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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1937


The latest in campus fashions of the times included saddle shoes.

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COMPANY FOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1925



Walter P. Chrysler, founder of the Chrysler Corporation with the
original 1924 Chrysler Six.

The Chrysler Corporation was founded out of what remained of the Maxwell Motor Company. Chrysler greatly expanded in 1928, when it acquired the Fargo truck
company and the Dodge Brothers Company and began selling vehicles under
those brands; that same year it also established the Plymouth and DeSoto
automobile brands.


Walter Chrysler,Time Magazine’s Man of the Year – 1928.


1931

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ROCKWELL’S FIRST COVER FOR THE POST


Mother’s Day Off



Norman Rockwell was 21 years old when he submitted
his first cover painting for The Saturday Evening Post.

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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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At the time, “Let It Be” had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100,
coming in at Number 6. It holds the number-one spot on "The Fans’
Top 10" poll included in The 100 Best Beatles Songs: An Informed
Fan’s Guide by Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Lewis.
The song
is number three in the 100 Best Beatles Songs list, only behind
"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life", which is
number one.

                   billboardhot100

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The Beatles listening to playbacks

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