On November 29, 1942, coffee joined the list of items rationed
in the United States. Despite record coffee production in Latin
American countries, the growing demand for the bean from
both military and civilian sources, and the demands placed
on shipping, which was needed for other purposes, required
the limiting of its availability.

Scarcity or shortages were rarely the reason for rationing
during the war. Rationing was generally employed for two
reasons: (1) to guarantee a fair distribution of resources
and foodstuffs to all citizens; and (2) to give priority to
military use for certain raw materials, given the present
emergency.

George Dewey Hay (November 9, 1895 – May 8, 1968) was 
an American radio personality, announcer and newspaper 
reporter. He was the founder of the original Grand Ole
Opry radio program.

The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for western music, began broadcasting live from
Nashville, Tennessee on November 28, 1925. The showcase
was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio
program called the National Barn Dance that had begun
broadcasting the previous year.

Impressed by the popularity of the Chicago-based National
Barn Dance, producers at WSM radio in Nashville decided
to create their own version of the show to cater to southern
audiences who could not receive the Chicago signal. Both
the Grand Ole Opry and the National Barn Dance aired on
Saturday nights and featured folk music, fiddling, and the
relatively new genre of country-western music.

The home of country music and original broadcasting site
of the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman is one of the most
historic and widely visited tours in Tennessee.

Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon)
(October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996)

Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle. Hendrix grew up
playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well
as early rockers.

In 1964, he moved to New York and played in coffeehouses, where bassist Chas Chandler of the British group the Animals heard
him. Chandler arranged to manage Hendrix and brought him to
London in 1966, where they created the Jimi Hendrix Experience
with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.

The band’s first single, “Hey Joe,” hit No. 6 on the British pop

In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made its first U.S. appearance,
at the Monterey Pop Festival.

Hendrix in the Army in 1961

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1973, a Senate vote confirmed Gerald Ford as
vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned to avoid being indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. Ford was the first
vice president to be selected under the terms of the 25th Amendment.

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
(born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)
(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)

Schulz’s high school yearbook
photo, 1940.

United States Army portrait of Sergeant
Schulz, c. 1943

Beloved by generations of fans all over the world, Charles M.
Schulz, creator of the beloved "Peanuts" characters, was
born on this day in history, Nov. 26, 1922.

Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and  nicknamed
"Sparky" by an uncle within days after his birth, according
to multiple sources.
 (FOX NEWS)