WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING AT THE STORE AND IT’S ALWAYS OUT OF REACH ON THE TOP SHELF!

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am
pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw
Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened on this day in 1992. It
was the largest shopping mall in the United States.

1931

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual event presented by the
department store chain Macy’s. The tradition started in 1924. Live animals
were borrowed from the Central Park Zoo to entertain the crowd at that first
parade, but were replaced with the giant balloons in 1927. Pictured above,
an alligator balloon in the 1932 parade.

The three-hour Macy’s parade is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m.
EST and has been televised nationally on the NBC-TV network since 1952.

2015

Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992)

Sam Walton is the founder of Sam’s Club and the Walmart retail chain. He
pioneered the idea of consistently stocked shelves with wide-ranging goods
and products. When young, he delivered newspapers, farmed, and sold
magazines. He later worked at J.C. Penney in Des Moines, Iowa, as a
management trainee. Walton managed his first variety store, which was
part of the Butler Brothers chain, in 1945 when he was only 26.

TIM MAGUIRE