Saturn 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral,
Florida
, astronauts
Frank
 Borman, James Lovell, Jr., and William Anders were
aboard.
    
   

On Christmas Eve, the astronauts entered into orbit around
the moon, the first manned spacecraft ever to do so.      

Space Rocket History #170 – Apollo 8 – The Voyage Home | Space Rocket History

Apollo 8 Splashdown Recovery Photograph by Nasa/science Photo Library - Fine Art America

Apollo 8 recovery

Apollo 8 - CosmosFrontier.com  

Space History Photo: Apollo 8 Recovery | Space
  
 How NASA captured its famous 'Earthrise' photo during the Apollo 8 moon mission 50 years ago ...  

Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the moon, returned to Earth December 27th, 1968. The ...

Apollo 8 | The Planetary Society


 



       

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