CARLATA BRADLEY

Duct tape is born when Vesta Stoudt (1891 – 1966) a
factory  worker packing WWII munitions, writes FDR
outlining—with  drawings—her idea to replace weak
paper packing tape with a tougher waterproof cloth
version. Impressed, FDR pushed her idea into
production.   

From left: Richard Nixon, Shirley Temple Black, and George
H. W. Bush.

On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in
the 1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars,
died at her Woodside, California, home at age 85.

The plucky, curly-haired performer sang, danced and acted in
dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she
gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat.

Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Temple
began taking dance lessons when she was three. In 1932,
she was discovered by an agent and cast in a series of
short films called Baby Burlesks.

In 1999, Shirley Temple was named one of the 50 greatest
screen legends by the American Film Institute.