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- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-news-history-6/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [FORMER ASTRONAUT IS 96 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/former-astronaut-is-96-today/) - NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin became the second person to walk on the moon as part of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
- [THE END OF A HOSTAGE CRISIS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-end-of-a-hostage-crisis-on-this-day/) - On January 20, 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.
- [THE 35TH PRESIDENT WAS INAUGURATED](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-35th-president-was-inaugurated/) - On January 20, 1961, on the newly renovated east front of the United States Capitol, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States. It was a cold and clear day, and the nation’s capital was covered with a snowfall from the previous night. The ceremony began with a religious invocation
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-301/) - Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.) (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
- [YOUNGEST IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/youngest-in-the-baseball-hall-of-fame-2/) - On January 19, 1972, 36-year-old Sandy Koufax, the former Los Angeles Dodgers star, became the youngest player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "This is the only thing that's made having to retire early a little easier," says Koufax, who retired at age 30. "This is the biggest honor I've ever been given, not
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-news-history-5/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [BACK WHEN SLICED BREAD WAS BANNED](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/back-when-sliced-bread-was-banned/) - The federal government under Roosevelt (above) decided to limit the production of certain crops such as wheat to “stabilize” supplies and prices. On this day in 1943 In a wartime rationing effort, the US government banned the sale of sliced bread—in theory, to conserve wax paper and the steel used in bread- slicing machines. After
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-news-history-4/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [AUTO PROTOTYPE UNVEILED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/auto-prototype-unveiled-on-this-day/) - On January 17, 1953, a prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports car made its debut at General Motors’ Motorama auto show at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Corvette, named for a fast type of naval warship, would eventually become an iconic American muscle car and remains in production today.
- [A WAR IN THE DESERT BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/a-war-in-the-desert-began-on-this-day/) - President George H.W. Bush announcing the start of the Persian Gulf war. At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.
- [PROHIBITION WAS RATIFIED BY THE STATES](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/prohibition-was-ratified-by-the-states/) - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” was ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse effects of drinking began forming
- [GROUNDBREAKING NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/groundbreaking-novel-was-published/) - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 – 1616) On January 16, 1605 Don Quixote,was published. The book is considered by many to be the first modern novel and one of the greatest novels of all time. Don Quixote has endured in a way that only a select few novels could. Over the centuries, "Don Quixote"
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-300/) - https://www.savethechildren.org/?
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE TODAY’S HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-todays-history-2/) - CARLATA BRADLEY Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
- [A RATIFIED TREATY ENDS THE REVOLUTION](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/a-ratified-treaty-ends-the-revolution/) - On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending the War for Independence. In the document, which was known as the Second Treaty of Paris because the Treaty of Paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763. Britain officially agreed to recognize
- [FIRST C-SECTION PERFORMED IN THE U.S.](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/first-c-section-performed-in-the-u-s/) - Jesse Bennett (July 10, 1769 – July 13, 1842). A physician named Dr. Jesse Bennett is recorded as the first doctor to successfully perform a C-section in the US after it was requested during a difficult labor. The patient? His wife. Bennett became active in civic affairs in the newly formed Mason County (now Mason
- [TRIOS FINAL CONCERT WAS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/trios-final-concert-was-on-this-day/) - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their final concert with Ross as lead on January 14, 1970, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, where Jean Terrell was introduced as her successor, marking the official end of an iconic era and beginning Ross's solo career. The emotional show, featuring their greatest hits, was later released
- [POPULAR COMIC STRIP CREATOR HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/popular-comic-strip-creator-has-died/) - Scott Raymond Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026) (BLAZE) - Scott Adams, creator of the iconic "Dilbert" comic strip and ardent Trump supporter, has passed away at the age of 68. Adams died Tuesday morning after a battle with prostate cancer. He had announced his cancer diagnosis last May. Scott Adams and President
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-news-history-3/) - MIKE GRACIA
- [WESTERN HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/western-history-was-made-on-this-day/) - Nearly 50 years after the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp died quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80. The Earp brothers had long been competing with the Clanton- McClaury ranching families for political and economic control of Tombstone, Arizona, and the surrounding region. On October 26, 1881, the simmering tensions
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CABINET MEMBER](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/first-african-american-cabinet-member-2/) - On January 13, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the first African American cabinet member, making Robert C. Weaver head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The agency that develops and implements national housing policy and enforces fair housing laws. In keeping with his vision for a Great Society, Johnson sought
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-news-history-2/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [FIRST HISPANIC AMERICAN TO FLY IN SPACE](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/first-hispanic-american-to-fly-in-space/) - On January 12,1986, astronaut and physicist Franklin Chang- Diaz became the first Hispanic American to fly in space on the Space Shuttle Columbia, which orbited Earth 96 times, deployed the SATCOM KU satellite used for broadcast television and conducted experiments in astrophysics. It was a high point in an aeronautical career with plenty of high
- [ORIGINAL RADIO SHOW DEBUTED IN 1926](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/original-radio-show-debuted-in-1926/) - Freeman Gosden (“Amos”) and Charles Carrell (“Andy”). On January 12, 1926, the two-man comedy series “Sam ‘n’ Henry” debuted on Chicago’s WGN radio station. Two years later, after changing its name to “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the show becomes one of the most popular radio programs in American history. Though the creators and the stars of
- [THE LINK BETWEEN SMOKING AND CANCER](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-link-between-smoking-and-cancer/) - On January 11, 1964, United States Surgeon General Luther Terry (above) released a groundbreaking government report announcing a definitive link between smoking and cancer. Knowing his report was a bombshell, Terry intentionally chose to release it on that date, which fell on a Saturday, in order to limit its immediate effects on the stock market.
- [INJECTIONS TO TREAT DIABETES BEGAN IN 1922](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/injections-to-treat-diabetes-began-in-1922/) - Canadian scientists Frederick Banting (right) and Charles Best. On January 11, 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an injection of the hormone insulin for Type-1 diabetes—a disease that for millennia had been considered a death sentence for anyone who developed it. Thompson’s blood sugar levels stabilized and he suffered no ill
- [FOUNDING BAND MEMBER HAS DIED AT 78](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/founding-band-member-has-died-at-78-2/) - Robert Hall Weir (October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026) was a musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead.. An announcement said he died after a “courageous” battle with cancer and an underlying lung issue.
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/these-past-events-made-history-8/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [FIRST U.N. MEETING ON THIS DAY IN 1946](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/first-u-n-meeting-on-this-day-in-1946/) - The first General Assembly of the United Nations, comprising 51 nations, convened at Westminster Central Hall in London, England. This historic gathering marked the UN's formal beginning after World War II, One week later, the U.N. Security Council met for the first time and established its rules of procedure. Then, on January 24, the General
- [MOBIL PHONE INTRODUCED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/mobil-phone-introduced-on-this-day/) - On January 9, 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. Jobs called the iPhone a “revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.” When it went on
- [A U.S. PRESIDENT WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/a-u-s-president-was-born-on-this-day/) - Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States, was born on January 9, 1913 in California. The son of Quaker parents, Nixon grew up in the southern California city of Yorba Linda. Early on he proved himself to be a stellar student, attending Whittier
- [THE FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-first-state-of-the-union-address-2/) - On January 8, 1790, President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address to the assembled Congress in New York City. Washington began by congratulating North Carolina’s recent decision to join the federal republic. North Carolina had rejected the Constitution in July 1788 because it lacked a bill of rights. Under the terms
- [PAST EVENTS THAT BECAME HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/past-events-that-became-history-2/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [THE ‘’KING OF ROCK’’ GOT HIS FIRST GUITAR](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-king-of-rock-got-his-first-guitar/) - Elvis Presley got his first guitar on his 11th birthday, January 8, 1946, from the Tupelo Hardware Store in Mississippi. His mother, Gladys, bought him the inexpensive acoustic guitar for around $7.75 after he initially wanted a rifle or bicycle. 1946 Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
- [TEAM PLAYED FIRST GAME ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/team-played-first-game-on-this-day/) - On January 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team traveled 48 miles west from Chicago to play their first game in Hinckley, Illinois. The Globetrotters were the creation of Abe Saperstein of Chicago, who took over coaching duties for a team of African American players originally known as the Savoy Big Five (after the famous
- [ACTOR IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/actor-is-celebrating-his-birthday/) - Nicolas Cage (Coppola) is a actor, film producer and nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as two nominations for BAFTA Awards. Known for his versatility as an actor, Cage's work across diverse film
- [IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/impeachment-trial-began-on-this-day/) - On January 7, 1999, the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, formally charged with lying under oath and obstructing justice, began in the Senate. As instructed in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in to preside, and the senators were sworn in as jurors. Congress had only
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-299/)
- [SKATER ATTACKED ON THIS DAY IN 1994](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/skater-attacked-on-this-day-in-1994-2/) - Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at a Detroit ice rink following a practice session two days before the Olympic trials. A man hit Kerrigan with a club on the back of her knee, causing the figure skater to cry out in pain and bewilderment. When the full story emerged a week later, the nation
- [POPULAR TV SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/popular-tv-show-premiered-on-this-day/) - Wheel of Fortune, one of the the longest-running syndicated game shows in American television, premiered on NBC on January 6, 1975. Created by television legend Merv Griffin and hosted hosted by Chuck Woolery with hostess Susan Stafford. Since the early 1980’s the show was hosted by Pat Sajak and and hostess Vanna White. Wheel
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/past-events-that-made-hustory/)
- [ASIAN - AMERICAN WOMAN IN CONGRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/first-asian-american-woman-in-congress/) - Elected in 1964, Patsy T. Mink was sworn in on January 4, 1965, as the first Asian - American woman and first woman of color to serve in the U.S. Congress. Throughout her career, the U.S. representative for Hawaii was a strong supporter of civil and women's rights, as well as an advocate for children,
- [A PIECE OF TELEVISION HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/a-piece-of-television-history/) - "Johnny's Mic", the Shure microphone that sat on the desk of Johnny Carson during "The Tonight Show" from 1962 to the early 1980's. The mic was sold at a Heritage Galleries auction in Dallas in 2005 for over $50,000 to an anonymous collector, and it's likely still in a private collection, making it a prized
- [FOUNDATION FOUNDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/foundation-founded-on-this-day/) - The two founders: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) meeting with Basil O'Connor over a sack of dimes. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio
- [CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/candidacy-for-president-announced/) - ”I am announcing today my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.” John F. Kennedy officially announced his run for President on January 2, 1960, via a written statement to the press, sparking extensive newspaper coverage detailing his vision for American leadership, addressing concerns about his Catholic faith, and highlighting issues like the Cold
- [NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT SIGNED INTO LAW](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/national-speed-limit-signed-into-law/) - On January 2, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon (above) signs the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, setting a new national maximum speed limit. Prior to 1974, individual states set speed limits within their boundaries and highway speed limits across the country ranged from 40 mph to 80 mph. The U.S. and other industrialized nations enjoyed
- [THE PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2026/01/the-past-events-that-made-history/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-298/)
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- [THE DEATH OF A ROCK STAR ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-death-of-a-rock-star-on-this-day/) - Nelson boarded a chartered DC-3 in Guntersville, Alabama, bound for a New Year’s Eve appearance in Dallas. Shortly before reaching Dallas the cabin of Nelson’s plane filled with smoke due to a fire of undetermined origin. While the two pilots of the plane would survive their attempted emergency landing in a field outside De Kalb,
- [MOST FAMOUS STUNT ON THIS DAY IN 1967](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/most-famous-stunt-on-this-day-in-1967/) - In one of the most iconic motorcycle stunts ever, Evel Knievel attempted his longest jump—141 feet—over the Caesars Palace fountain in Las Vegas. He missed the landing at 90 mph, sustaining serious injuries. But his global fame soared. Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) Knievel died on the way to a
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/past-events-that-made-history-16/) - ED DANAHUE
- [FIRST LIVE RECORDING ON THIS DAY IN 1968](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-live-recording-on-this-day-in-1968/) - On December 30, 1968, The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington, ran an advertisement for a concert at Gonzaga University featuring “The Vanilla Fudge, with Len Zefflin”— a concert of which a bootleg recording would later emerge that represents the first-ever live Led Zeppelin performance captured on tape.
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-made-news-history/) - ED DANAHUE
- [WHEN LOCAL RADIO WAS REAL RADIO](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/when-local-radio-was-real-radio/) - Radio KXL signed on the air from Portland, Ore. in 1926. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/KXL-Portland-OR-Moving-Ahead.pdf
- [LEGENDARY SEX SYMBOL HAS DIED AT 91](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/legendary-sex-symbol-has-died-at-91/) - Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (1934 – 2025) (SUN) - “The Brigitte Bardot foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, a world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation." Bardot had been hospitalized briefly
- [FIRST SOMMERCIAL MOVIE WAS SCREENED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-sommercial-movie-was-screened/) - On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening took place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumière brothers unveiled their invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers
- [PROLIFIC ACTOR HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/prolific-actor-has-a-birthday-today/) - Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an actor, producer, director, and Pentecostal minister. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Silver Bears and one Tony Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Emmy Awards. In 2020,
- [APOLLO MOON MISSION RETURNED IN 1968](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/apollo-moon-mission-returned-in-1968/) - The first photograph taken by humans of Earthrise during the Apollo 8 mission. The prime crew of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission pose for a portrait next to the Apollo Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Left to right, they are James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; William A.
- [THESE PAST EVENTS BECAME HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-became-history/) - ROSS SIMPSON
- [THE FIRST HOSPITAL SHIP COMMISSIONED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-first-hospital-ship-commissioned/) - On this day in 1862, the US Navy formally commissions its first hospital ship, the Red Rover. A captured Confederate side-wheel steamer, it treats 374 patients in its first seven months of service on the Mississippi, 332 of whom were discharged; 37 die and five desert.
- [A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOW FROM 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-special-christmas-show-from-1960/) - "The Night of the Meek" is episode 47 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on December 23, 1960, on CBS. It was one of the six episodes of the second season which were shot on videotape in a short-lived experiment aimed to cut costs. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-296/)
- [A MEMORIE FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-memorie-from-the-pdx-retro-blog/) - William (Bill) W. Schonely (June 1, 1929 – January 21, 2023)
- [THE FIRST NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-first-national-christmas-tree/) - On December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge touched a button and lights up the first national Christmas tree to grace the White House grounds. Not only was this the first White House “community” Christmas tree, but it was the first to be decorated with electric lights—a strand of 2,500 red, white and green bulbs. The
- [CHRISTMAS POEM FIRST PUBLISHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/christmas-poem-first-published-2/) - On December 23, 1823, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” perhaps the most famous and influential Christmas poem ever was published in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in New York by an anonymous author. Called "arguably the best-known verses ever written,” it would shape the modern image of Santa Claus as "a right jolly old elf" who
- [LOOKING BACK WHEN RADIO WAS RADIO](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/looking-back-when-radio-was-radio/) - Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962 One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, it was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its
- [A NEWS EVENT ON THIS DAY IN 2001](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-news-event-on-this-day-in-2001/) - The world’s first cloned cat—CC, or Copy Cat—was born in a biomedical lab at Texas A&M University. CC, who lived for 18 years, had all the physical attributes and indifference toward humanity of any other kitty. Her birth kickstarted a global pet-cloning industry. CC with her surrogate mom, Allie. Rainbow, the genetic donor cat.
- [‘’HEEL’’ ATTEMPTED TO DETONATE BOMBS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/heel-attempted-to-detonate-bombs/) - The "shoe bomber," British terrorist Richard Reid (above), attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22, 2001, but passengers and crew subdued him, leading to his arrest and a life sentence. The event that prompted worldwide
- [‘’OLD BLOOD AND GUTS’’ DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/old-blood-and-guts-died-on-this-day/) - George Smith Patton Jr (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. 3rd Army, died from injuries suffered in a car accident not in battle. He was 60 years old.
- [THE KING MET THE PRESIDENT ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-king-met-the-president-on-this-day-2/) - President Richard Nixon met Elvis Presley in the Oval Office on December 21, 1970, a famously strange meeting initiated by Elvis, who wanted to offer his services in the war on drugs and asked Nixon for a federal narcotics badge, which Nixon granted, giving the world one of the most requested photos in U.S. National
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE TODAY’S HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-made-todays-history/) - ED DANAHUE Jane Fonda with father Henry Fonda. Actress, activist and fitness guru Jane Fonda, known for her roles in films like "Klute," "Barbarella" and "9 to 5." is 88 years young today.
- [FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE PUBLISHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-crossword-puzzle-published/) - On this day in 1913,the first modern crossword puzzle was published in the "New York World," part of a set of what the paper called "mental exercises." Clues included: "sunk in mud," "the fibre of the gomuti palm" and "such and nothing more." Although New York World editor Arthur Wynne is credited as the inventor
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-made-history-7/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [ROCK STAR RECEIVED DRAFT NOTICE IN 1957](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/rock-star-received-draft-notice-in-1957/) - On December 20, 1957, while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, his newly purchased Tennessee mansion, rock- and-roll star Elvis Presley received his draft notice for the United States Army (above).
- [THE WALL WAS OPENED FOR FIRST TIME IN 1963](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-wall-was-opened-for-first-time-in-1963/) - More than two years after the Berlin Wall was constructed by East Germany to prevent its citizens from fleeing its communist regime, nearly 4,000 West Berliners were allowed to cross into East Berlin to visit relatives. Under an agreement reached between East and West Berlin, more than 170,000 passes were eventually issued to West Berlin
- [A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY WAS PUBLISHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-christmas-ghost-story-was-published/) - On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens’ classic story “A Christmas Carol” was published. Dickens was born in 1812 and father, a clerk in the navy pay office, was thrown into debtors’ prison in 1824, and 12-year-old Charles was sent to work in a factory. The miserable treatment of children and the institution of the debtors’
- [TROOPS ARRIVED AT WINTER QUARTERS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/troops-arrived-at-winter-quarters/) - On December 19, 1777, commander of the Continental Army George Washington, the future first president of the United States, lead his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Things could hardly have looked bleaker for Washington and the Continental Army as 1777 came to a close. The British had successfully occupied Philadelphia, leading
- [MOVIE SAILED INTO THEATERS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/movie-sailed-into-theaters-on-this-day/) - Director James Cameron’s epic drama Titanic, the story of the real-life luxury ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, opened in theaters. Titanic catapulted its young stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to international fame and won
- [NASCAR DRIVER AND FAMILY HAVE DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/nascar-driver-and-family-have-died/)
- [PAST EVENTS THAT BECAME HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/past-events-that-became-history/) - Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is 80 years old today.
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- [THE AVIATION AGE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1903](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-aviation-age-began-on-this-day-in-1903/) - Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier- than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. During the next few years, the Wright brothers further
- [FIRST ISSUE OF MAGAZINE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-issue-of-magazine-on-this-day/) - On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first publishes a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life” and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of affairs as well as the belle.” A product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.
- [ORIGINAL BLOCKBUSTER FILM PREMIERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/original-blockbuster-film-premiered/) - The original movie Avatar had its U.S. premiered on December 16, 2009, following earlier international premieres, with widespread release in theaters showcasing its groundbreaking 3D visuals and becoming a massive box office success, according to History.com, Wikipedia, and Fandom. The film's release marked a cultural phenomenon, redefining 3D cinema and holding the title for the
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE TODAY’S HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/past-events-that-made-todays-history-2/) - MIKE GRACIA
- [ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL DRAMA OPENED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/acclaimed-historical-drama-opened/) - Schindler’s List, starring Liam Neeson in the true story of a German businessman who saves the lives of more than a thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust, opened in theaters. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and took home seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was the first Best Director
- [FINAL RATIFICATION ON THIS DAY IN 1791](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/final-ratification-on-this-day-in-1791/) - Following ratification by the state of Virginia, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land. American statesman Patrick Henry (1736-1799) delivers his patriotic "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech before the Virginia Assembly in 1775. A photograph of the Bill
- [HOLLYWOOD ICON AND WIFE FOUND DEAD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/hollywood-icon-and-wife-found-dead/) - The sitcom television series aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. (FOX NEWS) - Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, have died, according to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Rob Reiner was a film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and political activist. “Personally, I am
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-made-history-6/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [A HOUSEHOLD NAME IS 100 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-household-name-is-100-today/) - A young Dick Van Dyke with his father Loren, taken circa 1927. The sitcom created by Carl Reiner initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966. Richard Wayne Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, is an actor and comedian. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six
- [DICTATOR CAPTURED ON THIS DAY IN 2003](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/dictator-captured-on-this-day-in-2003-2/) - After spending nine months on the run, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is captured on December 13, 2003. Saddam’s downfall began on March 20, 2003, when the United States led an invasion force into Iraq to topple his government, which had controlled the country for more than 20 years. After standing trial, he was executed
- [SALVATION ARMY HAS A MYSTERY DONOR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/salvation-army-has-a-mystery-donor/) - (FOX NEWS) - A Salvation Army location in Vermont recently received an unexpected and heartwarming surprise among its holiday donations. The Salvation Army of Barre, located roughly six miles from the state capital of Montpelier, discovered a gold coin hidden inside a taped-shut dollar bill that was dropped into one of its Red Kettle Campaign
- [A PAST EVENT THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-past-event-that-made-history/) - ED DANAHUE
- [A PATENT FOR FIRST GOLF TEE RECEIVED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-patent-for-first-golf-tee-received/) - (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) On this day in 1899, George F. Grant, an African American dentist from Boston, received US Patent number 638,920 for the world’s first golf tee. Neither a marketer nor an inventor, Grant, who was also the first African-American professor at Harvard, gave away a few copies of
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- [‘’LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE’’ WAS BORN IN 1944](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/little-miss-dynamite-was-born-in-1944/) - Brenda Lee with Elvis Presley. Singer Brenda Lee is known for her rockabilly, pop, country, and Christmas music. She achieved her first Billboard hit at age 12 in 1957. Some of Lee's most successful songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry", "I Want to Be Wanted", "Speak to Me Pretty", "All Alone Am I", and "Losing
- [THE IDEA OF A MUTUAL-AID FELLOWSHIP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-idea-of-a-mutual-aid-fellowship/) - After a 13-year struggle with the bottle, stockbroker Bill Wilson took his last drink of the hard stuff on this day in 1934. The following year, he along with Doctor Bob Smith, would found Alcoholics Anonymous the groundbreaking program that treated alcoholism not as a moral failing, but as a disease. https://www.aa.org/
- [FIRST PAPER CURRENCY IS AUTHORIZED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-paper-currency-is-authorized/) - On December 10, 1690, a failed attack on Quebec and subsequent near-mutiny force the Massachusetts Bay Colony to issue the first paper currency in the history of the Western Hemisphere. With a shortage of coins and nothing else to pay the troops with, Governor William Phips of Britain's Massachusetts Bay Colony faced a potential mutiny.
- [GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/good-grief-charlie-brown/) - A Charlie Brown Christmas is a animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. The special aired on this day in 1965 for the first time and CBS executives, unhappy with the music, the pacing, lack of a laugh track and Linus reading a
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- [END OF THE WAR ANNOUNCED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/end-of-the-war-announced-on-this-day/) - At a news conference, President Richard Nixon said that the Vietnam War is coming to a “conclusion as a result of the plan that we have instituted.” Nixon had announced at a conference in Midway in June that the United States would be following a new program he termed “Vietnamization.”
- [REMEMBERING A PAST EVENT IN HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/remembering-a-past-event-in-history/)
- [A FINISHING TOUCH ON THIS DAY IN 1884](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/a-finishing-touch-on-this-day-in-1884/) - On December 6, 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers placed a nine-inch aluminum pyramid inscribed with "Laus Deo," meaning praise (be) to God, atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction of an impressive monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George Washington (below). Illustration depicts
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WINS TROPHY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-african-american-wins-trophy/) - On December 6, 1961, Syracuse running back Ernie Davis became the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy— college football's top individual award—beating Ohio State fullback Bob Ferguson. Earlier in day, Davis met with President John Kennedy at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. "I never thought I'd
- [FIRST VIETNAM MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/first-vietnam-medal-of-honor-winner/) - The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam was presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year. Captain Donlon and his Special Forces team were manning Camp Nam Dong, a mountain outpost near the borders of Laos and North Vietnam.
- [THE ‘’ARCHITECT OF ROCK AND ROLL BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-architect-of-rock-and-roll-born/) - Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020) Musician Little Richard is known for his groundbreaking stage persona and early rock n' roll hits "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally."
- [NAVY AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED IN TRIANGLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/navy-aircraft-disappeared-in-triangle/) - At 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 took off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission. After having completed their objective, Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for an additional 67 miles, then turn north for
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE CURRENT HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/past-events-that-made-current-history/) - MATT FRIEDMAN
- [LEGENDARY GUITARIST HAS DIED AT 84](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/legendary-guitarist-has-died-at-84/) - Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers band member and Booker T. & the MG's guitarist, has died. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, told the Associated Press that Cropper's family notified her of his death. Cropper died Wednesday in Nashville, according to Worley. Worley's foundation operates at the Stax Museum
- [LAST ONE ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/last-one-rolled-off-the-assembly-line/) - On December 3, 1979, the last Pacer rolled off the assembly line at the American Motors Corporation (AMC) factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin. When the car first came on the market in 1975, it was a sensation, hailed as the car of the future. “When you buy any other car,” ads said, “all you end up
- [THE ‘’PRINCESS OF POP’’ IS 44 YEARS YOUNG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/the-princess-of-pop-is-44-years-young/) - The 1999 debut studio album. Icon Britney Spears has had a significant cultural impact in the 21st century and is credited for helping revive the teen pop genre. She is known for her stage performances and for exploring musical genres including pop, contemporary R&B, electropop, and adult contemporary.
- [GEN. WASHINGTON ON THE DELAWARE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/gen-washington-on-the-delaware/) - As related in a letter dated the following day, General George Washington wrote to Congress from his headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey, to report that he had transported much of the Continental Army’s stores and baggage across the Delaware River to Pennsylvania on December 2, 1776. His famous crossing of the Delaware would come
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/these-past-events-made-history-5/) - ED DANAHUE
- [WINTER QUARTERS ESTABLISHED IN 1779](https://pdxretro.com/2025/12/winter-quarters-established-in-1779/) - General George Washington’s army settled into a second season at Morristown, New Jersey, on December 1, 1779. Washington’s personal circumstances improved dramatically as he moved into the Ford Mansion and was able to conduct his military business in the style of a proper 18th-century gentleman. However, the worst winter of the 1700s coupled with the
- [FIRST THANKSGIVING COLLEGE FOOTBALL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/first-thanksgiving-college-football-2/) - On November 30, 1876, Yale defeated Princeton, 2-0, in Hoboken, New Jersey in the first collegiate football game played on Thanksgiving. Nearly 1,000 fans attend the game, played in cold, rainy weather. "The friends of both colleges mustered in good force," the New York Times reports. "Several carriages containing ladies were on the ground, and
- [A REQUEST FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/a-request-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-5/) - Mass shooting at Stockton, California, banquet hall leaves 4 dead, 10 wounded.
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- [PORTLAND SIGN THROUGH THE TIMES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/portland-sign-through-the-times/) - PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A holiday staple returned to Portland on Wednesday: Rudolph is back! The red nose of the iconic “White Stag” sign on the west end of the Burnside Bridge is always illuminated the day before Thanksgiving. The Rose City tradition started back in 1959 as a gift when “Elizabeth Blair Hirsch suggested
- [THE ‘’QUIET BEATLE’’ DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-quiet-beatle-died-on-this-day/) - George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 On November 29, 2001, English musician and songwriter George Harrison died of lung cancer that had spread to his brain at the age of 58. Harrison achieved global fame as a member of the Beatles and went on to a successful solo career that included frequent collaborations
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/these-past-events-made-history-4/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-292/) - The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated. An annual thanksgiving holiday tradition in North American
- [THE FIRST MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-parade/) - The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27, 1924, in New York City, and was originally called the Macy's Christmas Parade. Organized by Macy's employees to celebrate the opening of their new flagship store, the event featured floats, professional bands, and live animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo, concluding with Santa
- [JAPANESE SET SAIL FOR PEARL HARBOR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/japanese-set-sail-for-pearl-harbor/) - On November 26, 1941, Adm. Chuichi Nagumo lead the Japanese First Air Fleet, an aircraft carrier strike force, toward Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that should “negotiations with the United States reach a successful conclusion, the task force will immediately put about and return to the homeland.” Negotiations had been ongoing for months. Japan wanted
- [ROMATIC DRAMA FILM PREMIERED IN 1942](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/romatic-drama-film-premiered-in-1942/) - On November 26, 1942, Casablanca, a World War II-era drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered in New York City; it went on to become one of the most beloved Hollywood movies in history.
- [FIRST POLAROID CAMERA SOLD ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/first-polaroid-camera-sold-on-this-day/) - On November 26, 1948, the first “Land Camera”—better known today as the instant Polaroid camera—went on sale at Jordan Marsh department store in Boston for $89.75. The invention of Edwin H. Land, who had enrolled at Harvard to study physics in 1926, but dropped out to conduct his own research, becomes an instant hit and
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/past-events-that-made-history-14/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [THE GREAT APPALACHAIN STORM IN 1950](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-great-appalachain-storm-in-1950/) - The so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars in damages, on November 25, 1950. Also known as the “Appalachian Storm,” it dumped record amounts of snow in parts of the Appalachian Mountains. Forming over North Carolina just before Thanksgiving, the storm quickly
- [HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS HIJACKING IN 1971](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/historys-most-famous-hijacking-in-1971/) - A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession. His brazen crime still stands as one of the most mysterious in history. Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing a flight attendant
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/these-past-events-made-history-3/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [THE MURDER OF THE 35th U.S. PRESIDENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-murder-of-the-35th-u-s-president/) - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
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- [MOST VALUABLE COMIC EVER SETS RECORD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/most-valuable-comic-ever-sets-record/) - by Kevin Zelman A copy of “Superman No. 1,” the 1939 issue that introduced everyone to the Man of Steel in his first solo title, sold for $9.2 million on Thursday at an auction run by Heritage, in near-pristine condition. This price beats the previous record, set in 2024 when “Action Comics No. 1,” the
- [SOME ROCK AND ROLL RADIO HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/some-rock-and-roll-radio-history/) - WABC radio fired DJ Alan Freed on November 21, 1959 after he refused to sign a FCC statement denying that he had accepted money for promoting records, a practice known as "payola." While WABC cited its "contractual right to terminate," the dismissal happened amid a larger payola scandal that ultimately ruined his career. Albert James
- [SPORTS DRAMA FILM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/sports-drama-film-debuted-on-this-day/) - On November 21, 1976, Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone as the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuted in New York City. The movie, which opened in theaters across the United States on December 3, 1976, was a huge box-office hit and received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor and Best Original
- [THE FIRST TRIAL OF ITS KIND IN HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-first-trial-of-its-kind-in-history/) - Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis went on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II beginning on November 20, 1945. The Nuremberg trials were conducted by an international tribunal made up of representatives from the United States, the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in history,
- [NUMBER ‘’10’’ STAR IS 69 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/number-10-star-is-69-today/) - Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a child model before deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent. The sex icon best known for the provocative 1979 rom-com "10."
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/these-past-events-made-history-2/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [RADIO DRAMA DURING THE ‘’GOLDEN AGE”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/radio-drama-during-the-golden-age/) - Robert Bainter Bailey (June 13, 1913 – August 13, 1983) Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962. Dick Powell starred in the audition show, recorded in 1948, but withdrew from the role in favor of other detective programs, Rogue's Gallery and
- [CULT CAME TO AN END ON THIS DAY IN 1978](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/cult-came-to-an-end-on-this-day-in-1978/) - On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones lead hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of Guyana. Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch while others were forced to do so at gunpoint. The final death toll
- [‘THE TERMINATOR’’ AND ‘’THE GOVERNATOR”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-terminator-and-the-governator/) - On November 17, 2003, the actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger, who became a major Hollywood star in the 1980s with such action movies as Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, defeated Governor Gray Davis in a special recall
- [WATERWAY OPENING ON THIS DAY IN 1869](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/waterway-opening-on-this-day-in-1869/) - The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, was inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony attended by French Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III. In 1854, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the former French consul to Cairo, secured an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of
- [GUEST SUITE FIRST TIME ON THE MARKET](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/guest-suite-first-time-on-the-market/) - Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's New York apartment hits market for first time in 40 years for $1.69M. (FOX) – The two-bedroom guest suite one floor below the legendary couple's penthouse features Central Park views, 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, a bike room and other amenities.
- [T.V. DEBUT OF KIDS SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1953](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/t-v-debut-of-kids-show-on-this-day-in-1953/) - Beginning as a radio show in the early 1950s, Mr. Moon became one of the most popular kid shows in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Moon debuted on November 16, 1953 one month after KOIN TV went on the air, and just over a year after television came to Portland. The show aired until 1958. Wearing
- [MUSICAL PRODUCTION PREMIERED IN 1959](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/musical-production-premiered-in-1959/) - Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain von Trapp, the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, where it won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actress. It later moved to the Mark Hellinger, where it would end its
- [NEW LAND-SPEED RECORD SET ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/new-land-speed-record-set-on-this-day-2/) - On November 15, 1965 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, 28-year-old Californian Craig Breedlove set a new land-speed record of 600.601 miles an hour in his car, the Spirit of America, which cost $250,000 and was powered by a surplus engine from a Navy jet. He actually drove across the desert twice that day,
- [EXPENSIVE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWITCH](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/expensive-grilled-cheese-sandwitch/) - Diana Duyser, a resident of Florida. On this day in 2004 a grilled cheese sandwich with toast bearing an image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000. The seller claimed the 10-year-old sandwich had never sprouted any mold.
- [LIFT OFF OF SECOND MANNED MISSION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/lift-off-of-second-manned-mission/) - Left: The crew of Apollo 12 – Charles “Pete” Conrad, left, Richard F. Gordon, and Alan L. Bean. Right: Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the moon,was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr.; Richard F. Gordon, Jr.; and Alan L. Bean aboard. President Richard Nixon viewed the
- [FIRST AMERICAN EDITION ON THIS DAY IN 1851](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/first-american-edition-on-this-day-in-1851/) - Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) On November 14, 1851, Moby-Dick was published. Now considered a great classic of American literature—with one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael”—the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was originally a big flop. Its
- [WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/war-memorial-dedicated-on-this-day/) - Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict . The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black- granite wall inscribed with the names of
- [FINAL PENNY WAS PRODUCED TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/final-penny-was-produced-today/) - WASHINGTON (TNND) — The United States Treasury minted its final production of pennies on Wednesday at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (above). "The penny was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792; however, ongoing increases in production costs and the evolution in consumer habits and technology have made its production
- [THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/these-past-events-made-history/) - CAMILE BOHANNON
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- [TOMB DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1921](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/tomb-dedicated-on-this-day-in-1921-3/) - Exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia during an Armistice Day ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding. Two days before, an unknown American soldier, who had fallen somewhere on a World War I battlefield, arrived at the
- [ARMISTICE DAY: FIRST WORLD WAR ENDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/armistice-day-first-world-war-ended/) - At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The
- [‘’OLD BLOOD-AND-GUTS’’ WAS BORN IN 1885](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/old-blood-and-guts-was-born-in-1885/) - George Smith Patton Jr. (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. April 9, 1945
- [HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S. MARINE CORPS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/happy-birthday-u-s-marine-corps/) - During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia on November 10, 1775, created the Continental Marines and is now observed as
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/past-events-that-made-history-13/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [REFORMATION FIGURE BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/reformation-figure-born-on-this-day/) - Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517. . Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Martin Luther taught that justification is not earned by any human
- [BERLIN WALL WAS OPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/berlin-wall-was-opened-on-this-day-2/) - East German officials opened the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down. The destruction of the Berlin Wall was a significant action leading to the end of the Cold War.
- [THE YOUNGEST WORLD CHESS CHAMPION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-youngest-world-chess-champion/) - Soviet-born Garry Kasparov, 22 (above) beat Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest world chess champion. Eleven years later, he defeated Deep Blue, IBM's powerful custom-built chess computer, then lost to an upgraded Deep Blue the following year. Chess Grandmaster Garry Kimovich Kasparov, born April 13, 1963.
- [BIG POWER FAILURE ON THIS DAY IN 1965](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/big-power-failure-on-this-day-in-1965/) - At dusk on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, one of the biggest power failures in history occurred as all of New York state, portions of seven nearby states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in
- [ART CARNEY DIED ON THIS DAY IN 2003](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/art-carney-died-on-this-day-in-2003/) - 1959 Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) Art Carney was an actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The Honeymooners (below) (1955–1956).
- [THE YOUNGEST U.S. PRESIDENT IN 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-youngest-u-s-president-in-1960/) - John F. Kennedy, 43, becomes the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States, narrowly beating Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the first Catholic to become president.
- [INFLUENTIAL CHRISTIAN LEADER BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/influential-christian-leader-born/) - William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) Billy Graham was a evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate whose broadcasts and world crusades featuring live sermons became well known in the mid-to-late 20th century. Throughout his career, spanning over six decades, Graham rose to prominence as an evangelical Christian
- [FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/first-woman-elected-to-congress/) - On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the first woman in the history of the nation to win a seat in the federal Congress. Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)
- [AN UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH TERM WON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/an-unprecedented-fourth-term-won/) - On November 7, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
- [VERSITAL ACTRESS ~ 79 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/versital-actress-79-years-young-today/) - California born Sally Field has performed in movies, Broadway theater, television, and made records of popular music. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage. Sally Field has received many accolades throughout her career spanning six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations
- [THE FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-first-college-football-game/) - On November 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4, in the first college football game. The game, played with a soccer ball before roughly 100 fans in New Brunswick, New Jersey, resembles rugby instead of today's football. William A. Reynolds, former Princeton Football player and first head coach at Rutgers College. The First Football Game Statue
- [THE POLITICAL JOKE OF THE DAY!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-political-joke-of-the-day-2/)
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/past-events-that-made-news-history-8/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [‘’THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/the-most-trusted-man-in-america/) - Reporting the JFK assassination in 1963. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) Walter Cronkite was a broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During 1960sand 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in
- [FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS DIED AT 84](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/former-vice-president-has-died-at-84/) - President George W. Bush and his VP Dick Cheney. (FOX NEWS) - The family stated…“His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed,” Cheney reportedly died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
- [SWEEPING EPIC MOVIE PREMIERED IN L.A.](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/sweeping-epic-movie-premiered-in-l-a/) - On November 4, 1990, Dances with Wolves, a film about an American Civil War-era soldier and a group of Sioux Native Americans that stars Kevin Costner and also marks his directorial debut, premiered in Los Angeles. The film, which opened across the United States on November 21, 1990, was a surprise box-office success and earned
- [A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/reminder-from-the-retro-blog-2/)
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/past-events-that-made-news-history-7/) - CARLATA BRADLEY
- [A FIRST AND ONLY FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1947](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/a-first-and-only-flight-on-this-day-in-1947/) - The Hughes Flying Boat, at one time the largest aircraft ever built, was piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight in Long Beach Harbor, California. Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was
- [A GREAT UPSET ON THIS DAY IN 1948](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/a-great-upset-on-this-day-in-1948/) - In one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, by just over two million popular votes. In the days preceding the vote, political analysts and polls were so behind Dewey that on election night, long before all
- [CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD CINEMA STAR BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/classic-hollywood-cinema-star-born/) - Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in that famous beach scene in From Here to Eternity (Columbia Pictures, 1953).
- [A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/a-reminder-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-28/)
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/11/past-events-that-made-news-history-6/) - Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953 – November 1, 1999)
- [A SOLID GOLD TOILET IS UP FOR AUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-solid-gold-toilet-is-up-for-auction/) - LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet, a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold. Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan entitled “America.” The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the collision of artistic production and commodity
- [THE POLITICAL JOKE FOR THE  DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-political-joke-for-the-day-3/) - NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over his executive order to
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- [THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-protestant-reformation-began/) - On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approached the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nailed a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman
- [DIGGING FOR WORMS YIELDS TREASURE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/digging-for-worms-yields-treasure/) - (FOX NEWS) - A lucky individual in Sweden discovered a cauldron filled with medieval rings, pendants and thousands coins that were all remarkably well-preserved. In a translated statement from the County Administrative Board of Stockholm in mid-September, officials said the discovery was made in Stockholm County, home to 26 municipalities. Authorities described the finder as
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-12/) - ED DANAHUE
- [A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-reminder-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-27/) - Clocks should be set "fall back" one hour on Sunday, ending daylight saving time and marking a return to standard time.
- [STOCK MARKET CRASH BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/stock-market-crash-began-on-this-day/) - Black Tuesday hit Wall Street on October 29, 1929 as investors traded 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the aftermath of
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-11/) - TIM MIGUIRE 1990 Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts is 58 years young today.
- [A STEP BACK FROM BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-step-back-from-brink-of-nuclear-war-2/) - Complicated and tension-filled negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union finally result in a plan to end the two -week-old Cuban Missile Crisis. A frightening period in which nuclear holocaust seemed imminent began to come to an end.
- [FAMOUS GUNFIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1881](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/famous-gunfight-on-this-day-in-1881-2/) - On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Sheriff John Behan of Cochise County, who witnessed the shootout, charged the Earps and Holliday with murder. A month later, however, a Tombstone judge found the men not guilty, ruling that
- [TELEVISION “MOM” HAS DIED AT 100](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/television-mom-has-died-at-100/) - June Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025) June Lockhart, a popular actress from the 1950s and '60s, has died. Best known for her roles in "Lost in Space" (1965 – 1969) and "Lassie" where she appeared from 1958 to 1964. She was a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-10/) - CARLATA BRADLEY
- [SLASHER FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/slasher-film-premiered-on-this-day/) - John Carpenter’s "Halloween" premiered, sending chills across small towns nationwide. Produced for $300,000, the slasher movie grossed more than $47 million in North America. Jamie Lee Curtis, 19 at the time, was paid only $8,000 for her film debut. Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising 13 films which helped construct an extensive backstory for Michael
- [PROLIFIC ARTIST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1881](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/prolific-artist-born-on-this-day-in-1881/) - Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, is born in Malaga, Spain. Picasso’s father was a professor of drawing, and he bred his son for a career in academic art. Picasso had his first exhibit at age 13 and later quit art school so he could experiment full-time
- [FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRIP OVER THE FALLS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-successful-trip-over-the-falls/) - On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor (above) became the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive. Her motives were financial but she never made much money from her adventure. No matter the method, going over Niagara Falls is illegal, and survivors face
- [THE FINAL FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 2003](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-final-flight-on-this-day-in-2003/) - The supersonic Concorde jet made its last commercial passenger flight, traveling at twice the speed of sound from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport on October 24, 2003. The British Airways jet carried 100 passengers, including actress Joan Collins, model Christie Brinkley and an Ohio couple who reportedly paid
- [SENATOR JEFF ‘’MALARKEY’’ MERKLEY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/senator-jeff-malarkey-merkley/)
- [TV HOST WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1925](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/tv-host-was-born-on-this-day-in-1925/) - Johnny (John William) Carson Carson was a TV host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962– 1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in
- [DISNEY ANIMATED MUSICAL WAS RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/disney-animated-musical-was-released/) - Disney released "Dumbo," a film about a circus elephant with huge ears who was ridiculed until a mouse shows him he can use his ears to fly. Dumbo was set to be crowned TIME Magazine's "Mammal of the Year" in late 1941, but got bumped off the cover by Pearl Harbor. The film is one
- [JFK’S ADDRESS ON CUBAN CRISIS IN 1962](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/jfks-address-on-cuban-crisis-in-1962/) - In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announced on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion —housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States, including
- [A MOUSEKETEER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-mouseketeer-was-born-on-this-day/) - Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) Born in Utica, New York, Actress and singer Annette Funicello began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. During her teenage years, Annette had a successful career as a pop
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-9/) - MIKE GRACIA
- [NUMBER ONE SONG ON THIS DAY IN 1962](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/number-one-song-on-this-day-in-1962-2/) - On October 20, 1962 “Monster Mash” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, just in time for Halloween The self-described “graveyard smash” become a literal smash hit, spending the last two weeks of October at the top of the charts and remaining a beloved Halloween classic decades later. “Monster Mash” hit the
- [HE SAID HE WOULD RETURN AND HE DID](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/he-said-he-would-return-and-he-did/) - On this day in 1944, after advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. A statue in the Philippines commemorating the promised
- [‘’THE MICK’’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-mick-was-born-onthis-day-in-1931/) - Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) Baseball legend Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs and led the New York Yankees to seven World Series wins in the 1950s and '60s.
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-8/) - NANCY LYONS
- [FIRST BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO STORE IN 1985](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-blockbuster-video-store-in-1985/) - On October 19, 1985, the first Blockbuster video-rental store opened, in Dallas, Texas. At a time when most video stores were small-scale operations featuring a limited selection of titles, Blockbuster opened with some 8,000 tapes displayed on shelves around the store and a computerized check-out process. The first store was a success and Blockbuster expanded
- [CARTOON FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/cartoon-from-the-pdx-retro-blog/) - Tom Armstrong (born 1950, Evansville, Indiana)
- [SHE WAS THE FIRST CAT TO GO INTO SPACE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/she-was-the-first-cat-to-go-into-space/) - Félicette, a Parisian stray, became the first—and only—cat in space. The black-and-white feline traveled 98 miles into space for 13 minutes before her capsule safely parachuted to Earth. The mission, part of the French space program, trained 14 cats to monitor their neurological and physiological responses to spaceflight.
- [‘’THE FATHER OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” WAS BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-father-of-rock-n-roll-was-born/) - Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll with distinctive songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos along
- [THE U.S. TOOK POSSESSION OF ALASKA](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-u-s-took-possession-of-alaska/) - On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples had settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by
- [PAST NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-news-events-that-made-history-3/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [BAND FOUNDING MEMBER HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/band-founding-member-has-died/) - (FOX NEWS) - KISS founding member and guitarist Ace Frehley, who was announced to be on life support earlier today after suffering injuries from a fall last month, has died at age 74.
- [FAMOUS RESCUE ON THIS DAY IN 1987](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/famous-rescue-on-this-day-in-1987/)
- [A UTILITY VEHICLE INTRODUCED IN 1958](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-utility-vehicle-introduced-in-1958/) - On October 16, 1958, Chevrolet began to sell a car-truck hybrid that it called the El Camino. Inspired by the Ford Ranchero, which had already been on the market for two years, the El Camino was a combination sedan-pickup truck built on the Impala body, with the same “cat’s eye” taillights and dramatic rear fins.
- [DENTAL HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/dental-history-was-made-on-this-day/) - Modern anesthesia is born when dentist and physician William T.G. Morton demonstrates ether for the first time during a public surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. His earlier efforts included stimulants, intoxication, opium and mesmerism. William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) Replica of the inhaler used by William T. G. Morton
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-7/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-289/) - October 14, 2010, first blog post. WELCOME,THIS IS THE DEBUT OF A BLOG THAT, I HOPE, WILL REVIVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST. IT’S THE PLACE FOR OLD MOVIES,PICS,ADS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT SUITS A PASSION FOR THE PAST. SO, BOOKMARK AND CHECK BACK OFTEN.
- [SOVIET WEAPONS DISCOVERED IN CUBA](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/soviet-weapons-discovered-in-cuba/) - John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict. Photographs taken by a high-altitude U-2 spy plane offered incontrovertible evidence that Soviet-made medium-range missiles in Cuba—capable of carrying nuclear warheads— were now stationed 90
- [THE SOUND BARRIER WAS BROKEN IN 1947](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-sound-barrier-was-broken-in-1947/) - U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat fighter during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe. He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down over France, but he
- [FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT ON THIS DAY IN 1957](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-number-one-hit-on-this-day-in-1957-2/) - On October 14, 1957, the Everly Brothers, one of the most important and influential groups in the history of rock and roll, scored their first #1 song: "Wake Up Little Susie." That success came hot on the heels of their first big hit, "Bye Bye Love," with which they had burst onto the music scene
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- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-news-history-5/) - CARLATA BRADLEY Paul Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey. he is 84 today.
- [DEBUT OF THE ABA ON THIS DAY IN 1967](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/debut-of-the-aba-on-this-day-in-1967/) - On October 13, 1967, the Anaheim Amigos lost to the Oakland Oaks, 134-129, in the inaugural game of the American Basketball Association. In its first season, the ABA included 11 teams: the Pittsburgh Pipers, Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels and New Jersey Americans played in the Eastern Division, and the New Orleans Buccaneers,
- [WHEN THE ‘’NEW WORLD’’ WAS REACHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/when-the-new-world-was-reached/) - After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus saw a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and
- [POPULAR HOLLYWOOD LEGEND HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/popular-hollywood-legend-has-died/) - Diane Keaton as Kay Adams, Michael Corleone’s wife (Al Pacino right). Adams’ character was introduced in The Godfather (1972). Diane Keaton (January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) (FOX NEWS) - Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79 in California following a recent decline in her health. People magazine reported the actress's family
- [A REQUEST FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-request-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-4/) - Mississippi homecoming turns deadly with at least 4 killed, 12 injured in shooting; suspect in custody.
- [FIRST TELEVISION BROADCAST FROM ORBIT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-television-broadcast-from-orbit/) - Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission,was launched with astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Donn F. Eisele; and Walter Cunningham aboard. Under the command of Schirra, the crew of Apollo 7 conducted an 11-day orbit of Earth, during which the crew transmitted the first live television broadcasts from
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-6/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-287/) - Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 [OS]. Wikipedia Christopher Columbus (between 25
- [BAND CO-FOUNDER HAS DIED AT AGE 82](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/band-co-founder-has-died-at-age-82/) - (FOX NEWS) - John Lodge, the legendary bassist and vocalist of The Moody Blues, has passed. In a statement shared with Fox News Digital on Friday, Lodge's family said that he died "suddenly and unexpectedly." The family added that Lodge "peacefully slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of The Everly Brothers
- [NAVAL ACADEMY OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1845](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/naval-academy-opened-on-this-day-in-1845/) - US Naval Academy Class of 1892. The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics and navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry, English, natural philosophy, and French. The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy
- [A MESSAGE FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/a-message-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-4/)
- [MUSIC LEGEND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1940](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/music-legend-born-on-this-day-in-1940/) - John Lennon was an English musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.
- [PAST EVENTS THAT WOULD MAKE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-would-make-history/) - ROSS SIMPSON
- [THE FIRST EPISODE ON THIS DAY IN 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-first-episode-on-this-day-in-1960/) - On October 7, 1960, the first episode of the one-hour television drama "Route 66" aired on CBS. The program had a simple premise: It followed two young men, Buz Murdock (George Maharis) and Tod Stiles (Martin Milner), as they drove across the country in an inherited Corvette (Chevrolet was one of
- [THE FIRST TRAIN ROBBERY IN U.S. HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-first-train-robbery-in-u-s-history/) - On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno staged the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana. Of course, trains had been robbed before the Reno brothers’ holdup. But these previous crimes had all been burglaries of stationary trains
- [‘’THE BAMBINO’’ SET WORLD SERIES RECORD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/the-bambino-set-world-series-record-2/) - On October 6, 1926, Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record three homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth game of the World Series. The Yanks won the game 10-5, despite Ruth’s unprecedented performance, they lost the championship in the seventh game. In 1928, in the fourth game of another Yanks-Cards World
- [FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-televised-presidential-address/) - On October 5, 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) made the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman’s food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine. Truman, the
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE TODAY’S HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-5/) - MIKE GRACIA
- [WORK ON A NATIONAL MEMORIAL BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/work-on-a-national-memorial-began/) - Mount Rushmore (Six Grandfathers) before construction, c. 1905. On October 4, 1927, sculpting began on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America’s most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to
- [BEGINNING OF THE ‘’SPACE RACE’’ IN 1957](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/beginning-of-the-space-race-in-1957/) - The Soviet Union inaugurated the “Space Age” with its launch of , the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-4/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1961](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/sitcom-debuted-on-this-day-in-1961-2/) - On the evening of October 3, 1961, a future television classic called “The Dick Van Dyke Show” debuted on CBS. The sitcom’s inaugural episode—which revolves around the lead couple bickering over leaving sick son, Ritchie, with a babysitter while they go to a party—kicked off a beloved show that would run for five seasons and
- [AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SUPREME COURT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/african-american-to-supreme-court/) - Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. As chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the 1940s and ’50s. Marshall was the architect and executor of the legal strategy that ended the era of official racial segregation. Thoroughgood
- [COMIC STRIP DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1950](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/comic-strip-debuted-on-this-day-in-1950/) - Charles M. Schultz's “Peanuts” comic strip debuted in just seven US newspapers. (It would eventually run in more than 2,600.) The cartoonist almost named Charlie Brown's dog Sniffy— not Snoopy—but another comic dog had that name. Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
- [VETERAN ACTRESS IS 90 YEARS YOUNG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/veteran-actress-is-90-years-young/) - 1964 Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden Globe wards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
- [CHIMPANZEE EXPERT HAS DIED AT 91](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/chimpanzee-expert-has-died-at-91/) - (FOX NEWS) - Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist who taught the world about chimpanzees and their striking similarities to humans, has died. Her death was announced by her foundation, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), on Wednesday. According to the organization, Goodall passed away "due to natural causes."
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/past-events-that-made-history-3/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [FIRST CRADIT CARD ISSUED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/10/first-cradit-card-issued-on-this-day/) - On October 1, 1958, the American Express Company issued its first charge card in the U.S. and Canada to give traveling customers more flexibility. The purple paperboard card—which later became the iconic green or gold plastic card—pre-dates a new era of paying for purchases with revolving credit cards, with MasterCard and Visa following years later.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-286/) - https://www.humaneworld.org/en
- [FIRST NUCLEAR SUB COMMISSIONED IN 1954](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-nuclear-sub-commissioned-in-1954/) - The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy on this day in 1954. The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy’s
- [FIRST HISPANIC ELECTED TO CONGRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-hispanic-elected-to-congress/) - On September 30, 1822, Joseph Marion Hernández became the first person of Hispanic descent to be elected to the United States Congress. Born a Spanish citizen, Hernández would die in Cuba, but in between he became the first Hispanic American to serve at the highest levels of any of three branches of the American federal
- [FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO REACH SUMMIT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-american-woman-to-reach-summit/) - On this day in 1988, Stacy Allison of Portland, Oregon, became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. Allison, a member of the Northwest American Everest Expedition, climbed the Himalayan peak using the southeast ridge route. At least
- [SINGING COWBOY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/singing-cowboy-was-born-on-this-day-2/) - 1955 Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) Gene Autry, perhaps the greatest singing cowboy of all time, was born on September 29, 1907, in Tioga, Texas. While still a boy, Autry moved with his family to a ranch in Oklahoma where he learned to play the guitar and sing. The
- [REMEMBER THESE? THEY STILL WORK FINE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/remember-these-they-still-work-fine/) - The P-38 is a foldable carbon steel can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. Originally distributed in the K-ration, it was later included in the C-ration. A larger later variant is known as the P-51.
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-history-2/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [LAST HOME RUN FOR TED WILLIAMS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/last-home-run-for-ted-williams/) - On September 28, 1960, at Boston’s Fenway Park, Red Sox star Ted Williams hit a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year career. Williams once said it was his goal in life to “walk down the street [and have] folks say ‘there goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.’” He succeeded. Williams led
- [STARS HOME OFFICIALLY UP FOR SALE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/stars-home-officially-up-for-sale/) - (FOX NEWS) - Johnny Carson's legendary estate in California hits the market for staggering $110M. Johnny Carson lived in the Point Dume, Malibu, estate from 1980s until his death in 2005. The property features a regulation tennis court. John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005).
- [ACTRESS IS CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY 53](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/actress-is-celebrating-birthday-53/) - Actress Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Las Angele, California to filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. She established herself as a leading lady appearing in primarily mid-budget and period films during the 1990s and early 2000s, before transitioning to blockbusters and franchises. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE TODAY’S HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-todays-history/) - TIM MAGUIRE The tennis star is 44 years young today.
- [TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1970](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/tv-series-debuted-on-this-day-in-1970/) - On September 25, 1970, in the 8:30 p.m. time slot immediately following "The Brady Bunch," ABC premiered a program that would give television production company Screen Gems its second TV-to-pop-chart smash: "The Partridge Family." Unwilling to rest as a one-hit wonder when its first big hit, "The Monkees," went off the air in 1968, Screen
- [BILL OF RIGHTS PASSED CONGRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/bill-of-rights-passed-congress/) - The first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sent them to the states for ratification. The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair
- [FIRST NATIONAL MONUMENT PROCLAIMED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-national-monument-proclaimed/) - Devils Tower in 1890. On this day in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower, a massive rock formation in Wyoming, the country's first national monument. He called the “lofty and isolated rock” a “natural wonder.” Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) Devils Tower today draws more than half a
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-history/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1969](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/movie-premiered-on-this-day-in-1969/) - On September 23, 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a team of bank robbers in the Old West, premiered in New York City. The film was a commercial and critical success, receiving seven Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director) and winning in the categories of
- [SOUL SINGER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/soul-singer-was-born-on-this-day/) - Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) Charles was a singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius."
- [TV SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1994](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/tv-sitcom-debuted-on-this-day-in-1994-2/) - On September 22, 1994, the television sitcom Friends, about six young adults living in New York City, debuted on NBC. The show, which featured a group of relatively unknown actors, went on to become a huge hit and air for 10 seasons. It also propelled the cast—Jennifer Aniston, Courteney
- [FIRST ISSUE OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-issue-of-national-geographic/) - The first issue of the National Geographic Magazine, without photos, was published on September 22, 1888, eight months after the Society was founded. In September 2022, the magazine laid off six of its top editors and In June 2023 laid off all of its staff writers, shifting to an entirely freelance-based writing model, and announced
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-285/)
- [FROM THE RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-retro-blog-7/) - Note: Fall arrives Monday at 11:19 AM.
- [LEGENDARY PHARAOH’S BRACELET STOLEN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/legendary-pharaohs-bracelet-stolen/) - (FOX NEWS) - A once-powerful pharaoh's priceless bracelet was melted down and sold after being stolen from an Egyptian museum, according to local officials. The disappearance of the bracelet, which once belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre Amenemope, was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Sept. 17. Officials circulated images of the artifact
- [PROLIFIC AUTHOR IS 78 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/prolific-author-is-78-years-old-today/) - Author Stephen Edwin King, .dubbed the "King of Horror," is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery.. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written about 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut page-turner, Carrie
- [ACTRESS IS 91 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/actress-is-91-years-young-today-2/) - Sophia Loren is an Italian actress whose beauty and acting in films like "Two Women" won her both popularity and an Oscar. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. 1960
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-284/) - The POW/MIA flag was first recognized on August 10, 1990.
- [FIRST-EVER UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-ever-underground-nuclear-test/) - On September 19, 1957, the United States detonated a 1.7- kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375-square-mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified
- [THE FIRST LARGE PUBLIC EVENT WAS HELD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/the-first-large-public-event-was-held/) - On September 18, 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The formal Masonic ceremony was preceded by a parade and followed by celebration and feasting when a 500 pound ox was barbequed. The building would take nearly a century to
- [TODAY IS CONSTITUTION DAY ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/today-is-constitution-day/) - The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Constitutional Convention. This momentous event finalized the four-page document that replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the framework for the U.S. government. A 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution was put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024 and
- [COUNTRY STAR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1923](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/country-star-born-on-this-day-in-1923/) - Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) Singer, songwriter, guitarist Hank Williams was the country's first superstar thanks to hits "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Hey, Good Lookin'."
- [LEGENDARY ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 89](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/legendary-actor-has-died-at-age-89/) - 1969 Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) (FOXNEWS) - "Robert Redford passed away in his sleep today at his home in the Sundance mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved," his representative told Fox News Digital. "He will be missed greatly. The family requests
- [SHIP SET SAIL FROM ENGLAND ON THIS DAY IN 1620](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/ship-set-sail-from-england-on-this-day-in-1620/) - On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—had been authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy weather and navigational errors forced the Mayflower off course, and on November 21 the
- [FIRST #1 HIT EARNED ON THIS DAY IN 1962](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-1-hit-earned-on-this-day-in-1962/) - On September 15, 1962, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' "Sherry" hits the top of the pop music charts. It was the start of a remarkable run of hits. "Sherry" was written by Bob Gaudio who said the song took about 15 minutes to write and was originally titled "Jackie
- [POP-TART DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1964](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/pop-tart-debut-on-this-day-in-1964/) - On September 14, 1964, the Kellogg’s Company began selling the Pop-Tart. The innovative portable-breakfast-treat-turned- anytime-snack would go on to sell billions annually and help redefine the breakfast food market. It all started when one of Kellogg’s biggest competitors, Post Consumer Brands, trumpeted to the press that it had created an innovative new breakfast item: a
- [ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAKE SIGNIFICANT FIND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/archaeologists-make-significant-find/) - (FOX NEWS) - Archaeologists have discovered an ancient dam in Jerusalem's City of David, not far from the body of water where Jesus Christ healed a blind man. Officials noted in an Aug. 30 release that the wall was recently found during excavations near the Pool of Siloam within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The
- [FAMOUS POEM PENNED ON THIS DAY IN 1814](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/famous-poem-penned-on-this-day-in-1814-2/) - On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key penned a poem which was later set to music and in 1931 became America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort M'Henry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. Key was
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-news-history-4/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-283/) - Firefighter Stephen Siller. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is a charitable organization founded in tribute to New York Fire Department firefighter Stephen Siller (above) who was killed on September 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks. https://t2t.org/donate/
- [LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF TV SERIES DIES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/last-surviving-member-of-tv-series-dies/) - Aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. Polly Dean Holliday (July 2, 1937 – September 9, 2025) (FOX) - Polly Holliday, best known for her role as Flo on the beloved sitcom "Alice," died September 9th at her home in Manhattan. New York City from an apparent bout of pneumonia.She was
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-282/)
- [ACTIVIST AND MEDIA PERSONALITY KILLED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/activist-and-media-personality-killed/) - Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025)
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-news-history-3/) - MIKE DANAHUE Singer José Montserrate Feliciano García is 80 years old today.
- [FIRST BOMBING ON THE U.S. MAINLAND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-bombing-on-the-u-s-mainland/) - Launching from the Japanese sub I-25 (like below) Nobuo Fujita piloted his light aircraft over the state of Oregon near Brookings and firebombed Mount Emily, starting a forest fire. President Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately called for a news blackout for the sake of morale. No long-term damage was done, and Fujita eventually went home to
- [FIRST APPEARANCE ON POPULAR TV SHOW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-appearance-on-popular-tv-show/) - The King of Rock and Roll teamed up with TV’s reigning variety program, as Elvis Presley appears on “The Ed Sullivan Show” for the first time on September 9, 1956. After Presley earned big ratings for “The Steve Allen Show,” the Dorsey Brothers “Stage Show” and “The Milton Berle Show,” Sullivan finally reneged on his
- [ICONIC COSTUME PIECE SELLS AT AUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/iconic-costume-piece-sells-at-auction/) - Clayton Moore (September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) The Stetson hat worn by Clayton Moore during promotional appearances as “The Lone Ranger” was just sold at auction for just over $300,000. The iconic accessory, a white beaver-felt size 6 34 Stetson hat, was sold on day one of Propstore’s Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia Live
- [PIONEERING ROCK STAR BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/pioneering-rock-star-born-on-this-day/) - The rock star scored early hits like "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue” before he was killed in rock 'n' roll’s most famous plane crash at age 22. Holly was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. Rolling Stone
- [SENATOR ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/senator-assassinated-on-this-day/) - Senator Huey Long was shot and killed at the Louisiana State Capitol in 1935 by Carl Weiss. Long's bodyguards, nicknamed the "Cossacks" or "skullcrushers", responded by firing at Weiss with their own pistols, killing him; an autopsy found that Weiss had been shot more than 60 times. Long, who was a prominent and controversial political
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-events-that-made-news-history-2/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [FROM RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-281/) - Grandparents' Day or National Grandparents' Day is a secular holiday celebrated in various countries; it is celebrated to show the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. It occurs on various days of the year, either as one holiday or sometimes as a separate Grandmother's Day and Grandfather's Day. It was celebrated for the first time in
- [U.S. GOT ITS NICKNAME ON THIS DAY IN 1813](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/u-s-got-its-nickname-on-this-day-in-1813/) - On September 7, 1813, according to the most cited—and Congressionally approved—account, the United States got its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson (1766-1854) stamped the barrels with “U.S.”
- [BASEBALL RECORD BROKEN ON THIS DAY IN 1995](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/baseball-record-broken-on-this-day-in-1995/) - On September 6, 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig’s record for most consecutive games played. “The Iron Man” was credited with reviving interest in baseball after a 1994 work stoppage forced the cancellation of the World Series and soured fans on the national
- [PRESIDENT SHOT AT POINT-BLANK RANGE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/president-shot-at-point-blank-range/) - On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached him and fired two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you tell my wife.” Leon F. Czolgosz
- [WHEN THE MASSACRE AT MUNICH BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/when-the-massacre-at-munich-began/) - During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. The terrorists were part of a group known as Black September, in return for the release of the hostages, they
- [NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/news-events-that-made-history-5/) - DIANE KEPLEY Beyoncé (Giselle Knowles-Carter) is 44 years young today. Beyoncé is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 21st century. Credited with revolutionizing the music industry, Beyoncé is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers and most influential artists in history..
- [ANTIBIOTIC DISCOVERED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/antibiotic-discovered-on-this-day/) - Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on September 3, 1928. Having left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, Fleming noticed that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. He identified the mold as
- [A BIRTHDAY FOR ACTOR KEANU REEVES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/a-birthday-for-actor-keanu-reeves/) - 1999 Actor Keanu Reeves, who brought laid-back charisma to blockbusters like "Speed" and "The Matrix", is 61 years old today.
- [U. S. DEPARTMENT FOUNDED ON IN 1789](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/u-s-department-founded-on-in-1789/) - In 1789, the First U.S. Congress established the Department of the Treasury on September 2nd to manage government finances, creating a permanent institution after the Continental Congress's prior efforts to fund the Revolutionary War through the issuance of paper money. This new department was part of Alexander Hamilton's vision for the new government, which included
- [FIRST ATM MACHINE INSTALLED IN 1969](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/first-atm-machine-installed-in-1969/) - The first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the U.S. was installed at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Centre, New York, on September 2, 1969, a date that revolutionized the banking industry by allowing customers to withdraw cash outside of traditional banking hours. Developed by Don Wetzel and his company Docutel, this machine was initially
- [PAST NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/past-news-events-that-made-history-2/) - CANILLE BOHANNON
- [MOVIE CO-STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 73](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/movie-co-star-has-died-at-age-73/) - Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner and Graham Green. (1990) Beloved actor Graham Greene, known for his roles in major films such as The Green Mile and Dances with Wolves, has died after leaving his mark in Hollywood. Michael Greene, who's Graham's agent and unrelated to the silver screen star, informed TMZ that the Academy Awards
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/09/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-280/) - Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. "Labor Day" was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, which organized the first parade in New York City. By the time it became an
- [PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/past-events-that-made-news-history/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. He is 80 today.
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN SPACE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-african-american-in-space/) - U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford became the first African American to travel into space when the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its third mission. It was the first night launch of a space shuttle, and many people stayed up late to watch the spacecraft roar up from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at
- [MOVIE TOUGH-GUY DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/movie-tough-guy-died-on-this-day-3/) - Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) On August 30, 2003, the actor Charles Bronson, best known for his tough-guy roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen and the Death Wish franchise, died at the age of 81 in Cedar- Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-279/)
- [AMONG THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/among-the-worst-natural-disasters/) - Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29, 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was among the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. In the wake of the storm, there were over 50 failures of the levees and
- [POP SENSATION WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/pop-sensation-was-born-on-this-day-2/) - Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958. He began performing with his four brothers in the pop group the Jackson 5 when he was a child. The group scored its first No. 1 single in 1969, with “I Want You Back.” By age 11, Jackson was appearing on TV, and by age 14
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-278/) - In a national response, President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff until Aug. 31, 2025, in memory of the victims of Wednesday's shooting at the Minneapolis church.
- [PAST NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/past-news-events-that-made-history/) - ED DANAHUE
- [ROMANIA ENTERED WORLD WAR I IN 1916](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/romania-entered-world-war-i-in-1916/) - On August 27, 1916, after Romania declared war on Austria- Hungary, formally entered World War I, Romanian troops cross the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the much-contested province of Transylvania. By the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, Romania had long been at odds with Austria-Hungary over the issue of territory—specifically Transylvania, which
- [FUTURE PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/future-president-born-on-this-day-3/) - On August 27, 1908, future President Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on a farm near Stonewall, Texas. The outspoken Johnson grew up in an impoverished rural area and worked his way through a teachers’ training college before entering politics.
- [AVIATOR DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1974](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/aviator-died-on-this-day-in-1974/) - Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)
- [AMENDMENT ADOPTED ON THIS DAY IN 1920](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/amendment-adopted-on-this-day-in-1920/) - The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote,was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution by proclamation of Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of struggle by woman suffragists. Its two sections read simply: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
- [FIRST TELEVISED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-televised-major-league-baseball/) - On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming
- [THE BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE IN PORTLAND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-billy-graham-crusade-in-portland/) - In 1992, Billy Graham held a crusade in Portland, Oregon, at Civic Stadium (now Providence Park) which drew a large crowd. The event, which included special guests like Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, was well-attended, with the main stadium event drawing 39,500 people and an additional 12,500 watching on a large screen
- [PRESIDENT DIAGNOSED WITH POLIO IN 1921](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/president-diagnosed-with-polio-in-1921/) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was diagnosed with polio at age 39 in 1921 after falling ill while vacationing at Campobello Island, Canada. The illness resulted in permanent paralysis from the waist down, though some medical experts now suggest his symptoms were more consistent with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Despite the crippling effects of the disease, Roosevelt used
- [NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/news-events-that-made-history-4/) - SANDY KOZEL English musician Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) is 71 years old today. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison.
- [BRITISH TROOPS SET FIRE TO WHITE HOUSE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/british-troops-set-fire-to-white-house-2/) - On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813. When the British arrived at the White House, they found that President James
- [FIRST MEXICAN NATIONAL RECEIVED MEDAL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-mexican-national-received-medal/) - Though he had landed on the beaches of Normandy and been wounded in battle fighting with the U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant Marcario García was not yet a U.S. citizen when President Harry S. Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor on August 23, 1945. García became the first Mexican national to receive the American military's
- [MUSICAL FILM ACTOR/DANCER BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/musical-film-actor-dancer-born/) - Kelly was a dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Singin' in the Rain (1952).
- [QUENCH YOUR THIRST FOR ONLY 5 CENTS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/quench-your-thirst-for-only-5-cents/) - Original vintage magazine ad for Coca Cola in 1907.
- [CAREER STRIKEOUTS REGISTERED IN 1989](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/career-strikeouts-registered-in-1989/) - On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became the first pitcher in major league history to registered 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts, over 1,500 more than his closest competition. Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. ("the Ryan Express") is78 years old.
- [FIRST ATOMIC POWERED MERCHANT SHIP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-atomic-powered-merchant-ship/) - On this day in 1962, the N.S. Savannah arrived in Savannah, Georgia, first stop on its maiden voyage to promote peaceful uses of nuclear power. Some foreign ports refuse it, fearing catastrophe. The ship was launched on July 21, 1959. After service from 1962 to 1971, the ship was decommissioned but remains a significant maritime
- [ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/animal-rights-organization-founded/) - On August 21, 1980, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was incorporated by animal rights advocates Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco. Rising from humble beginnings, PETA would soon become the world’s foremost and most controversial animal rights organization. Ingrid Newkirk Alex Pacheco
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/past-news-that-made-history-7/) - The modern United States received its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July
- [MOTOR VEHICLE COMPANY FOUNDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/motor-vehicle-company-founded/) - On August 21, 1897, Ransom Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company, which would later become Olds Motor Werks and then Oldsmobile. Born in Geneva, Ohio, in 1864, Olds went to work for his family’s machine-repair and engine-building business in 1883. In 1896, Olds completed his first gasoline-powered vehicle, and the following
- [STAGE SET FOR SLAVERY IN NORTH AMERICA](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/stage-set-for-slavery-in-north-america/) - On or about August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrived in the British colony of Virginia and were then bought by English colonists. The exact date is not definitively known (a letter from the time identified the ship's arrival coming in "the latter part of August"), but this date has
- [PROBE LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1975](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/probe-launched-on-this-day-in-1975/) - Viking 1, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe,was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Mars on this day in 1975. On June 19, 1976, the spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars and devoted the next month to imaging the Martian surface with the purpose of finding an appropriate landing site for its lander.
- [THE BEATLES KICK OFF FIRST U.S. TOUR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-beatles-kick-off-first-u-s-tour/) - On August 19, 1964, more than six months after taking the East Coast by storm, the Fab Four travel to California to take the stage at the Cow Palace in San Francisco for opening night of their first-ever concert tour of North America.
- [FORMER PRESIDENT IS 79 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/former-president-is-79-years-old-today-2/) - William Jefferson Clinton, born and raised in Arkansas, was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
- [FIRST SPEEDWAY RACE HELD ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-speedway-race-held-on-this-day/) - On August 19, 1911, the first race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world’s most famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500. Built on farmland five miles northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana, the speedway was started by local businessmen as a testing facility for Indiana’s growing automobile industry. The idea
- [A LETTER WRITTEN TO THOMAS JEFFERSON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/a-letter-written-to-thomas-jefferson/) - On August 19, 1791, the accomplished American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to then- Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson corresponded prolifically with luminaries from around the world, but Banneker is unique among them: the son of a free Black American woman and a formerly enslaved African
- [OLDEST WRITTEN REFERENCES TO MOSES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/oldest-written-references-to-moses/) - (FOXNEWS) – An American-Israeli researcher translated 3,800-year- old inscriptions that may predate the Bible by centuries. A researcher may have uncovered the oldest written references to Moses, dating back 3,800 years and hidden in an Egyptian desert. The two etchings were found at Serabit el-Khadim, an ancient turquoise mining site in the Sinai Desert where
- [FAMOUS ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1936](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/famous-actor-born-on-this-day-in-1936/) - 1964 2019 Robert Redford is an actor and filmmaker who has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center
- [HOOPS PLAYER ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/hoops-player-announced-retirement/) - As the 1992-93 NBA season approached, Larry Bird decided he could not continue. On Aug. 18, 1992 he announced his retirement as a player. After 897 games Bird retired with 21,791 points, 8,974 rebounds and 5,695 assists. During his career he shot .496 from the floor and .886 from the free-throw line, retiring as the
- [SOPHISTICATED VILLAIN ACTOR HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/sophisticated-villain-actor-has-died/) - Terence Stamp, the Oscar-nominated British actor who starred in The Limey, Billy Budd, and as General Zod in Superman, has died at the age of 87. Stamp's death was announced Sunday by his family. 2008
- [THE MOST FLOWERS SOLD IN A SINGLE DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-most-flowers-sold-in-a-single-day/) - The day of Elvis Presley's funeral, August 17, 1977, FTD delivered more than 3,100 floral arrangements, wiping out Memphis-area florists and setting a record for the most flowers sold in the US in a single day.
- [SHE MADE A FORTUNE OUT OF CENSORSHIP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/she-made-a-fortune-out-of-censorship/) - Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) Actress, singer and writer, Mae West, whose provocative persona and sex-tinged one-liners were showcased in Broadway and film roles. Her career spanned more than seven decades. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her 15th among the greatest female screen
- [BALLOON CROSSES THE ATLANTIC IN 1978](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/balloon-crosses-the-atlantic-in-1978-2/) - The Double Eagle II completed the first transatlantic balloon flight when it landed in a barley field near Paris, 137 hours after lifting off from Presque Isle, Maine. The helium-filled balloon was piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman and flew 3,233 miles in the six- day odyssey.
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/past-news-that-made-history-6/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON Madonna in 1976. Madonna, singer and actress known for her boundary- pushing, ever-changing persona. Hits include "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer", is 67 years young today.
- [MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/music-festival-opened-on-this-day-4/) - On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock music festival opened on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel. Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise funds to
- [EPIC WAR FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/epic-war-film-released-on-this-day/) - Apocalypse Now, the acclaimed Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, opened in theaters around the United States on August 15, 1979. The film, inspired in part by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, among other sources, told the story of an Army captain (played by Martin Sheen) and crew of men who
- [REMEMBERING THE BLACKOUT OF 2003](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/remembering-the-blackout-of-2003/) - On August 14, 2003, a major outage knocked out power across the eastern United States and parts of Canada. Beginning at 4:10 p.m. ET, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes. Fifty million people were affected, including residents of New York, Cleveland and Detroit, as well as Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. Although power
- [NEW DEAL ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/new-deal-act-was-signed-into-law/) - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. Press photographers snapped pictures as FDR, flanked by ranking members of Congress, signed into law the historic act, which guaranteed an income for the unemployed and retirees in the wake of the Great Depression. FDR commended Congress for what he
- [SURRENDER MADE PUBLIC ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/surrender-made-public-on-this-day/) - In what later became known as Victory Day, an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies was made public to the world on August 14, 1945. (Because of time-zone differences, it was August 15 in Japan.) Japan formally surrendered in writing two weeks later, on September 2, 1945. At the White House, U.S.
- [ACTRESS IS 59 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/actress-is-59-years-young-today/) - Star who was the first African American to win a Best Actress Oscar, known for roles in "Monster's Ball" and "Bullworth." 2001 2017
- [GUITAR MIGHT FETCH OVER $2 MILLION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/guitar-might-fetch-over-2-million/) - Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) One of the most iconic guitars used by late rocker Eddie Van Halen (above) is going up for auction, with his 1982 Kramer expected to sell for millions. New York auction house Sotheby's will be handling the guitar’s sale this fall as part of
- [‘’MASTER OF SUSPENSE’’ WAS BORN IN 1899](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/master-of-suspense-was-born-in-1899/) - Alfred Hitchcock, the British film director of "Psycho," "Rear Window," "North by Northwest" and "Rebecca”, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema with a career spanning six decades.
- [‘’THE MICK’’ DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1995](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-mick-died-on-this-day-in-1995-2/) - Former New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle died of liver cancer at the age of 63. While he patrolled center field and batted clean-up between 1951 and 1968, the Yankees won 12 American League pennants and seven World Series championships.
- [CITY WAS DIVIDED ON THIS DAY IN 1961](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/city-was-divided-on-this-day-in-1961/) - Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers began laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city.
- [CHILD TV STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 60](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/child-tv-star-has-died-at-age-60/) - Danielle Spencer, a fan favorite for her role as Dee Thomas on the classic sitcom What's Happening!!, has passed away. Spencer died on Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, as confirmed by her What's Happening!! co-star, Haywood Nelson, to The Hollywood Reporter. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy in
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-277/) - National Vinyl Record Day is an annual event to celebrate the history and enjoyment of listening to music on vinyl records. Gary Freiberg of Los Osos, California founded National Vinyl Record day in 2002. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877 and Freiberg encourages everyone to remember fond memories and the good things in life,
- [NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/news-events-that-made-history-3/) - CARLATA BRADLEY A Russian nuclear submarine sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000; all 118 crew members are later found dead. The exact cause of the disaster remains unknown. Kursk left port on August 10 to take part in war games with the Russian military. Russian ships, planes and
- [TEENAGE ADVENTURE FILM OPENED IN 1973](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/teenage-adventure-film-opened-in-1973/) - On August 11, 1973, the nostalgic teenage coming-of-age movie American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George Lucas, opened in theaters across the U.S. Set in California in the summer of 1962, American Graffiti was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture, and helped well as the former child actor and future
- [OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR/COMEDIAN DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/oscar-winning-actor-comedian-died/) - Robin Williams, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and comedian, died by self-inflicted injury on August 11, 2014. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and other associated factors. Williams was 63. Mork & Mindy aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. 1993
- [MUSICAL FANTASY FILM PREMIERED IN 1939](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/musical-fantasy-film-premiered-in-1939/) - On August 10, 1939, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland and featuring words and music by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg and Harold Arlen, received its world premiere in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It opened widely in U.S. theaters some two weeks later.
- [PATENT AWARDED FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/patent-awarded-for-electric-guitar/) - On August 10, 1937, the United States Patent Office recognized the electric guitar—the instrument that revolutionized jazz, blues and country music and made the later rise of rock and roll possible—with the award of Patent #2,089.171. It went to George D. Beauchamp, a musician-turned-inventor for an electrified instrument known as the Rickenbacker Frying Pan (shown
- [FIRST PG-13 MOVIE RELEASED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/first-pg-13-movie-released-on-this-day-2/) - On August 10, 1984, the action thriller Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, opened in theaters as the first movie to be released with a PG-13 rating. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which oversees the movie rating system, had announced the new PG-13 category in July of that same year. Founded in 1922 as
- [CARTOON OF THE DAY  FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/cartoon-of-the-day-from-fox-news/)
- [DUAL-SPORT ATHLETE IS 58 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/dual-sport-athlete-is-58-today/) - In 2025, Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders is the head football coach at the University of Colorado, entering his third season with the Buffaloes. He recently recovered from a scare with bladder cancer, with his doctor declaring him cured after surgery. Sanders is focused on the upcoming season, where Colorado aims to compete for
- [HAPPENINGS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/happenings-that-made-history/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
- [APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT HAS DIED AT 97](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/apollo-13-astronaut-has-died-at-97/) - James Arthur Lovell Jr. (March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025) The Apollo 13 commander was remembered for 'legendary leadership in pioneering human space flight.' Lovell died on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois. Jim Lovell, center, with fellow Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise and Jack Swigert. "Houston, we have a problem." The iconic five-word phrase
- [NEWS HAPPENINGS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/news-happenings-that-made-history/) - SANDY KOZEL Among Dustin Hoffman’s numerous accolades are two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a nomination for a Tony award. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center
- [RUSSIA JOINED THE WAR ON JAPAN IN 1945](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/russia-joined-the-war-on-japan-in-1945/) - On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union officially declared war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers the following day into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the 700,000-strong Japanese army. Despite a strong Japanese army comprised of a million men awaiting them, the Soviet force, under command of Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky,
- [THE POLITICAL JOKE FOR THE DAY ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-political-joke-for-the-day-2/) - Gov. Kotek unveils plan to boost Oregon transportation funds with gas tax and fee hikes.
- [OPERATION WATCHTOWER IS LAUNCHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/operation-watchtower-is-launched/) - On August 7, 1942, U.S. forces, primarily the 1st Marine Division, launched Operation Watchtower, the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II, by landing on Guadalcanal. The initial landings were relatively unopposed, with the primary objective of seizing a Japanese airfield under construction. This airfield, later named Henderson Field, became a
- [SATELLITE LAUNCHED TO PHOTO EARTH](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/satellite-launched-to-photo-earth/) - From the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S. unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 was launched into an orbit around the earth. The spacecraft, commonly known as the “Paddlewheel” satellite, featured a photocell scanner that transmitted a crude picture of the earth’s surface and cloud cover from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo,
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/past-news-that-made-history-5/) - SANDY KOZEL On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would
- [BIRTHDAY OF THE FIRST MOON WALKER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/birthday-of-the-first-moon-walker/) - Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012)
- [NATIONAL TV DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1957](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/national-tv-debut-on-this-dsay-in-1957/) - In July 1956, DJ Dick Clark inherited WFIL-TV's Bandstand from scandal-tainted Bob Horn and revamped it. On August 5, 1957, TV's "American Bandstand" began broadcasting nationally beaming images of clean-cut, average teenagers dancing to 67 ABC affiliates across the nation. Production of the show moved from Philadelphia to the ABC Television Center in Los Angeles
- [POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/political-cartoon-of-the-day-from-fox-13/)
- [SEX SYMBOL FOUND DEAD ON THIS DAY IN 1962](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/sex-symbol-found-dead-on-this-day-in-1962/) - Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) Note: One of the last few photos of Marilyn Monroe taken weeks before her death. On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down,
- [“SATCHMO” WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/satchmo-was-born-on-this-day-in-1901/) - Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) Louis Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was.a trumpeter and vocalist who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award
- [TRULY A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION EVENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/truly-a-once-in-a-generation-event/) - TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KATU) — The Tillamook Air Museum is set to welcome a new addition to its collection on Monday. An AV-8B Harrier is set to join the nearly three dozen aircraft on display at the museum. The Harrier will fly into Tillamook between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., according to the museum’s Facebook page.
- [THE COAST GUARD WAS CREATED IN 1790](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-coast-guard-was-created-in-1790/) - Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) On August 4, 1790, the first U.S. Congress authorized the construction of 10 vessels to patrol U.S. ports from Massachusetts to Georgia. The United States Coast Guard took form in this small fleet of “cutters”—fast-moving, speedy sailboats— tasked with intercepting marine smugglers and
- [MOVIE WAS RELEASED IN 2006](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/movie-was-released-in-2006/) - “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” an irreverent comedy based in the outlandish (fictionalized) world of American stock car racing, premiered in movie theaters around the United States on August 4, 2006. Comedian Will Ferrell (who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Adam McKay and served as an executive producer) starred as Ricky Bobby,
- [WKRP TV STAR HAS PASSED AT AGE 79](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/wkrp-tv-star-has-passed-at-age-79/) - (AP) - Loni Anderson, who famously portrayed receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died. According to a statement to the Associated Press, Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a "prolonged" illness.
- [THE NBA WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1949](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-nba-was-born-on-this-day-in-1949/) - On August 3, 1949, after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merged to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- [HIS FIRST GOLD MEDAL WON ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/his-first-gold-medal-won-on-this-day/) - Track-and-field star Jesse Owens, one of 18 Black athletes on the US team at the Berlin Olympics, won his first of four gold medals—the most of any American at the Games. Back home, only white Olympians were invited to the White House. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980)
- [ACCOMPLISHED SPORTS ICON IS 48 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/accomplished-sports-icon-is-48-today/) - Football player and broadcaster Tom Brady won seven Super Bowl titles and some consider the best quarterback of all time and one of the greatest athletes in sports history.
- [TREATY SIGNING ENDED THE INDIAN WAR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/treaty-signing-ended-the-indian-war/) - On August 3, 1795, the United States and Northwest Indian Federation, a confederacy of tribal nations from the eastern Great Lakes region, signed the Treaty of Greenville, pausing two decades of hostility over territory disputes. The Federation, comprised mostly of Shawnee, Delaware, Iroquois, Ottawa, Ojibwa and Miami nations, had formed to collectively defend its member
- [CIVIL WAR-ERA SHIPWRECK WAS FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/civil-war-era-shipwreck-was-found/) - (FOX NEWS) - Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a 145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river, and it was a complete surprise. The vessel was found with sonar during the search for a different ship. Archaeologists were trying to map a different shipwreck, the Berlin City vessel (shown below). The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the organization
- [THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-political-cartoon-from-fox-news-24/)
- [A HERO WAS MADE ON THIS DATE IN 1943](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/a-hero-was-made-on-this-date-in-1943/) - PT-109 was a US Navy patrol torpedo boat commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy during World War II in the Solomon Islands. The boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer on August 2, 1943.Two crewmen were, in fact, killed, but 11 survived, including Lt. John F. Kennedy. His actions in rescuing
- [DECLARATION IF UNDEPENDENCE SIGNED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/declaration-if-undependence-signed/) - On August 2, 1776, members of Congress affixed their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document, including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. The delegates signed by state from North to South.
- [THE FIRST WOMAN TO DISCOVER A COMET](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/the-first-woman-to-discover-a-comet/) - On August 1, 1782, Caroline Herschel—sister of William Herschel, an astronomer who discovered Uranus the year before—discovered a comet after spotting it through a telescope. This was the first comet discovery credited to a woman. William and Caroline Herschel Herschel, a German-born British woman, began her work in astronomy through helping her brother. As William’s
- [UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS KILLING SPREE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/university-of-texas-killing-spree/) - Charles Whitman took a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeded to shoot 46 people, killing 14 people and wounding 32. Whitman (below) who had killed both his wife and mother the night before, was eventually shot to death after Austin police
- [WORLD’S FIRST WEATHER FORECAST IN 1861](https://pdxretro.com/2025/08/worlds-first-weather-forecast-in-1861/) - On August 1, 1861, Robert FitzRoy, a British naval officer who had been researching ways to predict the weather, published the first known weather forecast in The Times. The report, which included a prediction of 62 degrees and clear skies in London, was largely accurate. Fitzroy—who had captained the
- [WORST DISASTER AT LOGAN AIRPORT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/worst-disaster-at-logan-airport/) - A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, similar to the one involved. On July 31, 1973, Delta Flight 723 struck a concrete seawall as it descended into Boston’s Logan International Airport amid heavy ground fog. The collision broke off some of the fuselage and the plane slimed into the ground, breaking apart and bursting into
- [FIRST CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF THE MOON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-close-up-pictures-of-the-moon/) - Ranger 7, an unmanned U.S. lunar probe, took the first close-up images of the moon—4,308 in total—before it hit the lunar surface northwest of the Sea of Clouds. The images were 1,000 times as clear as anything ever seen through earth-bound telescopes. In July 1969, two Americans walked on the moon in the first Apollo
- [ACTOR IS CELEBRATING HIS 63rd BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/actor-is-celebrating-his-63rd-birthday/) - Wesley Snipes is a actor and martial artist. In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Snipes has appeared in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films.
- [LABOR LEADER REPORTED MISSING IN 1975](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/labor-leader-reported-missing-in-1975/) - On the morning of July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, was officially reported missing after he failed to return home the previous night. Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never found and
- [HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS CREATED IN 1965](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/healthcare-programs-created-in-1965/) - President Lyndon Johnson (left) signed the Social Security Amendments with former President Harry Truman and his wife Bess present. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry
- [LAST VW BEETLE ROLLED OFF THE LINE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/last-vw-beetle-rolled-off-the-line/) - On July 30, 2003, the last of 21,529,464 Volkswagen Beetles built since World War II rolled off the production line at Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico. One of a 3,000-unit final edition, the baby-blue vehicle was sent to a museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, where Volkswagen is headquartered.
- [OFFICIAL U.S. MOTTO SIGNED INTO LAW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/official-u-s-motto-signed-into-law/) - On July 30, 1956, two years after pushing to have the phrase “under God” inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law officially declaring “In God We Trust” to be the nation’s official motto. The law, P.L. 84-140, also mandated that the phrase be printed on all American paper currency.
- [SPACE AGENCY ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/space-agency-established-on-this-day/) - The U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space, on July 29, 1958. The agency opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system
- [“THE LOVE BUG”…THEN AND NOW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-love-bugthen-and-now/) - 1968 The Love Bug (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The film is the first installment in the Herbie film series. The Love Bug
- [FILMED IN OREGON MOVIE WAS RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/filmed-in-oregon-movie-was-released/) - On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi, opened in U.S. theaters. It was the first film produced by National Lampoon. Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and
- [AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/amendment-was-adopted-on-this-day/) - On July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three- quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—was officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward (below) issued a proclamation certifying the amendment.
- [CARTOONIST IS EIGHTY YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/cartoonist-is-eighty-years-old-today/) - Jim Davis is the cartoonist who created the lazy, sarcastic cat "Garfield," one of the most widely distributed comics in history. Garfield began syndication in 41 newspapers on June 19, 1978 and by 2008, it appeared in 2,580 newspapers and was read by 300 million readers every day.
- [THE HORMONE FOR INSULIN ISOLATED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-hormone-for-insulin-isolated/) - Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon and Charles Best, a medical student. Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best at the University of Toronto. They worked to isolate an extract from a dog's pancreas that could lower blood sugar in other diabetic dogs. Their discovery, initially a "thick brown muck," proved
- [NEWS FROM THE PAST THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/news-from-the-past-that-made-history/) - TIM MAGUIRE 1959
- [THE ANNIVERSY OF A CHILD ABDUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-anniversy-of-a-child-abduction/) - Adam John Walsh (above), age 6,was abducted from a mall in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered. In the aftermath of the crime, Adam’s father, John Walsh, became a leading victims’ rights activist and host of the long-running television show America’s Most Wanted. TV series aired on FOX from February 7, 1988 to June 18,
- [LOST WALLET WAS FOUND 11 YEARS LATER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/lost-wallet-was-found-11-years-later/) - LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn. (KARE) - A mechanic in Minnesota made a long-lost discovery in an SUV while replacing the cooling fans on an 11-year-old Ford. The repair shop owner, Chad Volk, found a wallet that a former Ford assembly worker lost over a decade ago.
- [LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOUNDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/law-enforcement-agency-founded/) - On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of Justice. One year later, the Office of the Chief Examiner was renamed the Bureau of Investigation, and
- [A ROLLING STONE HAS GROWN OLDER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-rolling-stone-has-grown-older/) - The musician, actor, film producer and Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent, England on July 26, 1943. He’s 82 years old today.
- [POSTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/postal-system-established-on-this-day/) - On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.
- [FIRST RAILROAD ACCIDENT ON THIS DAY IN 1832](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-railroad-accident-on-this-day-in-1832/) - "Incline" portion of the Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. What is believed to be the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurred when four people were thrown off a vacant car on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts. The victims had been invited to view the process
- [OCEAN LINERS COLLIDE OFF NANTUCKET](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/ocean-liners-collide-off-nantucket/) - A lifeboat full of survivors from the ill-fated Andrea Doria which is sinking in the background. At 11:10 p.m. on July 25, 1956, 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm collided in a heavy Atlantic fog. Fifty- one passengers and crew were killed in
- [CONCORDE JET CRASH KILLS ALL ONBOARD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/concorde-jet-crash-kills-all-onboard/) - An Air France Concorde jet crashed upon takeoff in Paris on July 25, 2000, killing 109 passengers and crew onboard as well as four people on the ground. The Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes in the plane’s 31-year history. Air France
- [WORLD’S FIRST ‘’TEST-TUBE’’ BABY IS BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/worlds-first-test-tube-baby-is-born/) - On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF)was born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents Lesley and Peter Brown. The healthy baby was delivered shortly before midnight by caesarean section and weighed in at five pounds, 12 ounces. Today, IVF
- [JAZZ MUSICIAN CHUCK MAGIONE IS DEAD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/jazz-musician-chuck-magione-is-dead/) - Charles (Chuck) Frank Mangione (November 29, 1940 – July 22, 2025) Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Chuck Mangione, a Grammy-winning jazz musician best known for his 1978 hit single "Feels So Good," died Tuesday in his sleep at his Rochester home of natural causes. He was 84 years old.
- [PRO WRESTLING ICON HAS DIED AT 71](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/pro-wrestling-icon-has-died-at-71/) - Hogan died this morning after suffering a possible "cardiac arrest" at his home in Clearwater, Florida. The former WWE fighter was rumored to be unwell earlier this year, apparently suffering from neck problems. (Terry Gene Bollea)
- [APOLLO ASTRONAUTS SAFELY RETURNED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/apollo-astronauts-safely-returned/) - At 12:51 EDT on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returned to Earth. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon had its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of
- [STUDY BIBLE AUTHOR DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/study-bible-author-died-on-this-day/) - Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 – July 24, 1921) Scofield was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized dispensationalism and futurism among fundamentalist Christians. Scofield died at his home on Long Island in 1921. He was 78. 1917 edition of the Scofield Bible.
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/past-news-that-made-history-4/) - ED DANAHUE On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer. The successes of Grant’s tenure while in office (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) included passage of the Enforcement Act in 1870, which temporarily curtailed the political influence of the
- [A 250-YEAR-OLD SHIPWRECK WAS FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-250-year-old-shipwreck-was-found/) - LONDON (AP) — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it sparked a hunt by archaeologists, scientists and local historians to uncover its story. Through a mix of high-tech science and community research, they have an answer. Researchers announced
- [ANOTHER VETERAN ACTOR HAS PASSED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/another-veteran-actor-has-passed/) - Thomas Troupe (July 15, 1928 – July 20, 2025). Veteran actor Tom Troupe died Sunday morning at his home in Beverly Hills at the age of 97. Troupe’s death was announced on Instagram Sunday by his nephew Mark Cocanougher. “My uncle, Tom Troupe, died peacefully at home this morning. He had a lovely, full life,
- [REMEMBER THE  VIDEO LIBRARY CARD?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/remember-the-video-library-card/) - AUGUST/1991 Peterson opened his first store in 1964, which grew to a regional consumer electronics, home appliance, and furniture chain in the 1970s. In the mid-2000s, the Petersons sold their last remaining property at the corner of Southeast 82nd and Foster and moved the store to a side street a block away, just off 82nd
- [AN ICON OF HARD ROCK HAS DIED AT 76](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/an-icon-of-hard-rock-has-died-at-76/) - John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025) The heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died, just weeks after his "Back to the Beginning" farewell concert where he played in front of a sold-out farewell show in England. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in February 2019 and In 2020, Osbourne also
- [FIRST-EVER AUTO RACE ON THIS DAY IN 1894](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-ever-auto-race-on-this-day-in-1894/) - On July 22, 1894, the world's first-ever automobile race took place, with 17 of 21 entrants completing the route from Paris to Rouen, France, covering a distance of 78.3 miles. The Concours Paris-Rouen—better known as the Paris- Rouen Trial—paved the way not only for Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500, and all the car races to
- [TV PERSONALITY ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/tv-personality-announced-retirement/) - PORTLAND, Ore. — Longtime Portland news personality Jeff Gianola, who currently is an anchor at KOIN-TV, said he will step away from television news this year after spending 43 years working in the industry. The Emmy-winning news anchor announced his retirement this evening, July 21, during the 5 p.m. newscast. Originally from San Diego, California,
- [TV ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 54](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/tv-actor-has-died-at-age-54/) - The TV sitcom originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025) "The Cosby Show" star Malcom-Jamal Warner drowned while vacationing in Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Warner had been swimming on Sunday afternoon at Playa Grande de Cocles in
- [PROLIFIC MAN OF COMEDY WAS BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/prolific-man-of-comedy-was-born/) - Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago. 1993 A Comedic actor whose versatile range included "Aladdin's" Genie, an alien named Mork and Scottish nanny named "Mrs. Doubtfire." Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, five Grammy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He
- [FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION IN 2011](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/final-space-shuttle-mission-in-2011/) - On July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completed its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orbiters— Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour— carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles, and shuttle
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/past-news-that-made-history-3/) - TIM MAGUIRE Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is 78 years old today. In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 11th greatest guitarist of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
- [A STAR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1988](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-star-was-born-on-this-day-in-1988/) - On July 20, 1988, Die Hard, an action film starring Bruce Willis as wisecracking New York City cop John McClane, opened in theaters across the United States. A huge box-office hit, the film established Willis as a movie star and spawned three sequels. Die Hard also became Hollywood shorthand for describing the plot of other
- [POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/political-cartoon-of-the-day-from-fox-12/)
- [WHEN RADIO WAS RADIO ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/when-when-radio-was-radio/) - Joe Gearing at radio station WLEU. In 1955, Joe was Erie's only all night dj. There was a Sunday feature article on him in the Erie Times on Sunday May, 29, 1955. Joe worked at WLEU, which later became WWGO and others, from October 1954 to July 1958. By the end of the 60’s, Joe
- [WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN 1848](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/womens-rights-convention-in-1848/) - At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a woman’s rights convention—the first ever held in the United States—convened with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were
- [FROM THE PCX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/from-the-pcx-retro-blog/)
- [OLDEST LIVING NASCAR CHAMP HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/oldest-living-nascar-champ-has-died/) - (FOX NEWS) - Rex White, who was NASCAR's oldest living champion and a 2015 inductee into the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 95. NASCAR and the NASCAR Hall of Fame confirmed White's death on Friday. No additional details were provided. NASCAR chairman Jim France said, 'Rex epitomized the formative days of NASCAR -
- [PRESIDENT NOMINATED FOR THIRD TERM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/president-nominated-for-third-term/) - On July 18, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, was nominated for an unprecedented third term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30,
- [PRICELESS ROYAL TOMB FOUND BY COUPLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/priceless-royal-tomb-found-by-couple/) - x (FOX News) - A Texas archaeologist couple recently unearthed the ancient tomb of a legendary king in Central America — a feat that's been over 40 years in the making. Arlen Chase and Diane Chase (above) both professors with the University of Houston, uncovered the fourth-century tomb at the Caracol archaeological site in Belize.
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/past-news-that-made-history-2/) - ROSS SIMPSON Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond. Kennedy escaped the submerged car, but his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, did not. The senator did not report the fatal car accident for 10 hours.
- [FIRST FEMALE OFFICER IS COMMISSIONED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-female-officer-is-commissioned/) - In a ceremony held at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (above) appointed Florence Blanchfield to be a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank. A member of the Army Nurse Corps since 1917, Blanchfield secured her commission following the
- [A SINGING LEGEND HAS PASSED AT 87](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-singing-legend-has-passed-at-87/) - Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) (December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025) (Hollywood Reporter) - Pop singer Connie Francis died Wednesday. A cause of death has not been revealed, but Francis had been hospitalized earlier this month after experiencing what she described as "extreme pain." She underwent a series of tests and examinations while
- [ENVISIONED THEME PARK OPENED IN 1955](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/envisioned-theme-park-opened-in-1955/) - Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opened on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. The opening day was a televised event, with a special broadcast hosted by Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and
- [A TRAGIC EXPLOTION ON THIS DSAY IN 1944](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-tragic-explotion-on-this-dsay-in-1944/) - On July 17, 1944, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine near San Francisco experienced a catastrophic explosion when two ammunition ships, the SS E.A. Bryan and the SS Quinault Victory, detonated while loading munitions for Pacific troops. The explosion killed 320 sailors and civilians, making it the worst home-front disaster of World War II. The incident
- [PAST NEWS THAT MADE FUTURE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/past-news-that-made-future-history/) - ROSS SIMPSON A Piper Saratoga similar to the accident aircraft. On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also on board and died. The Piper Saratoga departed New Jersey's Essex
- [WORLD’S FIRST PARKING METER INSTALLED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/worlds-first-parking-meter-installed/) - The world’s first parking meter, known as Park-O-Meter No. 1,was installed on the southeast corner of what was then First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 16, 1935. The parking meter was the brainchild of a man named Carl C. Magee, who moved to Oklahoma City from New Mexico in 1927.
- [FIRST AUTO ORDER TAKEN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-auto-order-taken-on-this-day/) - On July 15, 1903, the newly formed Ford Motor Company took its first order from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning: an $850 two -cylinder Model A automobile with a tonneau (or backseat). The car, produced at Ford’s plant on Mack Street (now Mack Avenue) in Detroit, was delivered to Dr. Pfenning just over a week later.
- [SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/social-networking-platform-released/) - On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially released Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public. Born as a side project apart from Odeo’s main podcasting platform, the free application allowed users to share short status updates with groups of friends by sending one text message
- [LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON…HAPPY BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/like-father-like-sonhappy-birthday/) - Evangelist Billy Graham with his son Franklin. On July 14, 1952, William Franklin Graham III was born in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. At that time, his father Billy Graham’s international ministry was growing— and the evangelist founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. On January 10, 1982, Franklin Graham was ordained before 3,000 people at
- [POPULAR BABY BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1946](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/popular-baby-book-published-in-1946/) - On July 14th, 1946, at the dawn of the post-World War II baby boom, Dr. Benjamin Spock published The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. It would become a foundational work on the topic of parenting, transforming how generations of children were raised. The book, which has sold more than 50 million copies
- [A REQUEST FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-request-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-3/) - Two women were killed and 2 men were wounded at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday. (FOX NEWS) - Governor Beshear asks for prayers following violent incident at Richmond Road Baptist Church. A Kentucky state trooper was also among the injured. He was in stable condition and receiving medical treatment at the
- [PRESIDENT WAS NOMINATED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/president-was-nominated-on-this-day/) - In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of the convention. Four months later, on November 8, JFK won 49.7 percent of the
- [SUPERNATURAL/ROMANCE FILM OPENED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/supernatural-romance-film-opened/) - On July 13, 1990, the romantic-thriller Ghost, starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, opened in theaters across the country. The film, about a woman who communicates with her murdered husband through a psychic, was a box-office hit and received multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Goldberg, who played psychic
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/history-was-made-on-this-day-551/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON GEORGE EASTMAN (1854 – 1932) Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, whose invention of roll film popularized amateur photography for the masses.
- [‘’THE SULTAN OF SWAT’’ MADE HIS DEBUT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-sultan-of-swat-made-his-debut/) - On July 11, 1914, in his major league debut, George Herman “Babe” Ruth pitched seven strong innings to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians), 4-3. George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)
- [PRIZE WINNING NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/prize-winning-novel-published-in-1960-2/) - To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by American author Harper Lee. It was the 34-year-old novelist first novel and became an instant success after its release; in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) To
- [NEW SUBCOMPACT DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1972](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/new-subcompact-debuted-on-this-day-in-1972/) - Honda introduces its first Civic, a new breed of subcompact, fuel-saving car. It arrives just in time for the energy crisis of 1973, which brought higher gas prices, long lines and occasional fistfights at the pump.
- [MONKEY TRIAL BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1925](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/monkey-trial-began-on-this-day-in-1925-3/) - July 10, 1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial began with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act, a Tennessee state law. The law, passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to “teach any theory that denies the
- [PORTION OF U.S. NAVY SHIP BOW FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/bow-of-u-s-navy-ship-has-been-found/) - (FOX NEWS) - A team of researchers recently discovered a historic bow that was blown off a World War II U.S. Navy ship during a historic battle that took place nearly 83 years ago. The long-lost bow — which was torn off the USS New Orleans in the Battle of Tassafaronga in November 1942 —
- [PRESIDENTIAL CHOPPER DECOMMISSIONED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/presidential-chopper-decommissioned/) - (FOX NEWS) - The newly decommissioned Marine One helicopter found a new home with the U.S. Secret Service. Agents will train on same copter that transported every president for the last 50 years.
- [A STAR WAS MADE WITH THIS RECORDING](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/a-star-was-made-with-this-recording/) - On July 9, 1962, folk singer Bob Dylan walked into a studio and recorded the song that would make him a star: “Blowin’ In The Wind.” “This here ain’t no protest song or anything like that, ’cause I don’t write no protest songs.” That was how Dylan introduced one of the most eloquent protest songs
- [IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1948](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/it-was-on-this-day-in-1948/) - Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) Satchel Paige, longtime Negro League star, made his Major League debut with the Cleveland Indians, the oldest rookie in history. “Age is a question of mind over matter,” he says. “If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”
- [TWELFTH PRESIDENT DIED UNEXPECTEDLY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/twelfth-president-died-unexpectedly/) - On July 9, 1850, after only 16 months in office, President Zachary Taylor (65) died after a brief illness. The exact cause of his death is still disputed by some historians. He was suffering from symptoms that included severe cramping, diarrhea, nausea and dehydration. His personal physicians concluded that he had succumbed to cholera morbus,
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- [TROOP WITHDRAWAL BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1969](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/troop-withdrawal-began-on-this-day-in-1969/) - A battalion of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division left Saigon in the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops. The 814 soldiers were the first of 25,000 troops that were withdrawn in the first stage of the U.S. disengagement from the Vietnam War. There would be 14 more increments in the withdrawal, but the last U.S. troops
- [VIETNAM CLAIMED FIRST AMERICANS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/vietnam-claimed-first-americans/) - Maj. Dale R. Buis and Master Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand became the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam War when guerrillas strike a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The group had arrived in South Vietnam on November 1, 1955, to provide military
- [NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/news-that-made-history-on-this-day-9/) - MIKE GRACIA Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He is 85 years old today.
- [FIRST IMPEACHMENT OF A U.S. SENATOR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/first-impeachment-of-a-u-s-senator/) - For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives exercised its constitutional power of impeachment and votes to charge Senator William Blount of Tennessee with “a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public duty and trust as a Senator.” The constitutional conundrum of conducting a trial of an impeached senator has not yet
- [WORK BEGAN ON THE HOOVER DAM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/work-began-on-the-hoover-dam/) - On July 7, 1930, construction began on the future site of the Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as being one of the largest manmade structures in the world.
- [FORMER PRESIDENT IS 79 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/former-president-is-79-years-old-today/) - On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st President George Herbert Walker Bush, was born in New Haven, Connecticut.George W. Bush went on to become the 43rd U.S. president. He left office in January, 2009, after the election of Barack Obama.
- [AWARD WINNING MOVIE OPENED IN 1976](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/award-winning-movie-opened-in-1976/) - On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in theaters. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the second half of the 20th century. Forrest Gump
- [SOME FIRSTS FOR THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/some-firsts-for-the-u-s-naval-academy/) - In Annapolis, Maryland, the United States Naval Academy admitted women for the first time in its history with the induction of 81 female midshipmen in 1975. In May 1980, Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman member of the class to graduate. Four years later, Kristine Holderied became the first
- [‘’ROCKY’’ AND ‘’RAMBO’’ STAR IS 79 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/rocky-and-rambo-star-is-79-today/) - High School ~ 1965 Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone is a actor and filmmaker with a movie career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. Stallone is one of only two
- [MILITARY MUTT RECEIVED MEDAL IN 1921](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/military-mutt-received-medal-in-1921/) - Sergeant Stubby, a bull terrier mutt, received a gold medal from America's WWI commanding general John Pershing for “heroism of highest caliber” in 17 battles. Among his heroic deeds: catching a German spy by biting his legs. Stubby died in his sleep in March 1926. He was 8 or 9 years old. Gen. John Pershing
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- [THE HISTORY OF SPAM…THE EDIBLE ONE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-history-of-spamthe-edible-one/) - George and Gracie Allen remained on the radio (CBS/NBC) until 1950 when they made the move to the small screen. Hormel introduced Spam (for spiced ham) on July 5, 1937. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America states that the product was intended to increase the sale of pork shoulder, a cut which
- [WAR CLAIMED FIRST U.S. VICTIM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/war-claimed-first-u-s-victim/) - Near Sojong, South Korea, Private Kenneth Shadrick, a 19- year-old infantryman from Skin Fork, West Virginia, became the first American reported killed in the Korean War. Shadrick, a member of a bazooka squad, had just fired the weapon at a Soviet-made tank when he looked up to check his aim and was cut down by
- [HUEY LEWIS IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/huey-lewis-is-75-years-old-today/) - New York City born Huey Lewis sang lead and played harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, until being forced into retirement due to hearing loss in 2018; he also wrote or co-wrote many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best known for their third, and best-selling, album Sports, and their
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- [ADOPTED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/adopted-by-the-continental-congress/) - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.
- [STATUE GIVEN TO THE U.S. ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/statue-given-to-the-u-s-on-this-day/) - In a ceremony held in Paris on July 4, 1884, the completed Statue of Liberty was formally presented to the United States ambassador as a commemoration of the friendship between France and the U.S. The idea for the statue was born in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument
- [WORK TO RESTORE THE PORTLAND ELK](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/work-to-restore-the-portland-elk/) - PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Starting Monday, July 7, drivers can expect some road closures as construction work begins to restore the Thompson Elk statue. Road closures will be on SW Main Street between SW 3rd and SW 4th Avenues and is expected to last through the winter of 2025, according to the Portland Water Bureau.
- [ICONIC FILM ACTOR HAS DIED AT 67](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/iconic-film-actor-has-died-at-67/) - (FOX NEWS) - Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in Quentin Tarantino's films "Reservoir Dogs," "Kill Bill: Vol. 2, " "The Hateful Eight" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," has died. The actor suffered a cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive in his Malibu home earlier this morning. 1992
- [BATTLE CAME ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1863](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/battle-came-ended-on-this-day-in-1863/) - July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking the Union line ended in disastrous failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end. In less than an hour, more than 7,000 Confederate troops had been killed or
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- [TODAY IS IDAHO STATEHOOD DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/today-is-idaho-statehood-day/) - On July 3, 1890, Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd state. The name of the new state was first used during the 1850s to designate a region in what is now Colorado that was later known as Idaho Springs. The word Idaho is derived from the Shoshone Ee-Da-How, referring possibly to the ubiquitous purple
- [MISSION FOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1865](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/mission-founded-on-this-day-in-1865/) - https://portland.salvationarmy.org/portland2/ways-to-give/ In the East End of London on July 2, 1865, revivalist preacher William Booth and his wife Catherine (above) establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army. Determined to wage war against the evils of poverty and religious indifference with military efficiency, Booth modeled his Methodist sect after the British army, labeling
- [CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SIGNED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/civil-rights-act-signed-on-this-day/) - On July 2, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House. The most sweeping civil rights legislation passed by Congress since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, the Civil Rights Act prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education and outlawed racial
- [TELEVANGELIST HAS DIED AT AGE 90](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/televangelist-has-died-at-age-90/) - Jimmy Lee Swaggart (March 15, 1935 – July 1, 2025)
- [THE FIRST WALKMAN WENT ON SALE IN 1979](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/the-first-walkman-went-on-sale-in-1979/) - The metal-cased blue-and-silver Walkman TPS-L2, the world's first low-cost personal stereo, went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, and was sold for around $150.00. Though Sony predicted it would sell about 5,000 units a month, it sold more than 30,000 in the first two months. It would spark a revolution in portable electronics.
- [LAST FORD T-BIRD PRODUCED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/last-ford-t-bird-produced-on-this-day/) - The last Thunderbird, Ford Motor Company’s iconic sports car, emerged from a Ford factory in Wixom, Michigan on July 1, 2005. Ford began its development of the Thunderbird in the years following World War II.
- [NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/07/news-that-made-history-on-this-day-8/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [FIRST CHEVY CORVETTE OFF THE LINE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/first-chevy-corvette-off-the-line/) - On June 30, 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, watch as the first completed Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon, rolls off the assembly line. It was one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
- [DON WRIGHT ~ THE ‘HOW-TO SHOW’ IN 1986](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/don-wright-the-how-to-show-in-1986/) - Don Wright (Oct. 6, 1934 – March 13, 2022)
- [SINGER TO UNDERGO ‘MINOR’ SURGERY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/singer-to-undergo-minor-surgery/) - (FOX NEWS) - Paul Simon was forced to cancel a string of concerts Saturday after suffering an injury. The "You Can Call Me Al" singer has been "struggling with chronic and intense back pain," which forced the cancellation of shows on the East Coast. The 83-year-old singer will undergo minor surgery in the next few
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-news-that-made-history-42/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON Technical rendition of Atlantis docked to the Kristall module of the Russian Mir Space Station. On June 29, 1995 the shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir station for the first time. This also marked the first in orbit docking of a NASA spacecraft since the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission of July, 1975. NASA’s
- [THEORY PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1905](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/theory-published-on-this-day-in-1905/) - Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) On June 30, 1905, Albert Einstein publishes “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper (On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies),” a paper that sets out his theory of special relativity, in the German physics journal Annalen der Physik. Einstein’s groundbreaking work shatters the foundations of physics.
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- [BLONDE BOMBSHELL KILLED IN ACCIDENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/blonde-bombshell-killed-in-accident/) - Celebrated actress Jayne Mansfield was killed instantly on June 29, 1967, when the car in which she is riding struck the rear of a trailer truck on U.S. Route 90 east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mansfield had been on her way to New Orleans from Biloxi, Mississippi, where she had been performing at a local
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- [FIRST U.S. MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN VIETNAM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/first-u-s-military-offensive-in-vietnam/) - In the first major offensive ordered for U.S. forces in Vietnam, 3,000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade—in conjunction with 800 Australian soldiers and a Vietnamese airborne unit— assault a jungle area known as Viet Cong Zone D, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The operation was called off after three days when it failed to
- [BOXING OPPONENT’S EAR WAS BITTEN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/boxing-opponents-ear-was-bitten/) - On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of their heavyweight rematch. The attack led to his disqualification from the match and suspension from boxing, and was the strangest chapter yet in the champion’s roller-coaster career.
- [TV GUIDE ~ RONALD AND NANCY REAGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/tv-guide-ronald-and-nancy-reagan/) - (June/July 1986)
- [MOVIE VETERAN IS HAVING A BIG BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/movie-veteran-is-having-a-big-birthday/) - Comedian, writer and director of "Blazing Saddles," "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein." He’s 99 years old today.
- [‘DUKES OF HAZZARD’ STAR HAS PASSED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/dukes-of-hazzard-star-has-passed/) - (TMZ) - Richard “Rick” Hurst, best known for his role as Deputy Cletus Hogg on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 79. His first wife, Candace Kaniecki told TMZ he died Thursday morning and that it was unexpected and the cause of death is currently unknown. The Dukes of Hazzard is an action
- [MISSION COMPLETED FOR COMPOSER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/mission-completed-for-composer/) - Lalo Schifrin (June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Los Angeles. Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated for
- [TROOPS ORDERED TO KOREA ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/troops-ordered-to-korea-on-this-day/) - On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. The United States was undertaking the major military operation, he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for an end to
- [HISTORIC ROUTE DECERTIFIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/historic-route-decertified-on-this-day/) - After 59 years, the iconic Route 66 enters the realm of history on June 27, 1985, when the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials decertified the road and voted to remove all its highway signs. Measuring some 2,200 miles in its heyday, Route 66 stretched from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, passing
- [MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE WAS DISCOVERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/message-in-a-bottle-was-discovered/) - (FOX NEWS) - Archaeology technician Mark Doucette found a 1983 message in a bottle on Sable Island, a remote island near Nova Scotia. Park officials are searching for crew members of the British supply ship that launched the decades-old time capsule. The letter from the supply ship still carried a strong gin scent after being
- [UNUSUAL PATTERNS DISCOVERED ON MARS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/unusual-patterns-discovered-on-mars/) - (FOX NEWS) - NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting a firsthand look at a region on Mars previously only seen from orbit that features a "boxwork" pattern, along with evidence of ancient waterways, including rivers, lakes and maybe an ocean. New images and data from the Mars rover have already raised questions about how the red
- [U.S. BEGAN BIRLIN AIRRLIFT ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/u-s-began-birlin-airrlift-on-this-day/) - On June 26, 1948, U.S. and British pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city was isolated by a Soviet Union blockade. As a result, beginning on June 24 the western section of Berlin and its 2 million people were deprived of food, heating fuel and other crucial supplies. Though
- [NOW THIS CHURCH SIGN IS TO THE POINT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/now-this-church-sign-is-to-the-point/)
- [THE LAST CLASSIC LUXURY CAR PRODUCED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-last-classic-luxury-car-produced/) - The last Packard—the classic American luxury car with the famously enigmatic slogan “Ask the Man Who Owns One”— rolled off the production line at Packard’s plant in Detroit, Michigan on June 25, 1956. Packard was founded by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss, in Warren, Ohio. The first Packard
- [THE ‘’KING OF POP’’ DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-king-of-pop-died-on-this-day/) - On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson, one of the most commercially successful entertainers in history, died at the age of 50 at his home in Los Angeles, California, after suffering from cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of drugs given to him by his personal doctor Conrad Murry (below). Conrad Murray
- [NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/news-events-that-made-history-2/) - TIM MAGUIRE On June 25, 1950, armed forces from communist North Korea smashed into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States, acting under the auspices of the United Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South Korea and fought a bloody and frustrating war for the next three years. The
- [“HAVE A THRUSH YOUR WAY”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/have-a-thrush-your-way/) - (FOX NEWS) - Newly published research is providing a fascinating glimpse into how ancient Romans enjoyed their fast food — shedding more light on life in antiquity. In a recent journal article entitled "Urban Consumption of Thrushes in the Early Roman City of Pollentia, Mallorca, " researcher Alejandro Valenzuela discovered previously unknown information about how
- [A 60s TEEN ODOL HAS DIED AT 81](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/a-60s-teen-odol-has-died-at-81/) - Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025) In March 2025, Sherman’s diagnosis of stage 4 kidney cancer was made public. He died today, June 24. Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s.
- [KID BLACKIE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/kid-blackie-was-born-on-this-day/) - 1949 William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) Also nicknamed The Manassa Mauler, was a boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. One of the most iconic athletes of his era, Dempsey is ranked sixth on The Ring
- [AIR FORCE REPORTED ON ROSWELL CRASH](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/air-force-reported-on-roswell-crash/) - On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials released a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier. Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel and the dawn of the atomic age
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-news-that-made-history-41/) - MIKE CRACIA Christopher Latham Sholes patented the QWERTY typewriter, revolutionizing communication. His first version was cobbled together using an old table, a circular piece of glass, a telegraph key and piano wire. Christopher Latham Sholes (1819 – 1890)
- [TIM BURTON MOVIE RELEASED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/tim-burton-movie-released-on-this-day-2/) - On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known story of the DC Comics hero Batman was released in theaters. Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce Wayne, who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting Batman. Warner Brothers hyped Batman as a major summer “event” long before its release. The
- [ANCIENT ROMAN SHOES RECENTLY FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/ancient-roman-shoes-recently-found/) - The first shoe still contained its heel area after being buried for around 2,000 years. (FOX NEWS) - Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May. The Roman Army Museum,
- [RETIRED TELEVISION ACTRESS HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/retired-television-actress-has-died/) - (FOX NEWS) - Lynn Hamilton, the actress known for her roles in "Sanford and Son" and "The Waltons," has died. She was 95. Hamilton died due to natural causes on Thursday, June 19th, in Chicago, Illinois.
- [THE G.I. BILL WAS SIGNED ON THIS DAY IN 1944](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-g-i-bill-was-signed-on-this-day-in-1944/) - On June 22, 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services—known as G.I.s—for their efforts in World War II. As the last of its sweeping New Deal reforms, Roosevelt’s administration created the G.I. Bill (officially the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
- [BLOODY WAR BATTLE ENDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/bloody-war-battle-ended-on-this-day/) - During World War II, the U.S. 10th Army overcame the last major pockets of Japanese resistance on Okinawa Island, ending one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The same day, Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, the commander of Okinawa’s defense, committed suicide with a number of Japanese officers and troops rather than surrender.
- [VETERAN ACTRESS IS 76 YEARS YOUNG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/veteran-actress-is-76-years-young/) - Actress Meryl Streep has been described as "the best actress of her generation.". She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for seven Grammy Awards
- [THE GANG WAS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-gang-was-back-together-again/) - From left: Stephen Talbot, Jeri Weil, Jerry Mathers, Luke Tiger Fafara, and Veronica Cartwright of 'Leave It to Beaver' at the June 2025 Hollywood Show. (FOX NEWS) - Jerry Mathers (77), who starred as Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver in the hit ‘50s sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," recently reunited with the surviving cast members at The
- [THE FOLK-ROCK REVOLUTION BEGINS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-folk-rock-revolution-begans/) - Released on June 21, 1965, the Byrds’ debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, marked the beginning of the folk-rock revolution. In just a few months, the Byrds had become a household name, with a number-one single and a smash-hit album that married the ringing guitars and backbeat of the British Invasion with the harmonies and lyrical
- [‘HEE HAW’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 81](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/hee-haw-star-has-died-at-age-81/) - June 15, 1969 – December 27, 1997 on CBS Gailard Sartain, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-born character actor with nearly 75 TV and movie roles to his credit, died of natural causes in his hometown of Tulsa on Thursday, June 19. Sartain was also a successful painter and illustrator. His artistic credits range from record cover designs
- [HISTORY FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/history-from-the-associated-press-2/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON June 21, 1788: New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land. This date marked the end of government under the Articles of Confederation and the beginning of the new government established by the Constitution.
- [GREAT SEAL ADOPTED ON THIS DAY IN 1782](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/great-seal-adopted-on-this-day-in-1782/) - On June 20, 1782, Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States after six years of discussion. Charles Thomson was secretary of the Continental Congress (1774 – 1789). He is also known for co- designing the Great Seal of the United States.
- [ACTRESS IS 57 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/actress-is-57-years-young-today/) - Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian/American actress and producer. Known for her work in film and TV productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and six Golden Globe Awards. 1993
- [‘’JAWS’’ OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1975](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/jaws-opened-on-this-day-in-1975-2/) - Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss. On June 20, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the highest-grossing film in movie
- [BRITISH MERCHANT SHIP, THEN AND NOW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/british-merchant-ship-then-and-now/) - Peter Iredale in Seattle, circa 1900. Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel. Wreckage is still
- [POWER OF POETRY AND PHILLIS WHEATLEY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/power-of-poetry-and-phillis-wheatley/) - Phillis Wheatley Peters (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, used biblical themes to persuade believers in Christ to abolish slavery. Born around 1753 in western Africa, Wheatley was sold to a slave trader at only seven years of age. Quickly distinguishing herself as a remarkable student, she
- [END OF SLAVERY COMMEMORATED TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/end-of-slavery-commemorated-today/) - In what is now known as Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War was over and slavery in the United States is abolished. A mix of June and 19th, Juneteenth has become a day to commemorate the end of slavery in America. Despite the fact
- [THE ‘’IRON HORSE’’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-iron-horse-was-born-on-this-day/) - Henry Louis Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) The MLB Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons with the NY Yankees before retiring (below) due to ALS complications. He was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by a team when his number 4 was retired by the Yankees.
- [FORMER BEATLE IS 83 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/former-beatle-is-83-years-old-today/) - Singer-songwriter who rose to fame with his fellow Liverpool lads in the most influential pop band of all time, The Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon is the most successful in music history.
- [THE WAR OF 1812 BEGAN ON THIS DATE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-war-of-1812-began-on-this-date/) - June 18, 1812: The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signed the declaration into law—and the War of 1812 began. With an American victory on Lake Champlain, on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, formally ending the
- [THE ARREST OF O.J. SIMPSON ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-arrest-of-o-j-simpson-on-this-day/) - O.J. Simpson was arrested on June 17, 1994, after leading police on a slow-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco following his being charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The chase and subsequent arrest were highly publicized, with millions watching on live television.
- [BATTLE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1775](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/battle-began-on-this-day-in-1775/) - The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill. British General Thomas Gage landed his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts, and lead them against Breed’s Hill, a fortified American position just below Bunker Hill, on June 17, 1775. As the British advanced in columns against the Americans, American Colonel William
- [POPULAR ROCK RECORD WAS RECORDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/popular-rock-record-was-recorded/) - On June 16, 1965, on their second day of recording at Columbia Records’ Studio A in Manhattan, folk rock singer Bob Dylan, along with a band featuring electric guitars and an organ, laid down the master take of “Like A Rolling Stone.” It would prove to be Dylan’s magnum opus and, arguably, one of the
- [SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE IN SPACE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/she-became-the-first-female-in-space/) - On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born to a peasant family in Maslennikovo, Russia,
- [COUNTRY MUSIC ‘’OUTLAW’’ BORN IN 1937](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/country-music-outlaw-born-in-1937/) - Jennings was a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen on KVOW radio, In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, a cover of Jole Blon, and hired him to play
- [WISHING THE BEST FROM THE RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/wishing-the-best-from-the-retro-blog/)
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-news-that-made-history-40/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON More than 1,000 people taking a pleasure trip on New York City’s East River were drowned or burned to death when a fire swept through the riverboat-style steamer General Slocum. This was one of the United States’ worst maritime disasters. The General Slocum was built in 1890 and used mostly for taking
- [A LAUGH FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/a-laugh-from-the-pdx-retro-blog/)
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-273/)
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GRADUATE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/first-african-american-to-graduate-2/) - On June 14, 1877 Henry Ossian Flipper (1856 – 1940), born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1856, became the first African American cadet to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Flipper was also an author who wrote
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-272/) - On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the enlistment of expert riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year. This launched the U.S. Army as America's first national institution, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-271/)
- [THE STARS AND STRIPES ADOPTED IN 1777](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-stars-and-stripes-adopted-in-1777/) - June 14, 1777: During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” The national flag, which became known as the “Stars and
- [THE ORBIT OF NEPTUNE CROSSED IN 1983](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-orbit-of-neptune-crossed-in-1983/) - After more than a decade in space, Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, left the outer limits of the known solar system by crossing the orbit of Neptune, the system's then farthest planet. The following day, it radioed back its first scientific data on interstellar space.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-270/)
- [‘’YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent/) - On June 13, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and
- [NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY FROM THE AP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/news-that-made-history-from-the-ap/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.
- [WELL - KNOWN CHARACTER ACTOR DIES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/well-known-character-actor-dies/) - Harris Yulin (November 5, 1937 – June 10, 2025) Harris Yulin, the acclaimed character actor who starred in films including Scarface and Ghostbusters II, has died. Over the course of his career, the California- born actor played more than 100 roles on stage and screen, including working extensively on Broadway. Yulin’s family and his
- [BEACH BOYS FOUNDER HAS DIED AT 82](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/beach-boys-founder-has-died-at-82/) - Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) In 2024, it was revealed that Wilson,The Beach Boys founder and lead songwriter, was suffering from dementia. His family declined to state a cause of death.
- [ICONIC FILM ACTOR DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/iconic-film-actor-died-on-this-day/) - On June 11, 1979, John Wayne, famous for starring in countless westerns, died at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade. The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, and moved as a child to Glendale, California. A football star at Glendale High School, he attended the
- [EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL FILM WAS RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/extra-terrestrial-film-was-released/) - Then 34-year-old director Steven Spielberg reportedly drew on his own experiences as an unusually imaginative, often-lonely child of divorce for his science-fiction classic E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial, which was released on June 11, 1982. For Spielberg, E.T. marked a return to territory he had first visited with the classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- [POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/political-cartoon-from-fox-news-3/)
- [THE SATURDAY EVENING POST ~ 1940s](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-saturday-evening-post-1940s/)
- [SUPPORT GROUP FOUNDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/support-group-founded-on-this-day/) - In Akron, Ohio, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, two recovering alcoholics, founded Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as "A.A.," a 12-step rehabilitation program that eventually helped countless people cope with alcoholism. Based on psychological techniques that have long been used in suppressing certain personality traits, members of the strictly anonymous organization control their disease through
- [PIONEERING FUNK MUSICIAN HAS PASSED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/pioneering-funk-musician-has-passed/) - Sly and the Family Stone Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025) Stone, was a musician, songwriter, and record producer who was most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone. Sly Stone died in Los Angeles on June 9 surrounded by family and friends. The family
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-news-that-made-history-39/) - TIM MAGUIRE Les Paul records with wife Mary Ford in his home studio in the 1950s. Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009) Les Paul, was a jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and
- [THE NOVEL ‘’1984’’ WAS PUBLISHED IN 1949](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/novel-1984-was-published-in-1949/) - George Orwell's novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was published on June 8, 1949. The novel’s all-seeing leader, known as “Big Brother,” becomes a universal symbol for intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy. Orwell became increasingly left wing in his views, although he never committed himself to any specific political party. He died of tuberculosis
- [THE ‘’BOOTS’’ GIRL IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-boots-girl-is-having-a-birthday/) - Singer, actress, film producer and author Nancy Sandra Sinatra the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and is known for her 1965 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Nancy Sinatra began her career as a singer in November 1957 with an appearance on her father's ABC television variety series The Frank Sinatra Show. She is
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIZE WINNER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/first-african-american-prize-winner/) - Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) The first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Brooks used her work to explore the urban African American experience.
- [‘’FIRM FRIEND OF THE WHITES’’ WAS BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/firm-friend-of-the-whites-was-born/) - Thirteen years after American settlers founded the city named for him, Chief Seattle died in a nearby village of his people. Born sometime around 1790, Seattle (Seathl) was a chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes who lived around the Pacific Coast bay that is today called Puget Sound. He was the son of a
- [BATTLE CAME TO AN END ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/battle-came-to-an-end-on-this-day/) - On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan—came to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the
- [‘’KING OF COOL’’ BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/king-of-cool-born-on-this-day-in-1917-3/) - Martin and Lewis Singer and actor who found fame with comedian Jerry Lewis, palled around with the "Rat Pack"(above) and became a TV staple starting in the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century.
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-news-that-made-history-38/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON
- [FINALE OF A MAJOR SUNDAY TV STAPLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/finale-of-a-major-sunday-tv-staple/) - Twenty-three years after its 1948 premiere, "The Ed Sullivan Show" had its final broadcast on June 6, 1971. For more than two decades, Sullivan’s variety show was the premiere television showcase for entertainers of all stripes, including borscht-belt comedians, plate-spinning vaudeville throwbacks and, most significantly, some of the biggest and most current names in rock
- [SCROLLS MIGHT BE OLDER THAN THOUGHT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/scrolls-might-be-older-than-thought/) - (FOX NEWS) - The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than researchers thought, according to a new study driven by an artificial intelligence (AI) model. A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and Denmark recently published their findings in the journal PLOS One on June 4. The researchers said they developed an AI-based
- [‘’THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR” DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-great-communicator-died/) - On June 5, 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Reagan, who was also a well-known actor and served as governor of California, was a popular president known for restoring American confidence after the problems of the 1970s.
- [RFK ASSISSNATION ON THIS DAY IN 1968](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/rfk-assissnation-on-this-day-in-1968/) - Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy was
- [THE RIGHT FOR WOMEN TO VOTE BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-right-for-women-to-vote-began/) - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
- [BATTLE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1942](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/battle-began-on-this-day-in-1942/) - On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II —began. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy.
- [MOVIE GUITAR HAS BEEN MISSING](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/movie-guitar-has-been-missing/) - NASHVILLE, TN. (KATU) — The search is on for an iconic guitar used in a major motion picture, and you could help find it. Gibson and Michael J. Fox say the Cherry Red Gibson ES-345 guitar played on stage has been missing for 40 years. The guitar was featured during the “Enchantment Under The Sea”
- [THE LAUGH FOR THE DAY ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-laugh-for-the-day/)
- [THE TOP STORIES THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-top-stories-that-made-history/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space. Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling his movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion
- [FLEET WEEK IN PORTLAND, OREGON ~ 1937](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/fleet-week-in-portland-oregon-1937/) - USS Portland CA-33 Heavy Cruiser passing under the St Johns Bridge. The ship was named after the City of Portland, Maine. Multnomah County officials announced this years Portland Fleet Week kicks off Tuesday, and Portlanders can expect several bridge lifts as ships arrive along the Willamette River. The Steel, Broadway, and Burnside bridges will be
- [‘’THE SULTAN OF SWAT’’ HUNG UP HIS SPIKES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/the-sultan-of-swat-hung-up-his-spikes/) - On June 2, 1935, Babe (George Herman) Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ended his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs. The following year, Ruth, a larger-than-life figure whose name became synonymous with baseball, was one of the first five players inducted
- [BEATLE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/beatle-album-was-released-on-this-day/) - On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a concept album that marked a new creative peak for the Liverpudlian superstars and that would become a critical favorite in the history of rock 'n' roll.
- [‘’BLONDE BOMBSHELL’’ BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/06/blonde-bombshell-born-on-this-day/) - Norma Jeane Mortenson—who will become better known around the world as the glamorous actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe—was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She was later given her mother’s name, and baptized Norma Jeane Baker. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent
- [THIS WAS RADIO!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/this-was-radio/) - Arch Oboler and Boris Karloff on Lights Out. Lights Out is an old-time radio program devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural. Created by Wyllis Cooper and then eventually taken over by Arch Oboler, versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 3, 1934 to the summer of 1947
- [WINNER OF MANY ACCOLADES IS 95 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/winner-of-many-accolades-is-95-today/) - Best known to his many fans for one of his most memorable screen incarnations—San Francisco Police Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan—the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood is born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California. With his father, Eastwood wandered the West Coast as a boy during the Depression.
- [‘M*A*S*H’  TV SERIES STAR DIED TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/mash-tv-series-star-died-today/) - (FOX NEWS) - Loretta Swit, who starred as quick-witted Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the TV series "M*A*S*H," has died. She was 87. A spokesperson for the actress confirmed to Fox News Digital that Swit passed away on Friday at her home in New York City. The suspected cause of death is natural causes.
- [FIRST INDY 500 TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-indy-500-took-place-on-this-day/) - On May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun drove his single-seater Marmon Wasp to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500, now one of the world’s most famous motor racing competitions. The Indiana automobile dealer Carl Fisher first proposed building a private auto testing facility in 1906, in order to address car manufacturers’ inability to test potential top
- [FIRST PRESIDENT HEARD ON THE RADIO](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-president-heard-on-the-radio/) - On May 30, 1922, President Warren G. Harding became he first president to have his voice transmitted by radio while addressing a crowd at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. The broadcast heralded a revolutionary shift in how presidents addressed the American public. It was not until three years later, however, that a president, Calvin
- [ROCK MUSICIAN HAS DIED AT AGE 77](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/rock-musician-has-died-at-age-77/) - Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs, Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys. Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on Sloopy,"has died, according to an announcement from his caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine. Wilson’s post states that Derringer died Monday evening in Ormond Beach, Fl. No cause
- [THE DISC JOCKEY BEHIND BUDDY HOLLY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-disc-jockey-behind-buddy-holly/) - William J. “Hi-Pockets” Duncan was a Lubbock, Texas disc jockey in the ’50s who was instrumental in giving a young Lubbock performer, Charles Hardin Holly, better known as ‘Buddy’, his first real opportunity. Charles Hardin Holley (Buddy Holly) (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)
- [FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE INDY 500](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-woman-to-lead-the-indy-500/) - On May 29, 2005, 23-year-old Danica Patrick became the first female driver to take the lead in the storied Indianapolis 500. Having previously distinguished herself in the Toyota Atlantic series, Patrick had qualified fourth—another best for a woman, for the 89th Indianapolis 500, only her fifth Indy Racing League event. Danica Sue Patrick (43) is
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/history-was-made-on-this-day-550/) - SANDY KOZEL John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) John F. Kennedy,known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected president at 43 years.
- [‘’THE PEOPLE’S CAR COMPANY IS FOUNDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-peoples-car-company-is-founded/) - On May 28, 1937, the government of Germany—then under the control of Adolf Hitler of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party—forms a new state-owned automobile company. Later that year, it was named simply Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.” After nearly 70 years and more than 21 million units produced, the last original Beetle rolled off
- [NATIVE AMERICAN MEDAL WINNER BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/native-american-medal-winner-born/) - James Francis Thorpe (1887 – 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes
- [‘’PEDESTRAIN DAY’’ ON THE GOLDEN GATE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/pedestrain-day-on-the-golden-gate/) - The Golden Gate Bridge officially opened with an unusual variation on the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony by San Francisco mayor Angelo Rossi. A silver chain was cut with a torch. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a stunning technological and artistic achievement, opened to the public after five years of construction. On opening day—“Pedestrian Day”,some 200,000
- [WATER GUN PATENTED ON THIS DAY IN 1986](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/water-gun-patented-on-this-day-in-1986/) - Lonnie George Johnson (75) On May 27, 1986, the U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to African American inventor Lonnie Johnson for his toy design simply titled ”Squirt Gun.” After a few name changes and additional patents, Johnson’s invention—ultimately re-named the “Super Soaker®”—would become the best-selling water toy of all time, eventually earning its
- [MOVIE FRANCHISE OPENED IN 1977](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/movie-franchise-opened-on-this-day/) - On May 25, 1977, Memorial Day weekend opened with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas’ blockbuster Star Wars movies hit American theaters. The incredible success of Star Wars–it received seven Oscars, and earned $461 million in U.S. ticket sales and a gross of close to
- [A GREAT TV SERIES FROM THE 1950’s](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/a-great-tv-series-from-the-1950s/) - Original release: September 16, 1951 – March 8, 1959 (NBC,ABC, Syndication) From left: Kirby Grant as "Sky" King, Gloria Winters as his niece, Penny, and Ron Hagerthy as his nephew, Clipper. The first Song Bird was a Cessna T-50 (right) and in later episodes a Cessna 310B (left) was used till the end of the
- [POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF NOAH’S ARK FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/possible-evidence-of-noahs-ark-found/) - (FOX NEWS) - A group of international researchers say they're getting closer and closer to identifying the possible remains of Noah’s Ark – and new test results are promising. The focus of the research, the Durupinar site in eastern Turkey, was first identified in the 1950s. For decades, it's been speculated that the boat-shaped
- [THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-political-cartoon-from-fox-news-23/)
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-269/) - Arlington National Cemetery. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868. The day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in
- [THE ‘’DUKE’’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-duke-was-born-on-this-day/) - John Wayne, an actor who came to epitomize the American West,was born in Winterset, Iowa. Born Marion Robert Morrison, Wayne’s family moved to Glendale, California, when he was six years old. As a teen, he rose at four in the morning to deliver newspapers, and after school he played
- [‘’DUCK DYNASTY’’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 79](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/duck-dynasty-star-has-died-at-age-79/) - (FOX NEWS) - "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Roberton has died. His family made the announcement on Sunday. The TV personality's daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced the news on Instagram. Robertson had previously battled Alzheimer's disease. The post read…"We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord." Original release on
- [FIRST SPANYARD WINS THE INDY 500](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-spanyard-wins-the-indy-500/) - Alex Palou (28) made a late pass around Marcus Ericsson to move into first place and held off the rest of the leaders to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. It’s the first time Palou has ever won the Indy 500.
- [F-15 FLYOVERS TO HONOR MEMORIAL DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/f-15-flyovers-to-honor-memorial-day/) - PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The 142nd Wing of the Portland Air National Guard Base is set to conduct Memorial Day flyovers across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. The flyovers, featuring F-15 Eagle fighter jets, will take place at various community locations on Monday, May 26. Maj. Graham Johnson, one of the two pilots participating in
- [HE TOOK HIS BELOVED CAR TO THE GRAVE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/he-took-his-beloved-car-to-the-grave/) - On May 25, 1994, the ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson are buried (according to Swanson’s request) in the driver’s seat of his 1984 white Corvette in Irwin, Pennsylvania. Swanson, a beer distributor and former U.S. Army sergeant during World War II, died the previous March 31 at the age of 71. He had reportedly been
- [THE BISMARCK AND THE HMS HOOD IN 1941](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-bismarck-and-the-hms-hood-in-1941/) - On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sunk the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood. The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships, a prize coveted by other nation’s navies, even while still in the blueprint stage (Hitler handed over a copy of its blueprints to Joseph Stalin as a concession
- [TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRATED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/telegraph-demonstrated-on-this-day/) - The question, taken from the Bible (Numbers 23:23), had been suggested to Morse by Annie Ellworth, the daughter of the commissioner of patents. Annie G. Ellsworth
- [MUSICIAN IS CELEBERATING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/musician-is-celeberating-a-birthday/) - Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year career. He revolutionized rock and folk music with songs like "Blowin' in the Wind." With an estimated more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the
- [FILL’ ER UP WITH ETHYL!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/fill-er-up-with-ethyl/) - FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (1953) The word Ethyl was short for tetraethyl, an compound added to gasoline to boost its octane rating. It was marketed as a way to avoid engine knock in automobile engines as far back as the 1920s. It was also referred to as premium gasoline.
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN RECEIVED MEDAL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-african-american-received-medal/) - Recognized for heroically protecting the American flag during the Civil War, Army Sgt. William Harvey Carney receives the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, on May 23, 1900. The first Black American service member to earn the award, Carney was born into slavery in Virginia in 1840. Although a handful of other Black
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-268/)
- [FAMOUS OUTLAW COUPLE WAS KILLED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/famous-outlaw-couple-was-killed/) - On May 23, 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana. Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was 16) was serving time in jail for murder.
- [PREHISTORIC REMAINS ARE UNCOVERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/prehistoric-remains-are-uncovered/) - (FOX NEWS) - A recent excavation in Texas yielded some "colossal creatures," according to local officials – and archaeologists are hopeful more will be uncovered soon. The Texas Department of Transportation announced the discovery in a recent press release. In a statement, officials said the excavation took place in Lubbock during the environmental review for
- [UTILITY BILLS TO BE HIGHEST IN A DECADE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/utility-bills-to-be-highest-in-a-decade/) - Portland, Oregon residents will see an increase in their utility bills this summer after the City Council approved a plan to raise combined water and sewer bills by more than 6%. The increase, which is the highest the city has seen in over a decade, will result in an average household bill of approximately $160
- [LINCOLN POSSESSIONS SOLD AT AUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/lincoln-possessions-sold-at-auction/) - (FOX NEWS) - An auction of the personal belongings of President Abraham Lincoln featured one rare item that caught the attention of many. The Associated Press reported a pair of gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket at Ford's Theatre the night he was shot drew in the largest bid. The bloodstained gloves are made out
- [GREAT EMIGRATION TO THE WEST BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/great-emigration-to-the-west-began/) - The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. Although U.S. sovereignty over the Oregon Territory was not clearly established until 1846, American fur trappers and missionary groups had been living in the region for decades, to say nothing of the Native Americans who had settled the
- [POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/political-cartoon-of-the-day-from-fox-11/)
- [REMEMBERING STAR TREK ~ 1966](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/remembering-star-trek-1966/) - The original series ran from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969 on NBC.
- [FIRST WOMAN TO MAKE THE SOLO FLIGHT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-woman-to-make-the-solo-flight/) - Five years to the day that aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to accomplish a solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, female aviator Amelia Earhart became the first pilot to repeat the feat, landing her plane in Ireland after flying across the North Atlantic. Earhart traveled over 2,000 miles from Newfoundland in just
- [RARE GOLD RING HAS BEEN DISCOVERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/rare-gold-ring-has-been-discovered/) - (FOX NEWS) - Archaeologists in the City of David in Israel have struck gold twice this year – finding yet another gold ring. A gold ring set with a red gemstone dating back 2,300 years was recently discovered in excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University. The ring is believed to
- [STORIES THAT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/stories-that-made-history-on-this-day/) - SANDY KOZEL The Spirit is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..
- [PATENT FOR BLUE JEANS RECEIVED IN 1873](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/patent-for-blue-jeans-received-in-1873/) - On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob W. Davis (above) received a patent for “Improvements in Fastening Pocket- Openings.” This was riveted denim work pants under the name Levi Strauss & Co., a popular blue jean company that is still in business today.
- [ACTOR AND RETIRED GENERAL’S BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/actor-retired-generals-birthday/) - In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Jimmy Stewart third on its list of the greatest American male actors. He received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1983, as well as the Academy Honorary Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom, both in 1985. 1957
- [SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTOR HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/supporting-television-actor-has-died/) - George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, died peacefully in his sleep while at home early Tuesday morning, on the 32nd anniversary of the Cheers series finale. He was 76. Wendt was on Cheers for the entirety of the show’s epic run from 1982–1993.
- [A TRIP TO PARIS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1927](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/a-trip-to-paris-began-on-this-day-in-1927/) - At 7:52 a.m., American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris. Lindbergh, a young airmail pilot, was a
- [‘’GODDESS OF POP’’ IS 79 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/goddess-of-pop-is-79-years-young-today/) - Sonny and Cher. Entertainer Cher (Cheryl Sarkisian) rose from teenage pop star ("I Got You Babe") to Oscar-winning actress ("Moonstruck"). 1987
- [THE PLAN FOR D-DAY BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-plan-for-d-day-began-on-this-day/) - Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. On May 19, 1943, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt plot the cross-Channel landing that would become D-Day—May 1, 1944. That date would prove a bit premature, as bad weather became a factor. The D-Day invasion ended up taking place on June 6, 1944.
- [FAMOUS ARMY OFFICER DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/famous-army-officer-died-on-this-day/) - Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, died as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author and archaeological scholar succumbed to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident six days before. Lawrence of Arabia is
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/history-was-made-on-this-day-549/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffered a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. Called Louwala-Clough, or “the Smoking Mountain,” by Native Americans, Mount St. Helens stood 9,680 feet before its eruption. Though a
- [CONGRESS PASSES SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/congress-passes-selective-service-act/) - Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War, the U.S Congress passed the Selective Service Act on May 18, 1917, giving the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers. By the end of World War I in November 1918, some 24 million men had registered under the Selective Service Act.
- [THE MEMPHIS BELLE FLIES LAST MISSION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-memphis-belle-flies-last-mission/) - The Memphis Belle flying back to the US after its 25th mission over Germany. On May 17, 1943, the crew of the Memphis Belle, one of a group of American bombers based in Britain, became one of the first B-17 crews to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States. The Memphis
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-267/) - May 17, 2025 – Armed Forces Day is Observed on the third Saturday every May, this is a day dedicated to paying tribute to men and women currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. First observed on 20 May 1950, the day was created on 31 August 1949 as President Harry S. Truman led
- [THE FBI WEIGHS IN ON ‘’LOUIE LOUIE”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-fbi-weighs-in-on-louie-louie/) - Based on outcry from parents who bought into what may have started as an idle rumor, the FBI launched a formal investigation in 1964 into the supposedly pornographic lyrics of the song “Louie, Louie.” That investigation finally neared its conclusion on May 17, 1965, when the FBI Laboratory declared the lyrics of “Louie Louie” to
- [ROOKIE HELPS TEAM WIN CHAMPIONSHIP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/rookie-helps-team-win-championship/) - On May 16, 1980, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson stepped in for injured center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and scores 42 points, leading the Lakers to a four games-to-two series win over the Philadelphia 76ers for their first championship since 1972. Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. will be 66 on August 14th.
- [FIRST OSCARS AWARDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-oscars-awarded-on-this-day/) - On May 16, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, head of the powerful MGM film studio, the Academy was organized in
- [‘WALKING TALL’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 89](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/walking-tall-star-has-died-at-age-89/) - Joe Don Baker, the broad-shouldered Texas tough guy who portrayed characters on both sides of the law, most notably Sheriff Buford Pusser in the unexpected box-office hit Walking Tall (1973), died Monday May 7.
- [FORMER FOOTBALL STAR IS 56 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/former-football-star-is-56-today/) - Emmitt James Smith III former professional football running back who played in the National Football League for 15 seasons, 13 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys and 2 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. Among other accolades, he is the league's all-time leading rusher.
- [GOVERNOR SHOT ON THIS DAY IN 1972](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/governor-shot-on-this-day-in-1972/) - During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland, George Wallace (right) the governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate was shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer (left). Three others were wounded, and Wallace was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The next day, while fighting for his life in a hospital, he won major primary victories in
- [OREGON ZOO’S RED PANDA HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/oregon-zoos-red-panda-has-died/) - Moshu was known as "Sir Snacks-a-Lot." (June 20, 2011 – May 14, 2025) Moshu was diagnosed with severe heart disease over a year ago. (KATU)
- [EXPLORES DEPARTED ON THIS DAY IN 1804](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/explores-departed-on-this-day-in-1804/) - May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, pausing there for the
- [COUNTRYS FIRST SPACE STATION LAUNCHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/countrys-first-space-station-launched/) - Skylab, America’s first space station, was successfully launched into an orbit around the earth. Eleven days later, U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made the planned rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay aboard the space station. From left, Joseph P. Kerwin, science
- [FAMOUS HEARTTHROB DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/famous-heartthrob-died-on-this-day/) - Sinatra died in his sleep after suffering a heart attack at Cedars- Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, with his wife Barbara at his side. He was 82. On May 14, 1998, the legendary singer, actor and show- business icon Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, at the age of 82.
- [THE POLITICAL HATE JOKE FOR THE DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-political-hate-joke-for-the-day/) - House Democrat moves to force impeachment vote against President Trump.
- [THE U.S. DECLDARED WAR ON MEXICO](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-u-s-decldared-war-on-mexico/) - On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress declared war on Mexico, following a request from President James K. Polk. This declaration marked the beginning of the Mexican-American War, a conflict rooted in disputes over Texas and other territories. After nearly two years of fighting, peace was established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on
- [LITTLE STEVIE IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/little-stevie-is-75-years-old-today/) - Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is a singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. Blind since
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/history-was-made-on-this-day-548/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON Actress Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) Hepburn’s career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She worked in a varied range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, which earned her various accolades, including four Academy Awards
- [RACE CAR DRIVER GOT FIRST PRO VICTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/race-car-driver-got-first-pro-victory/) - On May 12, 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scored his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1989, Foyt became the first driver inducted into the brand- new Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan. He practiced
- [THE BLOODY TEN-DAY BATTLE BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-bloody-ten-day-battle-began/) - On May 11, 1969, Hamburger Hill became the scene of an intense and controversial battle during the Vietnam War. Known to military planners as Hill 937 (its height in meters), the solitary peak is located in the dense jungles of the A Shau Valley of Vietnam, about a mile from the border with Laos. Though
- [HIGH–RANKING NAZI CAPTURED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/high-ranking-nazi-captured/) - On May 11, 1960, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler’s “final solution of the Jewish question," was captured in Argentina. On May 23, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announces to the world that he will stand trial in Israel. Rafi Eitan, the Mossad agent who led the Israeli team that captured
- [CHESS MATCH AGAINST AN IBM COMPUTER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/chess-match-against-an-ibm-computer/) - On May 11, 1997, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov resigned after 19 moves in a game against Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by scientists at IBM. This was the sixth and final game of their match, which Kasparov lost two games to one, with three draws. Kasparov, a chess prodigy from Azerbaijan, was a skillful
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-266/)
- [ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TUBELESS TIRE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/announcement-of-the-tubeless-tire/) - On May 11, 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announced it had developed a tubeless tire, a technological innovation that would make automobiles safer and more efficient. The culmination of more than three years of engineering, Goodrich’s tubeless tire effectively eliminated the inner tube, trapping the pressurized air within the tire walls themselves.
- [GREAT DUST STORM BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/great-dust-storm-began-on-this-day/) - On May 11, 1934, a massive storm sent millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the United States as far east as New York, Boston and Atlanta. At the time the Great Plains were settled in the mid-1800s, the land was covered by prairie grass, which held moisture
- [COUNTRY MUSIC STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 73](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/country-music-star-has-died-at-age-73/) - SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” died Friday in San Antonio from health complications after entering hospice
- [REMEMBER THIS PROMOTION IN 1964?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/remember-this-promotion-in-1964/)
- [ICONIC SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/iconic-sports-photograph-was-taken/) - On May 10, 1970, 40 seconds into overtime of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final, Boston Bruins star Bobby Orr slips the winning goal past St. Louis Blues goaltender Glenn Hall. After scoring, Orr leaps into the air before landing flat and sliding into his teammates’ embrace. The famous celebration is immortalized by Boston
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/history-was-made-on-this-day-547/) - SANDY KOZEL Irish singer Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 65 years old today.
- [FIRST LATINA WOMAN IN SPACE IS 66 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-latina-woman-in-space-is-66-today/) - Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats,
- [FIRST MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAIMED IN 1914](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-mothers-day-proclaimed-in-1914/) - On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson (above) issued a presidential proclamation that officially established the first national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers. The idea for a “Mother’s Day” is credited by some to Julia Ward Howe (1872) and by others to Anna Jarvis (1907), who both suggested a holiday dedicated to a
- [U.S. MOVIEGOERS FIRST SAW JAMES BOND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/u-s-moviegoers-first-saw-james-bond/) - On May 8, 1963, with the American release of Dr. No, North American moviegoers get their first look down the barrel of a gun—at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now- famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by the relatively unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery.
- [DIRECTOR JAMES FOLEY HAS DIED AT 71](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/director-james-foley-has-died-at-71/) - James Foley (December 28, 1953 – May 6, 2025) Famed Hollywood director James Foley has passed away after a battle with brain cancer. Many know James’ work but may not even realize it. In addition to directing films like Glengarry Glenn Ross and two films in the Fifty Shades franchise. James worked with Madonna several
- [THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-political-cartoon-from-fox-news-22/)
- [THE BIG CELEBRATION ON THIS DAY IN 1945](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-big-celebration-on-this-day-in-1945/) - On May 8, 1945, Great Britain, the United States and other Allied countries celebrated Victory in Europe Day. Cities in the U.S., U.K. and Western Europe, along with in the Soviet Union, Canada and Australia put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine during World War II.
- [POPULAR BEVERAGE WAS INVENTED IN 1886](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/popular-beverage-was-invented-in-1886/) - On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton (above) brought his perfected syrup to Jacobs' Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta where the first glass of Coca‑Cola was poured. Initially, the drink was marketed as a medicinal tonic called “French Wine Coca.” Serving about nine drinks per day in its first year, Coca‑Cola was an exciting new drink
- [FIRST GOLD RECORD SONG WAS RECORDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-gold-record-song-was-recorded/) - "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song that was written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade and received a gold record, presented by RCA Victor in 1942 (below) for
- [LUSITANIA  ATTACKED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-attack-on-lusitania-on-this-day/) - On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people drowned, including 128 Americans. The attack aroused considerable indignation in
- [THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANT ARRIVED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-first-japanese-immigrant-arrived/) - Called the U.S.'s first ambassador to Japan, a 14-year-old fisherman by the name of Manjiro is considered America's first Japanese immigrant, arriving in the country on May 7, 1843, by way of a whaling ship. According to the National Endowment of the Humanities, the boy and his crew were caught in a violent storm, with
- [FROM MOTHER’S DAY IN 1947](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-mothers-day-in-1947/) - "Shopping for Mother's Day," Saturday Evening Post Cover.
- [POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/political-cartoon-of-the-day-from-fox-10/)
- [THE LAST DAY FOR THE LARGEST DIRIGIBLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-last-day-for-the-largest-dirigible/) - Hindenburg begins to fall seconds after catching fire. The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, burst into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. Thirteen passengers, 22 crewmen, and 1 civilian member of the ground crew lost their lives, and most
- [TALENTED FILMMAKER BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/talented-filmmaker-born-on-this-day/) - George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) Welles was a director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. He is best known for his stylish 1941 debut, "Citizen Kane" and
- [A MOVIE FIRST ON THIS DAY IN 2002](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/a-movie-first-on-this-day-in-2002/) - Directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire in the title role, the eagerly awaited comic book adaptation Spider-Man was released on Friday, May 3, 2002, and quickly became the fastest movie ever to earn more than $100 million at the box office, raking in a staggering $114.8 million by Sunday, May 5. Tobey Maguire
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-265/) - Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for 'Fifth of May') is an annual celebration to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862)
- [HE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/he-was-the-first-american-in-space/) - On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and
- [FORMER HISTORICAL PRISON TO REOPEN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/former-historical-prison-to-reopen/) - President Trump (above) said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to reopen a "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz, "to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders." The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a
- [ROCK CLASSIC WAS RECORDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/rock-classic-was-recorded-on-this-day/) - On May 4, 1956, rockabilly legend Gene Vincent recorded the smoldering early-rock classic “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” in Nashville, Tennessee. “Be-Bop-A-Lula” became a smash, rising to #7 on the pop charts and selling more than 2 million copies in its first year of release. Vincent Eugene Craddock (Gene Vincent) (1935 – 1971)
- [THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-kent-state-shootings-on-this-day/) - On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students and wounding nine. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and further galvanized the anti-war movement. Two days earlier,
- [MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/) - "May the 4th" is a day for all lovers of Jedi, the Resistance, the Skywalkers, the Hutts, Boba Fett, Baby Yoda, Gamorrean guards, Maz Kanata, General Grievous, Rancor Keeper and Jek Porkins (RIP) to unite and celebrate all there is in the galaxy far, far away. (Why May 4, you ask? Why, it's right there
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-african-american-woman-won/) - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) "First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald becomes the first Black woman to win a Grammy at the Recording Academy’s inaugural awards show on May 4, 1959. During the event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, Fitzgerald took home two of 28 awards for best
- [TWO OPPISITES MET FOR A PLAYDATE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/two-oppisites-met-for-a-playdate/) - This photo provided by Guinness World Records shows Pearl, the world's shortest living dog, with Reginald, the world's tallest living dog, both certified by Guinness World Records, during a playdate in Idaho Falls, Idaho, April 5, 2025. (Natalie Behring/Guinness World Records via AP) The pair, while an unlikely duo, got along surprisingly well during their
- [HISTORY MAKERS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/history-makers-on-this-day/) - SANDY KOZEL DiMaggio’s major-league debut came on May 3, 1936, in a game at Yankee Stadium against the St. Louis Browns. DiMaggio played 64 games in left field, 54 in center field, and 20 in right field in 1936 before taking over as the full-time center fielder in 1937. DiMaggio struck out 39 times in
- [FIRST NAVAL BATTLE BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/first-naval-battle-began-on-this-day/) - On May 3, 1942, during World War II, the first modern naval engagement in history, the Battle of the Coral Sea, began. A Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japan’s defensive perimeter. The United States, having broken Japan’s secret war code and forewarned of an impending
- [MAN BEHIND THE FBI DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/man-behind-the-fbi-died-on-this-day/) - John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) After nearly five decades as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover died, leaving the powerful government agency without the administrator who had been largely responsible for its existence and shape. Educated as a lawyer and a librarian, Hoover joined the Department
- [THE 911 TERRORIST MASTERMIND KILLED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/the-911-terrorist-mastermind-killed/) - Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, was killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The notorious, 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda, the terrorist network of Islamic extremists, had been the target of a nearly decade-long international manhunt. The raid
- [A GIFT IDEA FOR MOTHER’S DAY IN 1947](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/a-gift-idea-for-mothers-day-in-1947/) - Whitman's confections have been produced for over 175 years. Originally a "confectionery and fruiterer shoppe" set up in 1842 by 19-year-old Stephen F. Whitman on the Philadelphia waterfront, Whitman's first became popular with traveling sailors and their wives. They would often bring imported fruits, nuts, and cocoa which were obtained during their voyages to Mr.
- [SHIPWRECKED SLAVE SHIPS DISCOVERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/shipwrecked-slave-ships-discovered/) - (FOX NEWS) - Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, are located in shallow waters off Costa Rica's Cahuita National Park. According to the National Museum of Denmark.the 18th-century vessels
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- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-263/) - May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's Spring equinox and Midsummer solstice. International Workers' Day is also observed on May 1st.
- [SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN ON THIS DAY IN 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/spy-plane-shot-down-on-this-day-in-1960/) - On May 1, 1960, a U-2 flight piloted by Francis Gary Powers disappeared while on a flight over Russia. The U.S. government issued a cover statement indicating that a weather plane had veered off course and supposedly crashed somewhere in the Soviet Union. With no small degree of pleasure, Khrushchev pulled off one
- [GROUNDBREAKING FILM WAS RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/05/groundbreaking-film-was-released/) - Citizen Kane, now revered as one of the greatest movies in history, made its debut at the RKO Palace Theater on May 1, 1941. It had originally been intended to open at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall. But months before its release, Orson Welles’ landmark film began generating such controversy that the venue eventually refused
- [PURCHASE COMPLETED ON THIS DAY IN 1803](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/purchase-completed-on-this-day-in-1803/) - On April 30, 1803, representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France completed negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, a massive land sale that doubles the size of the young American republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory comprised most of modern-day United States between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, with the exceptions of Texas,
- [FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-presidential-inaugural-address/) - On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first American president and delivered the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City. Elements of the ceremony set tradition; presidential inaugurations have deviated little in the two centuries since Washington’s inauguration.
- [THE WORLD WIDE WEB WAS LAUNCHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-world-wide-web-was-launched/) - Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (69). On April 30, 1993, four years after publishing a proposal for “an idea of linked information systems,” computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for the world’s first web browser and editor. The browser, originally called Mesh, that he dubbed World Wide Web became the first royalty-free, easy-to-use means
- [TITANIC LETTER SELLS FOR SHOCKING SUM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/titanic-letter-sells-for-shocking-sum/) - The auctioned-off letter was dated April 10 and postmarked April 12 - just days before disaster struck. (FOX NEWS) - A "prophetic" letter written aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic ocean liner has been auctioned in England for a stunning sum. The letter was sold by Wiltshire-based Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. on April 26. It
- [MUSIC ICON IS 92 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/music-icon-is-92-years-old-today/) - Singer, songwriter and activist Willie Nelson led the "outlaw country" movement in the late 1960s. Hits include "On the Road Again." Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the Air Force but was later discharged due to back
- [END OF THE LINE FOR AMERICA’S OLDEST](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/end-of-the-line-for-americas-oldest/) - On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile came off the assembly line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, signaling the end of the 106-year-old automotive brand, America’s oldest. Factory workers signed the last Oldsmobile, an Alero sedan, before the vehicle was moved to Lansing’s R.E. Olds Trans
- [AVOIDING MENTAL DULLNESS IN 1897](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/avoiding-mental-dullness-in-1897/) - The cereal, which contains neither grapes nor nuts, was developed in 1897 by C.W. Post, who was a patient (and then a competitor), of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. It was one of the first commercial products marketed as health food. Charles William Post (1854 – 1914) John Harvey Kellogg (1852 – 1943)
- [FIRST-TIME HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-time-hall-of-fame-inductees/) - NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden. Nominees were voted on by more than 1,200
- [MIRACULOUS LANDING MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/miraculous-landing-made-on-this-day/) - On April 28, 1988, a seemingly routine, 35-minute flight from Hilo to Honolulu turned into terror when an 18-foot-long section of the upper fuselage suddenly tears off Aloha Airlines Flight 243. The explosive decompression and roof loss sweep flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing off the
- [TV PERSONALITY IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/tv-personality-is-having-a-birthday/) - The comedian and car collector who replaced Johnny Carson as host of "The Tonight Show" is celebrating his 75th birthday.
- [STILL THE LARGEST MARITIME DISASTER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/still-the-largest-maritime-disaster/) - The steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, killing 1,700 passengers including many discharged Union soldiers. The accident is still considered the largest maritime disaster in U.S. history in terms of lives lost. The Sultana was launched from Cincinnati in 1863. The boat was 260 feet long and had an authorized capacity of
- [CIVIL WAR LEADER BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/civil-war-leader-born-on-this-day/) - Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader and 18th president of the United States, was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for joining his father’s business, so the elder Grant enrolled his son at
- [VACCINE TRIALS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1954](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/vaccine-trials-began-on-this-day-in-1954/) - On April 26, 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, began at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and Finland participated in the trials, which used for the first time the now-standard double-blind method, whereby neither the patient nor attending doctor knew if
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- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-news-that-made-history-37/) - ED DANAHUE Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)
- [CAROL BURNETT IS 92 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/carol-burnett-is-92-years-young-today/) - Comedian Carol Burnett played both dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and a Tony Award. Burnett was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-262/) - 1941 (Founded in 1919) https://www.easterseals.com/
- [MOVIE-TV ACTRESS HAS DIED AT AGE 63](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/movie-tv-actress-has-died-at-age-63/) - (FOX NEWS) - "Knots Landing" actress Lar Park Lincoln has died. Her daughter, Piper Lincoln, confirmed to Fox News Digital that her mother lost her battle with breast cancer on Tuesday. Piper shared that the elder Lincoln was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death and will always be remembered as a
- [PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED ON PROJECT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/president-was-briefed-on-project/) - On April 25, 1945, President Harry S. Truman learned the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists were attempting to create the first atomic bomb. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world’s first weapon of mass destruction. The first bomb was exploded over Hiroshima on
- [AL PACINO IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/al-pacino-is-having-a-birthday/) - Oscar-winning actor known for playing intense, often violent characters in "The Godfather," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Serpico" is 85 today. Pacino has won and been nominated for many awards during his acting career, including nine Oscar nominations. He won a Best Actor award for “Scent of a Woman” in 1992. 1992
- [HE BROKE THE NBA COLOR BERRIER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/he-broke-the-nba-color-berrier/) - On April 25, 1950, the Boston Celtics made Chuck Cooper an All-American forward from Duquesne University, the first African American picked in the NBA draft. With the selection, the first pick in the second round, Cooper breaks the NBA’s color barrier and changes the league for the better. Cooper died of cancer on February
- [NEVER MESS WITH A GOOD THING!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/never-mess-with-a-good-thing/) - On April 23, 1985, The Coca-Cola Company announced that it is changing the formula of its signature soft drink for the first time in 99 years. The short-lived, sweeter New Coke, as it was called, debuted to a consumer backlash that pundits call the marketing blunder of the century.
- [EASTER RISING BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1916](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/easter-rising-began-on-this-day-in-1916/) - On April 24, 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launched the so-called Easter Rising, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British provincial
- [A RESCUE MISSION ENDED IN DISASTER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-rescue-mission-ended-in-disaster/) - On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ended with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued. With the Iran Hostage Crisis stretching into its sixth month and all diplomatic appeals to the Iranian government ending in failure, President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission
- [NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/news-that-made-history-on-this-day-7/) - SANDY KOZEL HANK AARON HIT HIS FIRST CAREER HOME RUN On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocked out the first home run of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron become baseball’s new home run king when he broke Babe Ruth’s long-standing record of 714 career homers.
- [‘’THE CARUSO OF ROCK’’ BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-caruso-of-rock-born-on-this-day/) - Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) Roy Orbison was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock music genre and his most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
- [THE FIRST EARTH DAY WAS IN 1970](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-first-earth-day-was-in-1970/) - Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems, was celebrated in the United States for the first time on April 22, 1970. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches and educational programs across the country. Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916
- [FORMER PRESIDENT DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/former-president-died-on-this-day/) - On April 22, 1994, former President Richard M. Nixon died after suffering a stroke four days earlier. In a 1978 speech at Oxford University, Nixon admitted he had screwed up during his presidency but predicted that his achievements would be viewed more favorably with time. He told the young audience, “You’ll be here in the
- [A MOVIE AND TV LEGEND HAS DIED AT 94](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-movie-and-tv-legend-has-died-at-94/) - William Theodore Kotcheff ( April 7, 1931 – April 10, 2025) A movie and TV legend whose six-decade career included leading the first installments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s has died. Ted Kotcheff, an accomplished movie and television producer and director died of heart failure on Wednesday, April 10, in Mexico just
- [RELIGIOUS LEADER HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/religious-leader-has-died/) - Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) (FOX NEWS) - Pope Francis died Monday of a stroke and cardiac arrest, according to an announcement from the Vatican. He was 88.
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-546/) - CAMILLE BOHANNON Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.
- [FIRST MOVIE PROJECTOR DEMONSTRATED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-movie-projector-demonstrated/) - On April 21, 1895, Woodville Latham and his sons, Otway and Gray, demonstrated their “Panopticon,” the first movie projector developed in the United States. Although motion pictures had been shown in the United States for several years using Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, the films could only be viewed one at a time in a peep-show box,
- [THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER FOR INDYCAR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-first-female-winner-for-indycar/) - On April 20, 2008, 26-year-old Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan, making her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history. Danica Patrick was born on March 25, 1982, in Beloit, Wisconsin. She became involved in racing as a young girl and as a teenager moved to
- [SCHOOL MASSACRE ON THIS DAY IN 1999](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/school-massacre-on-this-day-in-1999-2/) - On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen killed 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south of Denver. At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside the school before moving inside to continue their rampage. By
- [NASCAR HAS LOST A RACING VETERAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/nascar-has-lost-a-racing-veteran/) - Mike Chase (April 17, 1952 – April 18, 2025) Chase was a professional stock car racing driver. Winner of the 1994 series championship in the NASCAR Winston West Series, he also competed in the Winston Cup Series, Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series and worked for Penske Racing as a crewman. He was 73.
- [FROM THE RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/from-the-retro-blog-6/) - Islamist militants have reportedly killed thousands of Christians in Nigeria. Fears remain this Easter that Christians in Nigeria are being ‘wiped out' by Muslim extremists.
- [DAVE ‘’BABY’’ CORTEZ – THEN AND NOW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/dave-baby-cortez-then-and-now/) - Dave "Baby" Cortez (86) (David Cortez Clowney) is a pop and R&B organist and pianist, best known for his 1959 hit, "The Happy Organ.” He is the oldest living performer to have a solo #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Cortez had another Top Ten hit in 1962 with "Rinky Dink" on Chess Records.
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- [NEVER-BEFORE SEEN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/never-before-seen-inscriptions-found/) - (FOX NEWS) - Archaeologists recently unveiled a series of strange, centuries-old inscriptions at the site believed to be the location of the Last Supper – just in time for Easter. The Room of the Last Supper, also known as the Cenacle, is located on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The hall was built by the Crusaders
- [OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING WAS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/oklahoma-city-bombing-was-on-this-day/) - Just after 9 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The blast collapsed the north face of the nine-story building, instantly killing more than 100 people and trapping dozens more in the rubble. Emergency crews raced to Oklahoma City from across
- [WHEN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/when-the-american-revolution-began/) - April 19, 1775: At about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, march into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town’s common green. British Major John Pitcairn ordered the outnumbered Patriots to disperse, and after a
- [FAMED PHYSICIST DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/famed-physicist-died-on-this-day/) - Einstein in 1893, age 14 Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. On 17 April 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- [THE DOOLITTLE AIR RAID ON TOKYO](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-doolittle-air-raid-on-tokyo/) - On April 18, 1942, 16 American B-25 bombers, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, attacked the Japanese mainland. The now-famous Tokyo Raid did little real damage to Japan (wartime Premier Hideki Tojo was inspecting military bases during the raid; one B-25
- [REMEMBERING PASTOR CHARLES STANLEY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/remembering-pastor-charles-stanley/) - Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) Charles Stanley was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. Stanley also served two
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- [THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-great-san-francisco-earthquake/) - On April 18, 1906, at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco, California, killing an estimated 3,000 people as it topples numerous buildings. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could
- [ENTERTAINMENT ICON DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/entertainment-icon-died-on-this-day/) - Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) On April 18, 2012, Dick Clark, the TV personality and producer best known for hosting “American Bandstand,” an influential music-and-dance show that aired nationally from 1957 to 1989 and helped bring rock `n’ roll into the mainstream in the late 1950s, died of a heart
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-545/) - DAVID MELENDY With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returned to Earth on April 17, 1970. On April 11, the third manned lunar landing mission was launched from Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John
- [EDDIE COCHRAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1960](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/eddie-cochran-died-on-this-day-in-1960/) - Eddie Cochran, the man behind “Summertime Blues” and “C’mon Everybody,” was killed on April 17, 1960 when the taxi carrying him from a show in Bristol, England, crashed en route to the airport.
- [A CAMPUS MASSACRE ON THIS DAY IN 2007](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-campus-massacre-on-this-day-in-2007/) - On April 16, 2007, 32 people died after being gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech by Seung-Hui Cho, a student at the college who later died by suicide. The Virginia Tech shooting began around 7:15 a.m., when Cho, a 23-year-old senior and English major at Blacksburg- based Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
- [FORMER NBA STAR IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/former-nba-star-is-having-a-birthday/) - Basketball giant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dominated the NBA in the 1970s and '80s with his signature sky hook. Led the L.A. Lakers to five championships. He’s 78 years old today.
- [APOLLO 16 DEPARTED FOR THE MOON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/apollo-16-departed-for-the-moon/) - From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Apollo 16, the fifth of six U.S. lunar landing missions, was successfully launched on its 238,000-mile journey to the moon. On April 20, astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke descended to the lunar surface from the Command Module, which remained in orbit around the moon with astronaut, Thomas K.
- [WILL D.B. COOPER FINALLY BE UNMASKED?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/will-d-b-cooper-finally-be-unmasked/) - Cove City, Craven County — The mystery of D.B. Cooper, the infamous hijacker who vanished with $200,000 after leaping from a plane in 1971, may be closer to being solved. The FBI is examining a parachute rigging discovered in a barn in Craven County, which could potentially identify Cooper. The case, the FBI's only unsolved
- [LEGENDARY GAME SHOW HOST HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/legendary-game-show-host-has-died/) - From left: Disc jockey Dewey Phillips, Wink Martindale and Elvis Presley. 1964 Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale (December 4, 1933 – April 15, 2025) (FOX NEWS) - Martindale, who was surrounded by family, including his wife Sandra, at the time of his death, had a 74- year career in Hollywood, hosting a number of game
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-544/) - SANDY KOZEL On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, at age 28, became the first African American player in Major League Baseball's modern era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50
- [THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING IN 2013](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-boston-marathon-bombing-in-2013/) - On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 other people in attendance. Four days later, after an intense manhunt that shut down the Boston area, police captured one of the bombing suspects, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; his older brother and
- [ACTOR ADRIEN BRODY IS NOW 52](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/actor-adrien-brody-is-now-52/) - Adrien Brody has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice for his portrayal of Holocaust survivors: Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002) and Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024). The former made him the category's youngest winner, at age 29. He
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-543/) - SANDY KOZEL Loretta Lynn was a country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits. Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music. Loretta Lynn
- [THE ‘’BLACK SUNDAY’’ DUST BOWL OF 1935](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-black-sunday-dust-bowl-of-1935/) - In what came to be known as “Black Sunday,” one of the most devastating storms of the 1930s Dust Bowl era swiped across the region on April 14, 1935. High winds kicked up clouds of millions of tons of dirt and dust so dense and dark that some eyewitnesses believed the world was coming to
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-259/) - FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: The White House is gearing up for an "extraordinary" celebration for Holy Week ahead of Easter, with President Donald Trump participating in a number of events to to celebrate and honor the holiday "with the observance it deserves." The new White House Faith Office organized the Holy Week schedule. "The newly created
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-542/) - SANDY KOZEL Thomas Jefferson (April 13 April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) Future President Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s preeminent political theorist, was born on April 13, 1743. He was the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 and the nation's first U.S.
- [THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1861](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-civil-war-began-on-this-day-in-1861-2/) - Four of the bloodiest years in American history began when Confederate shore batteries under Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-258/) - Illustration of The Exodus from Egypt (1907) Passover is a major Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
- [MUSIC HISTORY RECORDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/music-history-recorded-on-this-day/) - "Rock Around the Clock" was a Last-Minute Addition to the recording session. On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock” at a Decca recording session in New York City. If rock and roll was a social and cultural revolution, then “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock” was
- [MORE INFORMATION ON GREEN STAMPS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/more-information-on-green-stamps/) - S&H redemption centers numbered 600 nationwide by the mid-1960s. S&H Green Stamps were the first trading stamps popular across the U.S. and Europe, although the company did have competitors. “S&H” stands for the Sperry & Hutchinson Co., founded by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchison in 1896. Green Stamps were most widely distributed in the
- [AN AI MAKEOVER OF A CLASSIC FILM?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/an-ai-makeover-of-a-classic-film/) - A new version of the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' is set to premiere at Las Vegas Sphere in August. (FOX NEW S) - The use of artificial intelligence to reimagine the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" will likely see mixed reactions from fans, experts told Fox News Digital.
- [A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ON THIS DAY IN 1970](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-successful-launch-on-this-day-in-1970/) - On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise. The spacecraft’s destination was the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon, where the astronauts were to explore the Imbrium Basin and conduct geological experiments. After
- [FIRST LIVE SPORTING EVENT BROADCAST](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-live-sporting-event-broadcast/) - On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live sporting event on the radio, a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee. Pittsburgh Daily Post sports editor Florent Gibson calls the event, about four months before KDKA's Harold Arlin announces the first Major League Baseball game broadcast on radio.
- [FIRST COLOR 3-D FILM OPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-color-3-d-film-opened-on-this-day/) - On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater. Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three- dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the first horror films to be shot
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-541/) - SANDY KOZEL The RMS Titanic set sail on her ill-fated and only voyage on April 10th, 1912 from Southampton, England. She stopped in Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland to pick up passengers, crew and supplies. The Titanic was carrying about 1320 passengers and 907 crew on the ship. She struck an iceberg near
- [ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/organization-was-founded-on-this-day-2/) - On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh, 54. In 1863, Bergh had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to a diplomatic post at the Russian court of Czar Alexander II. It was there that he
- [FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS INTRODUCED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-nasa-astronauts-introduced/) - Walter M. Schirra, left, Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, John H. Glenn, M. Scott Carpenter, and L. Gordon Cooper. On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formally introduced America’s first astronauts to the press: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil
- [LARGEST U.S. SURRENDER WAS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/largest-u-s-surrender-was-on-this-day/) - On April 9, 1942, Major General Edward P. King Jr. surrendered at Bataan, Philippines, against General Douglas MacArthur’s orders—and 78,000 troops (66,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans), the largest contingent of U.S. soldiers ever to surrender, were taken captive by the Japanese. The prisoners were at once led 55 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end
- [FIRST FREEDOM RIDE WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1947](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-freedom-ride-was-on-this-day-in-1947/) - On April 9, 1947, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sent 16 Black and white activists on a bus ride through the American South to test a recent Supreme Court decision striking down segregation on interstate bus travel. The so-called Journey of Reconciliation, which lasted two weeks, was an important precursor to the Freedom Rides
- [WALK ON BEACH YIELDS ANCIENT WEAPON](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/walk-on-beach-yields-ancient-weapon/) - (FOX NEWS) - A pair of pedestrians recently stumbled across an ancient deadly weapon in a peaceful and most unlikely location: a beach in Poland. The artifact, a 2,500-year-old dagger, was found on March 30. Poland's Museum of the History of the Kamieńska Land announced the discovery in a Facebook post later that day. Jacek
- [HOME RUN RECORD BROKEN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/home-run-record-broken-on-this-day/) - On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was with Aaron that night to cheer when he hit a 4th inning pitch off the Los
- [PSA FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/psa-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-2/)
- [K9 TO RETIRE AFTER STORIED CAREER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/k9-to-retire-after-storied-career/) - REEDSPORT, Ore. — The Reedsport Police Department stated Officer K9 Penny is "nearing the end of her storybook career" and her last shift will be April 16th. During her five-year career in Reedsport, she’s been responsible for the seizure of $56,000 dollars, 6 vehicles, 34 firearms, over 34 pounds of methamphetamine, 2 1/2 pounds of
- [BROADWAY MUSICAL OPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/broadway-musical-opened-on-this-day/) - On April 7, 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The romantic musical about World War II, which touches on controversial racial themes, went on to run for almost five years, becoming one of the most popular musicals of the 1950s. The show
- [HISTORIC FIND MADE BY ARCHAEOLGISTS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/historic-find-made-by-archaeolgists/) - (AP) - Archaeologists recently made a colossal discovery: They found an ancient Roman mass grave, dating back to the first- century A.D., underneath a soccer field in Vienna. The necropolis was found by construction crews working in the Vienna neighborhood of Simmering last October. The discovery was unknown to the world until the Vienna Museum
- [POPULAR BAND’S DRUMMER HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/popular-bands-drummer-has-died/) - Clem Burke (Bozewski) (November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025) Clem Burke, famed drummer for Blondie, died on Sunday, April 6. following a private battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. The band’s official social media shared on Monday…“Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie.” (Hollywood reporter)
- [ACTOR WON HIS FIRST AND ONLY OSCAR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/actor-won-his-first-and-only-oscar/) - On April 7, 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne won his first—and only—acting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director Henry Hathaway’s Western True Grit. Wayne appeared in some 150 movies over the course of his long and storied career. He established his tough, rugged, uniquely American screen persona most vividly in the
- [PRESIDENT INAUGURATED ON THIS DAY IN 1841](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/president-inaugurated-on-this-day-in-1841/) - On April 6, 1841, John Tyler was sworn in as president. Tyler was elected as William Harrison’s vice president earlier in 1841 and was suddenly thrust into the role of president when Harrison died one month into office. He was the first vice president to immediately assume the role of president after a sitting president’s
- [TV SERIES STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 73](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/tv-series-star-has-died-at-age-73/) - Jay North, who starred as the young mischief maker with the characteristic blond cowlick on the 1959-63 CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after years of battling colon cancer.
- [A COUNTRY LEGEND DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-country-legend-died-on-this-day/) - Country music singer and songwriter Tammy Wynette is considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Wynette was plagued by health problems throughout her life. Her health declined even more in the final years of her life and she began to look frailer. Tammy Wynette died from a blood clot in her lung. She
- [NEW CAKE TREAT WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/new-cake-treat-was-born-on-this-day/) - In 1931 while looking for a way to keep his company’s shortcake- baking machinery busy when strawberries are out of season, manager James Dewar tried injecting one of the cakes with cream filling. He dubbed his creation the Twinkie. James Alexander Dewar (1897-1985)
- [FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VETO WAS EXERCISED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/first-presidential-veto-was-exercised/) - George Washington exercised the first presidential veto of a Congressional bill on April 5, 1792. The bill introduced a new plan for dividing seats in the House of Representatives that would have increased the amount of seats for northern states. After consulting with his politically divided and contentious cabinet, Washington, who came from the southern
- [THIS WAS FAITH–THE BIPEDAL DOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/this-was-faith-the-bipedal-dog/) - Faith (December 22, 2002 - September 22, 2014) was a bipedal dog, born with three legs; two fully developed hind legs and a deformed front leg, which was amputated when she was seven months old. Her owner, Jude Stringfellow, adopted Faith when the mother dog was found trying to smother the deformed puppy—her son rescued
- [REMEMBER THIS MOVIE FROM 1951?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/remember-this-movie-from-1951/) - A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He acquires more than 1000 square miles of land, but he finds himself up against ivory poachers and local tribesmen in their
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-540/) - MIKE GRACIA Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) MacArthur died in Walter Reed Army Medical Center after surgery on 5 April 1964, of primary biliary cholangitis at age 84.
- [A FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/a-first-novel-published-on-this-day/) - On April 5, 1974, Stephen King, a Maine high school teacher who had been writing on evenings and weekends, saw his first full-length novel, Carrie, published. The release by Doubleday & Co. becomes a bestseller and inspires a movie of the same name. For King, Carrie kicks off a phenomenal writing career, one in which
- [THE VOICE OF HAL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-voice-of-hal/) - Douglas James Rain (May 9, 1928 – November 11, 2018) Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best-known for voicing HAL 9000, the supercomputer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). He co-founded the Stratford Festival, and
- [OFFICIAL OPENING ON THIS DAY IN 1973](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/official-opening-on-this-day-in-1973/) - The “Twin Towers” of the World Trade Center officially open in New York City. The buildings replaced the Empire State Building as the world’s tallest building. Though they would only hold that title for a year, they remained a dominant feature of the city’s skyline and were recognizable the world over long before they were
- [CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WAS ASSASSINATED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/civil-rights-activist-was-assassinated/) - Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr.was fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him
- [THE FIRST PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/the-first-portable-defibrillator/) - Dr. J. Frank Pantridge was a cardiologist at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. He knew that people who die from heart attacks often do so within an hour of the attack. So in 1965, Pantridge developed the first portable defibrillator and had it installed in an ambulance. His invention has helped paramedics around the world
- [BOMBER ARRESTED ON THIS DAY IN 1996](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/bomber-arrested-on-this-day-in-1996/) - At his small wilderness cabin near Lincoln, Montana (above), Theodore John Kaczynski was arrested by FBI agents and accused of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist blamed for 16 mail bombs that killed three people and injured 23 during an 18-year period. Theodore John Kaczynski (May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023) At 12:23
- [CHILD MAKES BIBLICAL DISCOVERY ON TRIP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/child-makes-biblical-discovery-on-trip/) - (FOX NEWS) - The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Monday that 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan came across a 3,800-year-old Canaanite amulet back in March. The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and were descended from Noah's grandson Canaan, according to the Old Testament. Omer Nitzan, Ziv's sister, said her family was walking along
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/history-was-made-on-this-day-539/) - SANDY KOZEL Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century, Brando received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, three British
- [EDDIE MURPHY IS 64 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/eddie-murphy-is-64-today/) - Chameleonic actor-comedian who leapt from the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on NBC, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984 to "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Nutty Professor" film series. Buckwheat
- [KUBRICK FILM HAS WORLD PREMIERE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/kubrick-film-has-world-premiere/) - Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey had its world theatrical premiere on April 2, 1968. Kubrick, whose 1964 Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove had been popular with audiences and critics alike, was intrigued by science fiction but felt the genre rarely produced interesting films. He became determined to make one, using the sci-fi story The
- [ANCIENT GLADIATOR TOMB DISCOVERED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/ancient-gladiator-tomb-discovered/) - (FOX NEWS) - Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape (ABAP) Superintendence for the Metropolitan Area of Naples on March 21. In a statement translated from Italian to English,
- [WELL KNOWN ACTOR HAS DIED AT 65](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/well-known-actor-has-died-at-65/) - (FOX NEWS) - Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in many high- profile films, including "Top Gun," "Batman Forever" and "Tombstone," died Tuesday (April 1). The New York Times reported that Kilmer died of pneumonia. Kilmer, who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the original "Top Gun" in 1986, died in Los Angeles, according to his daughter,
- [OJ SIMPSON’S BIBLE SELLS AT AUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/oj-simpsons-bible-sell-at-auction/) - LOS ANGELES (TNND) — A Bible Robert Kardashian Sr. gave his friend and client O.J. Simpson shortly after Simpson was arrested in the mid-1990s recently sold at an auction for more than $80,000. According to Goldin Auctions, Kardashian signed the Bible and included a "heartfelt inscription" inside the book. This book will help," Kardashian wrote.
- [ACTRESS IS 86 YEARS YOUNG TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/actress-is-86-years-young-today/) - Actress Elizabeth MacGraw won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in Goodbye, Columbus (1969). She then starred in Love Story (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. 1978
- [U.S. TROOPS LANDED ON OKINAWA IN 1945](https://pdxretro.com/2025/04/u-s-troops-landed-on-okinawa-in-1945/) - On April 1, 1945, after suffering the loss of 116 planes and damage to three aircraft carriers, 50,000 U.S. combat troops, under the command of Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner Jr., landed on the southwest coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa, 350 miles south of Kyushu, the southern main island of Japan. Determined to
- [SCIENCE FICTION ACTION FILM RELEASED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/science-fiction-action-film-released/) - On March 31, 1999, the writing and directing sibling team of Lana and Lilly Wachowski release their second film, the mind- blowing science-fiction blockbuster The Matrix. Later films include Cloud Atlas (2012) and Jupiter Ascending (2015). A sequel to The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Resurrections, was released in 2021.
- [MUSICAL OPENED ON BROADWAY IN 1943](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/musical-opened-on-broadway-in-1943/) - Oklahoma! opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943. In spite of a less-than-promising lead-up, it would go on to set a Broadway record of 2,212 performances before finally closing five years later.
- [CHRISTOPHER WALKEN IS 80 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/christopher-walken-is-80-today/) - Oscar-winning actor Christopher Walken is noted for offbeat performances in films like "The Deer Hunter" and "Pulp Fiction." Walken has earned him numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. His films have grossed more than
- [ANDREW JACKSON TREE TO BE DOWNED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/andrew-jackson-tree-to-be-downed/) - The magnolia tree (left of center, with a silver trunk) dates between the late 1820s and the 1860s. (FOX NEWS) - President Trump has announced the plan to chop down the tree. According to folklore, two trees were planted by Andrew Jackson to honor his late wife Rachel. President Trump said “this tree is in
- [MUSICIAN ERIC CLAPTON IS 80 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/musician-eric-clapton-is-80-today/) - Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music.Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time." He was named
- [‘DR. KILDARE’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 90](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/dr-kildare-star-has-died-at-age-90/) - Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30, 1966. (The Hollywood Reporter) - Richard Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke. He was two days shy of his 91st birthday. Shōgun is a 1980 historical drama miniseries first broadcast
- [ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/attempted-assassination-on-this-day-2/) - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by a drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters,
- [NORTHWEST ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 86](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/northwest-actor-has-died-at-age-86/) - Denis Arndt, the Tony Award-nominated actor whose many onscreen roles included starring in "S.W.A.T."(2003) and famously interrogating Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct," (1992) has died. According to an obituary published Wednesday, Arndt died "peacefully in his bed" at his longtime cabin home in Ashland, Oregon on Tuesday, March 25. Denis Arndt served in the Vietnam
- [THE NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-news-that-made-history-36/) - SANDY KOZEL
- [FRESHMAN HELPS COLLEGE TEAM WIN TITLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/freshman-helps-college-team-win-title/) - On March 29, 1982, A 19-year-old North Carolina freshman Michael Jordan makes a 16-foot jump shot with 15 seconds left to give the Tar Heels a 63-62 win over Georgetown for the NCAA Tournament championship. "To tell the truth," Jordan tells reporters in New Orleans afterward, "I didn't see it go in. I didn't want
- [IT’S CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME IN D.C.](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/its-cherry-blossom-time-in-d-c/) - March 27, 1912: In Washington, D.C., Helen Taft, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River, near the Jefferson Memorial. The event commemorated a gift, by the Japanese of some 3,020 cherry trees to the U.S.
- [PSA FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/psa-from-the-pdx-retro-blog/) - Impact the lives of St. Jude kids - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- [THE BETTY WHITE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-betty-white-commemorative-stamp/) - The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the "Betty White Forever Stamp" on Thursday during a ceremony at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
- [THE ‘’QUEEN OF COUNTRY’’ IS 70 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-queen-of-country-is-70-today/) - Reba McEntire hits include "Whoever's in New England” and her cover of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy." She has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s she has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number one spot. An actress in films and television.
- [POP MUSIC ICON IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/pop-music-icon-is-having-a-birthday/) - Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) was born in New York City. The Oscar-winning songwriter, singer, actress and style icon with hits like "Poker Face" and "Born This Way" is 40 years young today.
- [NUCLEAR DISASTER OCCURED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/nuclear-disaster-occured-on-this-day/) - On March 28, 1979, one of the worst accidents in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry began when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat. The
- [RETIRED PRESIDENT DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1969](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/retired-president-died-on-this-day-in-1969/) - Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War II, died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78. In 1961, he retired with his wife, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, to his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was buried on a family plot
- [SUPER BOWL CHAMPION HAS DIED AT 51](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/super-bowl-champion-has-died-at-51/) - (FOX NEWS) - Former NFL defensive back Matt Stevens has died. According to an obituary, Stevens died on March 20. A cause of death was not immediately provided. Stevens played for five NFL teams, including the Patriots and Texans.
- [THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-political-cartoon-from-fox-news-21/)
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/history-was-made-on-this-day-538/) - MIKE GRACIA Milton Berle (Mendel Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) Berle was an actor and comedian. His career spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1953), he was
- [JOHNNY MATHIS IS TAKING A STEP BACK](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/johnny-mathis-is-taking-a-step-back/) - The singers retirement from the stage was announced via a Facebook post on Wednesday (March 26), which notes that all shows scheduled after June 2025 will be canceled, as his final show will take place May 18 at the Bergan Performing Arts Center in Englewood, NJ. The statement reads…"As many of you may already know
- [THE POLITICAL JOKE FOR THE DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-political-joke-for-the-day/) - Dem lawmaker says 'female bodies are just as strong and fast' as male bodies. Pennsylvania Democrat state senator Lindsey Williams gave controversial testimony at the state capitol on Wednesday while opposing a bill that would ban trans athletes from girls sports.
- [FIGHTING ON ISLAND ENDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/fighting-on-island-ended-on-this-day/) - The west Pacific volcanic island of Iwo Jima was declared secured by the U.S. military after weeks of fiercely fighting its Japanese defenders. The Americans began applying pressure to the Japanese defense of Iwo Jima in February 1944, when B-24 and B-25 bombers raided the island for 74 days straight. It was the longest pre-invasion
- [I LOVED SLEEPING IN THE DOME CAR!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/i-loved-sleeping-in-the-dome-car/) - Dome observation car at the rear of Union Pacific's City of Portland passenger train was added in 1955. The City of Portland was a named passenger train on the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon. The first trip for the train left Portland on June 6, 1935. The Silver Dome was
- [VACCINE ANNOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1953](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/vaccine-announded-on-this-day-in-1953/) - On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announced on a national radio program that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. In 1952—an epidemic year for polio—there were 58,000 new cases reported in the United States, and more than 3,000 died from
- [‘’QUEEN OF MOTOWN’’ IS 81 YEARS YOUNG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/queen-of-motown-is-81-years-young/) - Diana Ross was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-257/) - For over 150 years, the ASPCA has worked to put an end to animal abuse and neglect. We are a national leader in animal rescue, protection and placement, but none of it would be possible without regular monthly gifts from ASPCA Guardians. Becoming a Guardian is the easiest, most efficient way to fight cruelty and
- [THE POLITICAL JOKE OF THE DAY FROM FOX](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-political-joke-of-the-day-from-fox-2/) - Maxine Waters floats deporting Melania Trump in anti-DOGE diatribe. Note: Melania Trump was born in the former Yugoslavia and became a US citizen in 2006. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump.
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/history-was-made-on-this-day-537/) - MIKE GRACIA Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th EGOT winner in
- [MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXING TITLE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/middleweight-boxing-title-on-this-day/) - On March 25, 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Carmen Basilio to regain the middleweight championship. It was the fifth and final title of his career. Robinson is considered by many to be the greatest prizefighter in history. No less an authority than heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali said, “My idol will always be Sugar Ray Robinson,
- [EPIC GANGSTER FILM OPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/epic-gangster-film-opened-on-this-day/) - On March 24, 1972, - The Godfather - a three-hour epic chronicling the lives of the Corleones, an Italian-American crime family led by the powerful Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando)—was released in theaters nationwide. The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, as well as a landmark of the
- [ONE OF THE WORST OIL SPILLS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/one-of-the-worst-oil-spills-on-this-day/) - March 24, 1989: One of the worst oil spills in U.S. history began when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water. Attempts to contain the massive spill
- [“THE KING” BECAME A PRIVATE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-king-became-a-private-on-this-day/) - On March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army, starting his day as the King of Rock and Roll, but ending it as a lowly buck private in the United States Army. When Elvis Presley turned 18 on January 8, 1953, he fulfilled his patriotic duty and legal obligation to register his
- [FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/former-member-of-congress-has-died/) - (FOX NEWS) - Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, died on Sunday at the age of 49, according to her family. She lost her battle with cancer. Love, who was the daughter of Haitian immigrants and the first black Republican woman elected to Congress in 2014, "passed away peacefully" surrounded by family. Love had been
- [JOURNEY FOR HOME BEGAN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/journey-for-home-began-on-this-day/) - Conferring with Clatsop Indians at the fort. After passing a wet and tedious winter near the Pacific Coast, Lewis and Clark left behind Fort Clatsop and headed east for home. The Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific the previous November, having made a difficult crossing over the rugged Rocky Mountains.
- [MOVIE WAS BIG WINNER ON THIS DATE IN 1998](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/movie-was-big-winner-on-this-date-in-1998/) - By the time James Cameron (above) took the stage to accept his Academy Award for Best Director on the night of March 23, 1998, the Oscar dominance of his blockbuster film Titanic was all but assured. Titanic tied the record for most Oscar nominations with 14— joining 1950’s _All About Eve—_and by night’s end would
- [POPULAR PERSONALITY HAS A BIRTHDAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/popular-personality-has-a-birthday/) - Canadian born actor William Shatner is 94 years old today. His career spans seven decades and is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his
- [A WOMEN’S FIRST ON THIS DAY IN 1893](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/a-womens-first-on-this-day-in-1893/) - On March 22, 1893, the first women’s college basketball game was played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. With each made basket counting as one point and the game lasting two 15-minute halves, a sophomore class team prevailed over a freshmen team, 5-4. Men are not permitted inside the gym at the all-women college, but
- [TODAY’S HISTORIC NEWS MAKERS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/todays-historic-news-makers/) - SANDY KOZEL Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. 2004
- [FORMER PRO BOXER HAS DIED AT 76](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/former-pro-boxer-has-died-at-76/) - George Edward Foreman Former Heavyweight champion George Foreman’s family announced his passing Friday. They stated he departed peacefully surrounded by loved ones. No cause of death was given.
- [‘’DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME?’’](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/dr-livingstone-i-presume/) - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone. In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were fascinated by the continent of Africa. Few did more to increase Africa’s fame than Livingstone, one of the United Kingdom's most famous explorers. In August 1865, he set
- [FIRST ROCK CONCERT HELD ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/first-rock-concert-held-on-this-day/) - On March 21, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio hosted an event now recognized as history’s first major rock-and-roll show… the Moondog Coronation Ball. Breathless promotion on the local radio station. Tickets selling out in a single day. Thousands of teenagers, hours before show time, lining up outside the biggest venue in town. The scene outside the Cleveland
- [BRITISH ACTOR GARY OLDMAN IS 67 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/british-actor-gary-oldman-is-67-today/) - Oldman is known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making im one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. 1991 Oldman
- [REMEMBER THIS PROMOTION FOR TEXACO?](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/remember-this-promotion-for-texaco/) - 1960s Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)
- [TROOPS SENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/troops-sent-for-civil-rights-march/) - On March 20, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notified Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr.
- [TIME TO SPRUCE UP FOR SPRING!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/time-to-spruce-up-for-spring/) - MAGAZINE AD FROM THE 1950’s
- [REPUBLICAN PARTY FOUNDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/republican-party-founded-on-this-day/) - In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party met to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the “tyranny” of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery. With the
- [WAR IN IRAQ BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 2003](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/war-in-iraq-began-on-this-day-in-2003-2/) - On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiated war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to
- [HARLEM RIOT BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1935](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/harlem-riot-began-on-this-day-in-1935/) - A riot brook out in Harlem when local residents suspect that a Black boy has been beaten, and possibly killed, by a white business owner. Although the rumors turn out to be false, the riot highlighted the struggles of Harlem's historically Black community against discrimination during the Great Depression. Many modern scholars consider the 1935
- [DOWN PAYMENT ON MANSION MADE IN 1957](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/down-payment-on-mansion-made-in-1957/) - On March 19, 1957 - Elvis Presley put a $1,000 down payment on a $102,500, 13.8 acre mansion in Memphis, Tennessee and called it "Graceland." The mansion is the second-most-visited house in America after the big white one on Pennsylvania Avenue.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-256/) - ASPCA | American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- [WELCOME HOME!](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/welcome-back/) - A pair of NASA astronauts, who were stranded in space for more than nine months, returned to Earth on Tuesday, landing in the Gulf of America off Tallahassee, Florida, bringing an end to an unforeseen odyssey. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.
- [BUSINESS BEGAN SHIPPING AND BANKING](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/business-began-shipping-and-banking/) - On March 18, 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business, today one of the world's largest banks. The discovery of gold in California in 1849 prompted a huge spike in the demand for cross-country shipping. Wells and Fargo decided to take
- [‘’TRI-STATE TORNADO’’ HIT ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/tri-state-tornado-hit-on-this-day/) - The worst tornado in U.S. history passed through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing $17 million in property damage. Known as the “Tri-State Tornado,” the deadly twister began its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but wreaked its worst damage in southern Illinois. More than 500
- [BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON ON THIS DAY IN 1776](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/british-leave-boston-on-this-day-in-1776/) - On March 17, 1776, British forces were forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooked the city from the south.
- [CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY ENDED IN 1992](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/crime-against-humanity-ended-in-1992/) - On March 17, 1992, white South Africans vote overwhelmingly in a referendum to end minority rule, by a margin of 68.7 percent to 31.2 percent. Thus ended the turbulent period called apartheid, a racial segregation policy that separated the minority white population by designating areas and activities prohibited to Black people. “Today we have closed
- [FIRST ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE IN 1601](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/first-st-patricks-day-parade-in-1601/) - (Tenement Museum) The first recorded parade honoring the Catholic feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,was held in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on March 17, 1601 in a Spanish colony under the direction of the colony's Irish vicar, Ricardo Artur.
- [PRIZE WINNING PHOTO TAKEN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/prize-winning-photo-taken-on-this-day/) - On March 17, 1973, Associated Press photographer Slava “Sal” Veder captured a heartwarming scene on the tarmac of California'sTravis Air Force Base as a recently freed American prisoner of war runs toward his family. The jubilation of the moment is encapsulated in the central image of his teenaged daughter, whose wide smile and outstretched arms
- [MILITARY ACADEMY ESTABLISHED IN 1802](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/military-academy-established-in-1802/) - The United States Military Academy—the first military school in the United States, was founded by Congress for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science. Located at West Point, New York, the U.S. Military Academy is often simply known as West Point.
- [JOURNALIST KIDNAPPED ON THIS DAY IN 1985](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/journalist-kidnapped-on-this-day-in-1985/) - In Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson and take him to the southern suburbs of the war- torn city, where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined buildings. Before his abduction, Anderson covered the Lebanese Civil War for The Associated Press and also served as the AP’s Beirut
- [‘’FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS BORN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/father-of-the-constitution-was-born-2/) - March 16, 1751, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the Federalist Papers and fourth president of the United States, was born on a plantation in Virginia. Madison first distinguished himself as a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he successfully completed a four-year
- [PRAY FOR VIOLENT TORNADOE VICTIMS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/pray-for-violent-tornadoe-victims/) - BAKERSFIELD, Mo.(FOX NEWS) – At least 18 people are dead across three states following a widespread and dangerous severe weather outbreak, which started on Friday and has continued during the first half of the weekend. Most of the destruction was in southeastern Missouri, where the state's highway patrol said six deaths occurred
- [BRAND NEW AND FACTORY FRESH](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/brand-new-and-factory-fresh/)
- [CELEBRATING 83 YEARS OF BROADCASTING](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/celebrating-83-years-of-broadcasting/) - Voice of America is an international broadcasting state media network funded by the federal government of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S. international broadcasters. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-255/)
- [OLD HICKORY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/old-hickory-was-born-on-this-day/) - Battle Of New Orleans. Future seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson was born in a backwoods region between North and South Carolina to Irish immigrant parents on March 15, 1767. Jackson was essentially an orphan—all but one member of his family were killed during the Revolutionary War—who rose from humble beginnings to
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/history-was-made-on-this-day-536/) - SANDY KOZEL Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married each other for the first time on March 15, 1964, in Montreal, Canada.
- [AN IMAGE FROM PORTLAND’S PAST ~ 1935](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/an-image-from-portlands-past-1935/) - New System Laundry with fleet and employees 1001 NE Flanders St. (City of Portland photo)
- [BELOVED HARBOR SEAL HAS PASSED AWAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/beloved-harbor-seal-has-passed-away/) - (KOMO NEWS) - The Seattle Aquarium is grieving the loss of Barney, a cherished 39-year-old harbor seal who passed away today. Barney, who was the equivalent of a 100-year-old human, was one of the oldest known harbor seals in human care. Dr. Caitlin Hadfield, Director of Animal Health, and the veterinary and animal care teams
- [E = mc2…EINSTEIN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/e-mc2einstein-was-born-on-this-day/) - On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered human understanding of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.
- [RETIRED ACTOR IS 92 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/retired-actor-is-93-years-old-today/) - Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) has appeared in more than 160 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in
- [USE OF BLACK SOLDIERS APPROVED IN 1865](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/use-of-black-soldiers-approved-in-1865/) - On March 13, 1865, with the main Rebel armies facing long odds against much larger Union armies, the Confederacy, in a desperate measure, reluctantly approved the use of Black troops. The situation was bleak for the Confederates in the spring of 1865. The Yankees had captured large swaths of Southern territory, General William T. Sherman’s
- [‘’GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM”](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/good-morning-vietnam/) - Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer (below). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1987
- [THE K-9 CORPS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1942](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-k-9-corps-launched-on-this-day-in-1942/) - On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army began training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.”Well over a million dogs served on both sides during World War I, carrying messages along the complex network of trenches and providing some psychological comfort to the soldiers.
- [CARTOON DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1852](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/cartoon-debuted-on-this-day-in-1852/) - March 13, 1852 — Frank Bellew’s cartoon, “Uncle Sam,” made its debut in the NY Lantern Weekly. The character’s name is attributed to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer who supplied food to the troops during the War of 1812. Legend has it that he conspicuously marked “U.S.” on the packages and before long the soldiers
- [FDR’S FIRST ‘’FIRESIDE CHAT’’ ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/fdrs-first-fireside-chat-on-this-day/) - On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address—or “fireside chat”—broadcast directly from the White House. Roosevelt began that first address simply: “I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.” He went on to explain his
- [SAFEWAY HEROES WERE RECOGNIZED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/safeway-heroes-were-recognized/) - LEBANON, Ore. (KATU) — On Feb. 6, 2025, a group of Safeway employees in Lebanon demonstrated heroism when a co-worker suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in the store's break room. Mary Stratton, John Escalera, Brandy Davis, and Tammy Vanepps- Fox acted in time, performing CPR and using an Automated
- [FIRST TIME SOFT DRINK SOLD IN BOTTLES](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/first-time-soft-drink-sold-in-bottles/) - Though today there is almost nothing as ubiquitous as a bottle of Coca-Cola, this was not always the case. For the first several years of its existence, Coke was only available as a fountain drink, and its producer saw no reason for that to change. Originally developed as a non-addictive substitute for morphine, then marketed
- [ARMY BRANCH ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/army-branch-established-on-this-day/) - On March 11, 1779, Congress established the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental and structural facilities for the U.S. Army. Made up of civilian workers, members of the Continental Army and French officers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played an essential role in the critical Revolutionary War battles
- [GENERAL LEFT PHILLIPPINES ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/general-left-phillippines-on-this-day/) - General Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines on March 11, 1942, by PT boat during World War II. He was ordered to leave by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Japanese took control of the Philippines. MacArthur promised to return and liberate the Philippines, which he did in October 1944. Gen. MacArthur (left) with President Franklin
- [BAND LEADER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1903](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/band-leader-born-on-this-day-in-1903/) - On March 11, 1903, musician and band leader Lawrence Welk was born. For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s and '40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like clockwork every Saturday night from
- [REALITY SHOW PIONEER DEBUT ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/reality-show-pioneer-debut-on-this-day/) - On March 11, 1989, "Cops," a documentary-style television series that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as they go about their jobs, debuted on Fox. "Cops" went on to become one of the longest-running shows in television history. It went off the air in 2020. The show, which was created by John Langley and Malcolm
- [THE FOX NEWS CARTOON OF THE DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-fox-news-cartoon-of-the-day/)
- [FROM THE INTERESTING FACT DEPARTMENT](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/from-the-interesting-fact-department/) - It is thought that the first person to aerate water with carbon dioxide was William Brownrigg in the 1740s. Joseph Priestley invented carbonated water, independently and by accident, in 1767 when he discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide after having suspended a bowl of water above a beer vat at a brewery
- [NEWS MAKERS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/news-makers-on-this-day-in-history/) - SANDY KOZEL Alexander Graham Bell's “liquid” transmitter design permitted the first successful transmission of speech by Bell to his assistant, Thomas Watson in another room when he said…“Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” Bell had received a comprehensive telephone patent just three days before. Thomas Augustus Watson, Bell’s Assistant. Bell and Watson depicted in
- [COMEDIAN PASSED ON THIS DAY AT 100](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/comedian-passed-on-this-day-at-100/) - On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer George Burns died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday. 1977
- [ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD LEGO RECORD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/attempt-to-break-world-lego-record/) - SAN ANTONIO (WOAI/KABB) — Legacy Traditional School in Alamo Ranch is on a mission to break a Guinness World Record using 42,000 Lego bricks. The school began its ambitious project earlier this week, aiming to surpass the previous record by more than 22,000 bricks. The effort involves a team of four builders, including the school's
- [ACTORS SMALL IMPROVISED MOVIE ROLE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/actors-small-improvised-movie-role/) - 1974 In the 1974 film "Young Frankenstein," actor Gene Hackman (right) plays a blind, hermetic priest who is visited by the Frankenstein monster, played by Peter Boyle. Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025)
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-254/) - Upcoming time change means changing batteries in smoke detectors.
- [A GLOBAL ICON DEBUTED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/a-global-icon-debuted-on-this-day/) - On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel, Inc. with
- [MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 VANISHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-vanished/) - The missing aircraft pictured in December 2011. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost contact with air traffic control less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, then veers off course and disappears. Most of the plane, and everyone on board, were never seen
- [REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/reminder-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-10/)
- [ICONIC MICROBUS WENT INTO PRODUCTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/iconic-microbus-went-into-production/) - Volkswagen, maker of the Beetle automobile, expanded its product offerings to include a microbus, which went into production on March 8, 1950. Known officially as the Volkswagen Type 2 (the Beetle was the Type 1) or the Transporter, the bus was a favorite mode of transportation for hippies in the U.S. during the 1960s and
- [THE NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-news-on-this-day-in-history-15/) - SANDY KOZEL On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ended in violence when marchers were attacked and beaten by white state troopers and sheriff’s deputies. The day's events became known as "Bloody Sunday."
- [JAZZ MUSIC LEGEND HAS DIED AT AGE 84](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/jazz-music-legend-has-died-at-age-84/) - Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos
- [‘’AND THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS”… ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/and-thats-the-way-it-was-on-this-day/) - From the CBS News archives, legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite signs off for the final time on the "CBS Evening News." Cronkite manned the anchor desk from April, 16, 1962 until March 6, 1981. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
- [THE BOSTON MASSACRE WAS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-boston-massacre-was-on-this-day/) - On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston and began taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce
- [FAD WAS PATENTED ON THIS DAY IN 1963](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/fad-was-patented-on-this-day-in-1963/) - March 5, 1963: the Hula Hoop, a hip-swiveling toy that became a huge fad across America when it was first marketed by Wham-O in 1958, was patented by the company’s co-founder, Arthur “Spud” Melin. An estimated 25 million Hula Hoops were sold in its first four months of production alone. Following the Hula Hoop, Wham-O
- [MAGAZINE WAS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1974](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/magazine-was-launched-on-this-day-in-1974/) - On March 4, 1974, actress Mia Farrow from The Great Gatsby graced the cover of the inaugural issue of People, a weekly celebrity and human interest magazine spotlighting the personal lives of notable and intriguing people. People remains one of America’s best-selling weeklies. The magazine has earned respect for its refusal, unlike tabloids, to publish
- [GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/government-under-the-constitution/) - The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The first session of the U.S. Congress was held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution took effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called to represent the 11
- [COMIC DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1994](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/comic-died-on-this-day-in-1994/) - John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) The comedic star John Candy died suddenly of a heart attack on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he was living near Durango, Mexico, while filming Wagons East, a Western comedy co-starring the comedian Richard Lewis. 1987
- [ACTOR REMEMBERS GENE HACKMAN ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/actor-remembers-gene-hackman/) - Morgan Freeman opened the annual In Memoriam segment at the 2025 Oscars by sharing kind words about his former co-star, Gene Hackman, who died last week. Freeman addressed the Dolby Theatre audience in Hollywood by saying, “This week, our community lost a giant — and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman.” Freeman continued, “I
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/history-was-made-on-this-day-535/) - DAVID MELENDY The first issue of Time magazine was published on March 3, 1923. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United States. Yale alumni Henry Luce and Briton Hadden sought to revolutionize news delivery by creating TIME, a news publication that offered concise and informative
- [A BIG CELEBRATION ON THIS DAY IN 1966](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/a-big-celebration-on-this-day-in-1966/) - On March 2, 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of its 1 millionth Mustang, a white convertible. The sporty, affordable vehicle was officially launched two years earlier, on April 17, 1964, at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. That same day, the new car debuted in Ford showrooms
- [BIG MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1933](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/big-movie-premiered-on-this-day-in-1933/) - The movie King Kong premiered in the Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City on March 2, 1933. U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the four-day nationwide bank holiday three days after the film's premiere in New York City. The film was a box-office success and during the opening weekend
- [SPACE PROBE WAS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/space-probe-was-launched-on-this-day/) - Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular
- [SLAVE TRADE WAS ABOLISHED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/slave-trade-was-abolished-on-this-day/) - On March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passes an act to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States…from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.” It would go into effect at the start of the following year.
- [CARTOON FOR THE DAY FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/the-cartoon-for-the-day-from-fox-news/) - Gene Hackman left home at age 16, lied about his age to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, and served four and a half years as a field-radio operator. He was stationed in China.
- [ANCIENT DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT WAS FOUND](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/ancient-dinosaur-footprint-was-found/) - (FOX NEWS) - A massive dinosaur footprint of the Iguanodon species, which dates back over 100 million years, has been found on a beach in England. Paleontologist Joe Thompson (above) a fossil guide with Wight Coast Fossils who unearthed the print, told Fox News Digital that he made the discovery on the Isle of Wight
- [MOVIE WON MOST AWARDS ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/movie-won-most-awards-on-this-day/) - Gone with the Wind won eight Academy Awards: Best Picture, Actress (Vivien Leigh), Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel), Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler), Color Cinematography (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan), Directing (Victor Fleming), Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom) and Writing – Screenplay (Sidney Howard). Vivien Leigh during the 12th Academy Awards Oscar night.
- [FIRST FOR A AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/03/first-for-a-african-american-actress/) - On February 29, 1940, Gone with the Wind is honored with eight Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An epic Southern romance set during the hard times of the Civil War, the movie swept the prestigious Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Film Editing, and Actress categories. However, the
- [CULT COMPOUND WAS RAIDED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/cult-compound-was-raided-on-this-day/) - At Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, agents of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms launched a raid against the Branch Davidian compound as part of an investigation into illegal possession of firearms and explosives by the cult. Following the unsuccessful ATF raid, the Federal Bureau of Investigation took over the situation.
- [SERIES FINALE AIRED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/series-finale-aired-on-this-day/) - On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bowed out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time.
- [GENE HACKMAN AND WIFE FOUND DEAD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead/) - Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 - c.February 26, 2025) American actor and novelist, widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation. Hackman gained widespread recognition for his breakthrough role as Buck Barrow in "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Over the next five decades, he
- [SINGERS GLASSES FOUND ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/singers-glasses-found-on-this-day/) - On February 27, 1980, the long-lost glasses of rocker Buddy Holly, who died in a deadly plane crash in 1959, were found— filed away in a manila envelope in a court clerk's office marked "Charles Harden Holly". That envelope was opened by Sheriff Jerry Allen. The glasses were eventually returned
- [SEMINARY PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/seminary-president-born-on-this-day/) - Chafer was born in Rock Creek, Ohio. Chafer was a theologian who co-founded Dallas Theological Seminary with his older brother Rollin Thomas Chafer (1868– 1940), served as its first president, and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century. John Hannah described Chafer as a visionary Bible teacher,
- [YOUNG ACTRESS HAS NEEN FOUND DEAD](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/young-actress-has-neen-found-dead/) - (FOX News) – Actress Michelle Trachtenberg was found dead in a New York City apartment today. She was 39. Authorities found Trachtenberg after responding to a 911 call around 8 a.m. local time. The actress was unconscious and unresponsive, according to the New York Police Department. Trachtenberg's death is not being investigated as suspicious and
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1993](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-in-1993-3/) - At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb exploded in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel- reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers,
- [‘’THE QUIET BEATLE” WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-quiet-beatle-was-born-on-this-day/) - George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) Harrison was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. On 29 November 2001, Harrison died at a property belonging to McCartney, on Heather Road in Beverly Hills, California. He was
- [FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE SWORN IN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-african-american-to-be-sworn-in/) - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi, was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister, helped form African American army regiments for the Union cause, started a school for freed men, and served as a chaplain for the
- [R&B/SOUL LEGEND HAS DIED AT AGE 88](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/rb-soul-legend-has-died-at-age-88/) - Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937- February 24, 2025) (AP) - Singer Roberta Flack, known for the hit Killing Me Softly, has died . Her manager, Suzanne Koga, stated she died from cardiac arrest on her way to the hospital in Manhattan.
- [CALL FOR HELP MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1836](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/call-for-help-made-on-this-day-in-1836/) - On February 24, 1836, in San Antonio, Texas, Colonel William Travis issued a call for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo, an old Spanish mission and fortress under siege by the Mexican army. The Battle of the Alamo was a key battle in the Texas Revolution that took place from February
- [BILLY ZANE IS 59 YEARS OLD TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/actor-billy-zane-is-59-years-old-today/) - Zane as Match, was one of the three high school boys who made up Biff Tannen's gang in Back to the Future (1985). 1993 1990 1997 Actor William George Zane Jr. was born in Chicago. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film Dead Calm, a performance that earned him a nomination for
- [A MASTER OF COMEDY DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1965](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/a-master-of-comedy-died-on-this-day-in-1965/) - Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) In January 1965, Stan underwent a series of X-rays for an infection on the roof of his mouth. He died on 23 February 1965, aged 74, in his apartment, four days following a heart attack. Laurel was an English comic
- [U.S. FLAG RAISED ON THIS DAY IN 1945](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/u-s-flag-raised-on-this-day-in-1945/) - February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division took the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raised the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery, who was with them, recorded the
- [FIRST POLIO VACCINES ON THIS DAY IN 1954](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-polio-vaccines-on-this-day-in-1954/) - On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. Thanks to the vaccine, by the 21st century polio cases were reduced by 99 percent worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, polio cases have been
- [NEW FOREVER POSTAL STAMP ANNOUNCED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/new-forever-postal-stamp-announced/) - (TNND) — The U.S. Postal Service will be celebrating and honoring beloved actress Betty White with a new forever stamp bearing her likeness. USPS said in a news release the stamp will commemorate her "warmth, wit and charisma." A forever stamp means it never expires and is equal to the price of 1-ounce First-Class mail.
- [FATHER OF THE U.S. BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/father-of-the-u-s-born-on-this-day/) - On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. (Augustine had three additional children from a previous marriage.) An initially loyal British subject, Washington eventually led the Continental Army in the American Revolution and became the new nation's first president. He
- [THE FIRST DAYTONA 500 WINNER IN 1959](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-first-daytona-500-winner-in-1959/) - On February 22, 1959, Lee Petty defeated Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish at the just-opened Daytona International Speedway in Florida to win the first-ever Daytona 500. The race was so close that Beauchamp was initially named the winner by William France, the owner of the track and head of the National Association for Stock
- [SOUL SINGER HAS DIED AT AGE 85](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/soul-singer-has-died-at-age-85/) - NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died. Butler's niece, Yolanda Goff, told the Chicago Sun-Times that Butler died Thursday from Parkinson's disease at
- [OUR EVANGELIST WENT HOME ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/americas-evangelist-died-on-this-day/) - According to a biographer, Billy Graham was considered "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
- [MOTOR SPORTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/motor-sports-organization-founded/) - The Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, where NASCAR was found. NASCAR was founded by William France, Sr. on February 21, 1948 with the help of several other drivers of the time. The original plans for NASCAR included three distinct divisions: Modified, Roadster, and Strictly Stock. William Henry Getty France (September 26, 1909 – June
- [IT’S AN AIR FRESHENER ICON ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/its-an-air-freshener-icon/) - Little Trees are disposable air fresheners shaped like a stylized evergreen tree, marketed for use in motor vehicles, and most commonly seen hanging from rear- view mirrors. They are made of an absorbent material produced in a variety of colors and scents. Little Trees were invented in 1952 in Watertown, New York, by Julius Sämann,
- [AMERICA’S FIRST WWII FLYING ACE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/americas-first-wwii-flying-ace/) - Lt. Edward Henry (“Butch”) O’Hare took off from the aircraft carrier Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul and minutes later became America’s first WWII flying ace, shooting down five enemy bombers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt congratulates Lieutenant (j.g.) Edward H. O’Hare, United States Navy, on being presented the Medal
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-534/) - CARLATA BRADLEY From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Herschel Glenn Jr. was successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, was among the seven men chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1959 to
- [THIS WAS BUDDY HOLLY’S DREAM MACHINE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/this-was-buddy-hollys-dream-machine/) - This 1958 Chevrolet Impala of Buddy's was introduced as the top model of the Bel Air line and quickly became a massive hit. Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)
- [U.S. MARINES INVADED IWO JIMA IN 1945](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/u-s-marines-invaded-iwo-jima-in-1945/) - Operation Detachment, the U.S. Marines’ invasion of Iwo Jima, was launched. Iwo Jima was a barren Pacific island guarded by Japanese artillery, but to American military minds, it was prime real estate on which to build airfields to launch bombing raids against Japan, only 660 miles away. When the American flag was finally raised on
- [INTERNMENT ORDER SIGNED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/internment-order-signed-on-this-day/) - On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the forced removal of resident "enemy aliens" from parts of the West vaguely identified as military areas.
- [INVENTION PATENTED ON THIS DAY IN 1878](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/invention-patented-on-this-day-in-1878/) - On February 19, 1878, Thomas Edison was awarded U.S. Patent No. 200,521 for his invention—the phonograph. The technology that made the modern music business possible came into existence in the New Jersey laboratory where Edison created the first device to both record sound and play it back.
- [YOUNGEST AFRICAN AMERCAN DIRECTOR](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/youngest-african-amercan-director/) - On February 19, 1992, 24-year-old recent film school graduate John Singleton became the youngest and first Black film director nominated for an Academy Award for his movie, Boyz n the Hood. The poignant coming-of-age drama set in gang-ridden South Central Los Angeles brought inner-city realities to the screen in a way not seen in Hollywood
- [RESCUERS REACHED THE DONNER PARTY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/rescuers-reached-the-donner-party/) - On February 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound pioneers stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for nearly four months. James Frazier Reed (1800 – 1874) was an organizing member of the party. William H. Eddy, survivor and chief rescuer of the ill-fated Donner
- [THE RACING WORLD LOST A LEGENED IN 2001](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-racing-world-lost-a-legened-in-2001/) - Ralph Dale Earnhardt (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) Dale Earnhardt is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history and was named as one of the NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers class in 1998.
- [‘’FATHER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB” DIED IN 1967](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/father-of-the-atomic-bomb-died-in-1967/) - J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. In late
- [A GREETING FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/a-greeting-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-4/) - By the mid-1980s, with a push from advertisers, the term "Presidents' Day" began its public appearance. In Washington's adopted hometown of Alexandria, Virginia, celebrations are held throughout February. The U.S. Postal Service, banks and stock markets will be closed today, Monday Feb. 17, however most restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores will be
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-533/) - BRIAN THOMAS Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born at in Brooklyn, New York City. He is 62 years old today. As former professional basketball player MJ played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was integral in popularizing basketball and the
- [KINGS TOMB WAS OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1923](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/kings-tomb-was-opened-on-this-day-in-1923/) - On February 16, 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter (center above) entered the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen.
- [LOOKING BACK WHEN WE WERE…YOUNGER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/looking-back-when-we-wereyounger/) - Andy's Gang was a children's television program broadcast on NBC from August 20, 1955, to December 31, 1960, hosted by actor Andy Devine. The sponsor, Buster Brown Shoes. Andrew (Andy) Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977)
- [WAR MOVIE ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 69](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/war-movie-actor-has-died-at-age-69/) - (TMZ) - Kevyn Major Howard, the actor best known for playing Rafterman in the war movie Full Metal Jacket, has died. Howard's family told TMZ that he died at a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by loved ones on Friday, Feb. 14. According to the outlet, Howard had been in hospital in the weeks before his
- [FIRST U.S. 9-1-1 CALL PLACED IN 1968](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-u-s-9-1-1-call-placed-in-1968/) - At 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 1968, history was made. That’s when state Rep. Rankin Fite made the first call to 911 in the nation. U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill answers the first 911 call at the Haleyville (Ala.) police station with “Hello.” Directly behind him is Bull Connor, head of the state’s Public Service
- [DISNEY MOVIE OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1950](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/disney-movie-opened-on-this-day-in-1950/) - On this day in 1950, Cinderella made a bibbidi, bobbidi de-boo in theaters. In the ads to market the film, Cinderella promised to “Put a smile in your heart… and laughter in your dreams.” The ad continued, “A story written in stardust… six years in the making… Walt Disney's Cinderella will give a new gleam
- [FIRST ‘’TEDDY’’ SOLD ON THIS DAY IN 1903](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-teddy-sold-on-this-day-in-1903/) - On February 15, 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window, advertising them as Teddy bears. Michtom had earlier petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt for permission to use his nickname, Teddy. The president agreed and, before long, other toy manufacturers began turning out copies of Michtom’s stuffed bears,
- [PRICELESS GUITAR DESTROYED IN MOVIE](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/priceless-guitar-destroyed-in-movie/) - 2015 The guitar destroyed by Kurt Russell's character was not a prop but an antique 1870s Martin guitar lent by the Martin Guitar Museum. According to sound mixer Mark Ulano, the guitar was supposed to have been switched with a copy to be destroyed, but this was not communicated to Russell; everyone on the
- [THE TRAGIC LOSS OF ENTIRE SKATING TEAM](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-tragic-loss-of-entire-skating-team/) - On February 15, 1961, the entire 18-member U.S. figure skating team was killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium. The team was on its way to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Among those killed in the crash was 16-year-old Laurence Owen, who had won the U.S. Figure Skating Championship in
- [WILLIE NELSON WAS ONCE AN AIRMAN BASIC](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/willie-nelson-was-once-an-airman-basic/) - Willie Nelson and his guitar "Trigger." Upon graduating high school in 1950, country music legend Willie Nelson ventured into the Air Force, embarking on a journey that would unexpectedly shape his path. However, after just nine months of service, Nelson faced a setback when he was medically discharged due to back issues. Nelson (91)
- [IT WAS HIS FIRST 500 WIN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/it-was-his-first-500-win-on-this-day/) - On February 15, 1998, after 20 years of trying, racing great Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally wins his first Daytona 500, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing season opener and an event dubbed the “Super Bowl of stock car racing.” Driving his black No. 3 Chevrolet, Earnhardt recorded an average speed of 172.712 m.p.h.
- [WOMEN’S  ACTIVIST BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/womens-activist-born-on-this-day/) - Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family in Adams, Massachusetts, committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-253/) - On Februa14, around the year A.D. 270, Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, is said to have been beheaded. Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a
- [FOX NEWS POLITICAL CARTOON FOR TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/fox-news-political-cartoon-for-today-5/)
- [SNOW IN PORTLAND ~ THEN AND NOW](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/snow-in-portland-then-and-now/) - Road crew with shovels stand on foster road after clearing snow off street during 1916 winter snowfall, Foster Road in SE Portland, Jan. 21. 1916. Oregon Historical Society Snow removal at SW Tichner Dr., near Council Crest in Portland, circa 1956. Crew busy at snow removal on SW 12th Ave between Main and Jefferson St.,
- [BASKETBALL TEAM ORGANIZED IN 1923](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/basketball-team-organized-in-1923/) - On February 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first all-Black professional basketball team, was organized. The Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. Robert L. Douglas (1882 – 1979) Nicknamed the "Father of Black Professional Basketball", Douglas owned and coached the Rens from 1923 to
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-532/) - Jennings was a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. On February 13, 2002, Jennings died in his sleep from complications of diabetes at his home in Chandler, Arizona, aged 64. Jennings worked as a performer and DJ on radio KLLL in 1958.
- [CARTOONIST DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/cartoonist-died-on-this-day/) - 1940 1965 Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) Schulz was an cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts which features his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists in history. Schulz died in his sleep of a heart
- [NEW ORGANIZATION FORMED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/new-organization-formed-on-this-day/) - On February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a group that included African American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett announced the formation of a new organization. Called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it would have a profound effect on the struggle for civil
- [SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/sixteenth-president-born-on-this-day/) - Abraham Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. He served as President of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
- [INVENTOR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1847](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/inventor-was-born-on-this-day-in-1847/) - Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was born in in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the
- [ACTOR ROBERT WAGNER IS 95 TODAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/actor-robert-wagner-is-95-today/) - 1974 Robert John Wagner Jr. is also known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He later had recurring roles on Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and NCIS (2010–2019).
- [CHESS CHAMPION LOSES TO A COMPUTER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/chess-champion-loses-to-a-computer/) - On February 10, 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins and two ties
- [ICONIC MOVIE STAR DIED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/iconic-movie-star-died-on-this-day/) - 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
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-531/) - CARLATA BRADLEY On February 10, 1962, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers was released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy who was caught in the United States five years earlier. The German bridge where Rudolf Abel, top left, and Gary Powers. A bird's-eye view of Germany's Glienicke
- [FIRST ARICAN AMERICAN TO BE NOMINATED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-arican-american-to-be-nominated/) - Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) On February 9, 1971, pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige became the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame. In August of that year, Paige, a pitching legend known for his fastball, showmanship and the longevity of his playing career,
- [A PAST SUPER BOWL MEMORY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/a-past-super-bowl-memory/) - Janet Jackson at the halftime show of the Super Bowl in 2004. The infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during the halftime show with Justin Timberlake. Janet Damita Jo Jackson will be 59 years young in May.
- [STEAK MAY BE ADDED TO STATE SYMBOLS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/steak-may-be-added-to-state-symbols/) - SALEM, Ore. (KATU) - Oregon, known for its state bird, nut, and beverage, may soon add a state steak its state symbols smorgasbord. State Republican Senator Todd Nash (above) is among the sponsors of a resolution to designate the T-bone as Oregon's state steak. In addition, Oregon's state tree is the Douglas-fir, state flower being
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-252/) - The first Super Bowl game, then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967. Broadcast on two television networks and played before less than a sellout crowd, the game saw the NFL’s Green Bay Packers defeat the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, 35–10. The name
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-530/) - TIM MAGUIRE
- [ISLAND WAS SECURED ON THIS DAY IN 1943](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/island-was-secured-on-this-day-in-1943-2/) - On February 8, 1943, Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American victory paved the way for other Allied wins in the Solomon Islands. Guadalcanal is the largest of the Solomons, a group of 992 islands and atolls, 147 of which are inhabited,
- [VIOLIN SOLD WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/violin-sold-with-no-strings-attached/) - (FOX NEWS) - A Stradivarius violin made at the "pinnacle" of Antonio Stradivari’s career sold at auction for an eye-popping price this week. The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most famously associated with the violin, sold for $11.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Friday. The violin, known as
- [THE WALK OF FAME CONSTRUCTION BEGAN](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-walk-of-fame-construction-began/) - An idea floated by a Hollywood business leader in 1953 came to fruition on February 8, 1960, when construction began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—today one of the Los Angeles area’s main tourist attractions. The Hollywood Walk of Fame’s history goes back to 1953, when E.M. Stuart, volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of
- [SOME HUMOR FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/some-humor-from-the-pdx-retro-blog-7/)
- [THE RIDE–IN … DRIVE-IN MOVIE PREMIER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-ride-in-drive-in-movie-premier/) - In one of Hollywood’s zaniest movie premiere stunts, Mel Brooks’ 1974 western spoof Blazing Saddles screens at the Pickwick Drive- In Theater in Burbank, California. Guests attend not in cars—but on horseback. Mel Brooks will be 99 years old on the 28th of June.
- [HISTORY HAPPENED ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-happened-on-this-day-3/) - TIM MAGUIRE – ASSOCIATED PRESS Troyal Garth Brooks is a country singer/songwriter. He’s 64 years old today. Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that were certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, surpassing The Beatles.
- [FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/from-the-pdx-retro-blog-251/) - Tupperware is an American company that manufactures and internationally distributes preparation, storage, and serving containers for the Kitchen and home. It was founded in 1942 by Earl Tupper, who developed his first bell-shaped container and introduced the products to the public in 1946. Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907 – October 3, 1983)
- [BE READY FOR THE UPCOMING GAME](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/be-ready-for-the-upcoming-game/) - The Steelers defeated the Cowboys 21–17 in 1976 to become the third franchise to win consecutive Super Bowls.
- [FAMOUS NOVEL PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1937](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/famous-novel-published-on-this-day-in-1937/) - John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the story of the bond between two migrant workers, was published. He adapted the book into a three-act play that got produced the same year. The story brought national attention to Steinbeck’s work, which had started to catch on in 1935 with the publication of his first successful
- [BACK-TO-AFRICA MOVEMENT ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/back-to-africa-movement-on-this-day/) - The first organized immigration of freeborn Black Americans to Africa from the United States departed New York harbor on a journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The immigration was largely the work of the American Colonization Society, a U.S. organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to return formerly enslaved African people to
- [FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/future-u-s-president-born-on-this-day-4/) - John and Nellie Reagan with their sons, Neil and Ronald. During his WHO radio career, Reagan “announced” Chicago Cubs baseball games in the Des Moines studio by reading a pitch-by-pitch account off the wire as if he were actually at the game. He was so skillful that some listeners believed he actually was at
- [BASEBALL LEGEND WAS BORN ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/baseball-legend-was-born-on-this-day/) - George Herman "Babe" Ruth ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) Babe Ruth was a professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat.
- [THE ‘’GREATEST’’ HEAVY METAL SHOW EVER](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-greatest-heavy-metal-show-ever/) - LONDON (AP) — According to his promoter today,Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that's being billed as the “greatest” heavy metal show ever. Osbourne is among the 2024 nominees for induction into
- [HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/history-was-made-on-this-day-529/) - ROSS SIMPSON Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021) Nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was a professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1954 through 1976. Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, he spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee /Atlanta Braves in the
- [THE POLITICAL CARTOON FROM FOX NEWS](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-political-cartoon-from-fox-news-20/)
- [PRESIDENT UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED IN 1789](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/president-unanimously-elected-in-1789/) - George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was unanimously elected the first president of the United States by all 69 presidential electors who cast their votes. John Adams of Massachusetts, who received 34 votes, was elected vice president. The electors, who represented 10 of the 11 states that had ratified
- [FIRST BLACK COACH TO WIN SUPER BOWL](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/first-black-coach-to-win-super-bowl-2/) - Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts became the first African American NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl. The victory marked the first time a Black head coach had reached the National Football League’s championship game, one that featured not just one, but two Black head coaches. Super Bowl XLI pitted Dungy and his
- [THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST ON THIS DAY](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/the-taking-of-patty-hearst-on-this-day/) - On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, Cal, by three armed strangers. Her fiancé, Steven Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a neighbor who tried to help. Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried away blindfolded, and
- [WORLD SERIES CHAMPION HAS DIED](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/world-series-champion-has-died/) - Richard Fremont Dauer (July 27, 1952 – February 3, 2025) (LBS) - Former Houston Astros coach Rich Dauer has died at the age of 72. He underwent an emergency brain surgery in 2017, the day of the team’s World Series celebration. Dauer played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1976-1985 and won the World Series with
- [PRESIDENT DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1924](https://pdxretro.com/2025/02/president-died-on-this-day-in-1924/) - Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Official presidential portrait) (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. Wilson's health declined markedly after leaving office

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