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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History March 4: From National Safety Day to Toru Dutt Birthday

July 17, 2021 | PDX RETRO
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March 12, 2020 | PDX RETRO

Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to the Founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low 
(October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927)

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts
of the USA
. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell,
founder of
Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide
movement in
England, forming her own group of Girl
Guides there in 1911.

In 1912 she returned to the States, and the same year
established the first U.S. Girl Guide troop in
Savannah,
Georgia
. In 1915, the United States’ Girl Guides became
known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was
fhe first ever leader. She remained active until the time
of her death.

Juliette Gordon Low, who had no children of her own, started Girl Scouts in 1912 - The ...

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POLITICAL CARTOON FROM THE RETRO BLOG

03.06.24
(FOX NEWS)

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ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED ON THIS DAY IN 1933

Column: They tried to call FDR and the New Deal 'socialist' too. Here's how he responded - Los ...

On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.

In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the
east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his
New Deal
”, an expansion of the federal government
as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare
and told Americans that “the only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.”


 

New York Times OTD on Twitter: "The front page #OTD in 1933. Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in ...

FDR inaugurated to fourth term – Bowie News

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GOING TO PLAY, YOU NEED YOUR MARBLES

Biden speaks at White House


A mental evaluation, a screening for depression or
psychiatric illness, mental illness and anxiety is
missing from his latest medical exam.
        

        

         
       


President Joe Biden meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday.

President Biden appeared to mix up Ukraine and Gaza while talking about the war-torn regions in a bilateral Oval Office meeting with Italy’s prime minister Friday.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

PORTLAND RETRO BLOG | PDX RETRO - Part 31 Why the AP Fired Emily Wilder - The Ringer
MIKE  GRACIA

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ron howard in Walking Distance | Twilight zone, Twilight, Ron howard
Ronnie Howard & Gig Young in "Walking
Distance", Twilight Zone Episode
#5 (10/30/59)

The Andy Griffith Show, Season 3 release date, trailers, cast, synopsis and reviews
(1960 – 1968)

Friday Five - Spin-offs | Insufficient Scotty
(1974 – 1984)

Ron Howard At The Academy Awards, 3242002, La, Ca, By Robert Hepler. Celebrity (16 x 20 ...

Apollo 13 (1995) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)
1995

Ron Howard's 5 Best Comedies (& His 5 Best Dramas)

Ron Howard announces new Star Wars film will be called "Solo: A Star Wars Story" - CBS News
Director, producer and screenwriter Ron Howard is
71 years old today.

Howard has received two Academy Awards, four Emmy
Awards
, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and
was inducted into the
Television Hall of Fame in 2013.

Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
for his contributions in film and television.

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