President Carter at his desk in the oval office.

The Dial-a-President radio program, featuring President Jimmy Carter and CBS
news anchorman Walter Cronkite, aired for the first time. The idea of Cronkite
and CBS, the show was a test-run to see if it could be successful. Approximately
9 million calls flooded the CBS radio studio during the two-hour broadcast. It was pronounced a success, but never aired again.

Walter Cronkite (left) greets President Jimmy Carter

Dean Stockwell (born Robert Dean Stockwell in North Hollywood, California)

Actor Stockwell’s career spans over 65 years. He signed a contract with Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer as a child and received attention with such films as “Anchors
Aweigh” (1945) and “The Green Years” (1946). In later years, he was known
for his role on NBC’S “Quantum Leap” (1989-1993).  

Stockwell in “A Quality of Mercy”, a Twilight Zone episode
that originally aired on December 29, 1961.

A live-action remake of the same name directed by Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet,
Henry V, Thor) and starring Lily James as Cinderella and Cate Blanchett as
Lady Tremaine is scheduled to be released on March 13, 2015.

Billboard ranked "Surfin’ U.S.A." the number 2 song of 1963 and was made
part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock
and Roll list In 1977.

                                                                                
The American twenty-cent piece

The father of the twenty-cent piece was Nevada Senator
John P. Jones and part-owner of the Crown Point Mine. He
introduced a bill to authorize a twenty- cent piece, one of his
first legislative endeavors. His proposal cited the lack of small 
change in the West. It was endorsed by the Director of the mint
Linderman and other legislators went along with it, largely as a
favor to Sen. Jones. The bill was signed into law by President
Ulysses S. Grant on March 3, 1875. The coin was only used
for 3 years. 

John Percival Jones
(January 27, 1829 – November 12, 1912)