1953 Events & Facts

1953 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Nikita Khrushchev wins power struggle in Soviet Union after the death of Josef Stalin Josef Broz Tito elected president of Yugoslavia Convicted spies Julius and...

1952 Events & Facts

1952 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Dwight Eisenhower elected President over Adlai Stevenson by wide margin; Republicans gain control of White House and both houses of Congress Korean conflict...

1951 Events & Facts

1951 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: North Korean offensive pushes beyond the 38th parallel; truce negotiations fail Congress passes 22nd Amendment, limiting a President to two terms Julius and Ethel...

We weren't ?Green? back in our day

I couldn't have said this any better! We didn’t have the green thing back in our day… Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own...

March 2 1954

Yours truly!

1950 Events & Facts

1950 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: North Korea invades South Korea; U.N. forces arrive to counter the invasion, but are forced to withdraw. President Truman declares state of emergency after...

Bonanza

Dan Blocker as Hoss While many of the classic old TV shows can seem very dated - there is something almost ageless about westerns. Maybe its because they were portraying the old west and not...

classic TV (westerns)

Sometimes when the rest of the world makes no sense and I am fed up with the here and now - as well as what is presently on TV - I like to escape and watch classic TV. Right now I am on a vintage...

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1949 Events & Facts

1949 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Communists forces gain power in China; nationalists flee to Taiwan North Atlantic Treaty Organization established Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb...

1948 Events & Facts

1948 General Electric model C-5S 1948 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India House Un-American Activities Committee accuses Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviet Union...

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1947 Events & Facts

Hollywood, February 1947. Movie starlet Marilyn Monroe. 1947 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: President Truman formulates "Truman Doctrine" of providing aid to countries whose governments are...

1957 -

*Elvis receives draft notice 12/20/57* 1957 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" by launching Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite. A month later...

1946 Events & Facts

1946 wedding 1946 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Winston Churchill warns of an “iron curtain” falling over Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe UN General Assembly meets for the first time; John D....

1949

1949 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Communists forces gain power in China; nationalists flee to Taiwan North Atlantic Treaty Organization established Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb...

1948

1948 General Electric model C-5S 1948 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India House Un-American Activities Committee accuses Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviet Union...

1947

Hollywood, February 1947. Movie starlet Marilyn Monroe. 1947 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: President Truman formulates "Truman Doctrine" of providing aid to countries whose governments are...

1946

1946 wedding 1946 Events & Facts MAJOR EVENTS: Winston Churchill warns of an “iron curtain” falling over Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe UN General Assembly meets for the first time; John D....

Just like Mom

I'm doing some end of the year, housecleaning on my blogs. This is a repost from my other blog - Lessons on the Cheap. I think it belongs more on this blog. Just like my Mom I came from the...

Shhhhhhh

Everything I learned from life I learned from my Barbie doll

Okay, maybe that is a stretch. My first Barbie - How could I forget? I begged my Mom for her. I said I would clean my room and be the best little girl in the whole wide world; if she she would just...

Updated I am NOT a no-reply blogger

I've done everything I can, to try and remedy this bug - I have everything checked that is supposed to be checked in my profile and I am still shown as a no-reply blogger and this is making me very...

Gifts our parents gave to us

Christmas time was a magical time for me as a child. Both my folks were born in the mid 30's, during the depression and times were hard back then - so when they became parents, they literally...

repost Tues Dec 18 Day of silence for bloggers

Via ACWOM http://acompletewasteofmakeup.com/silence-and-support-for-sandy-hook/ To the Blog World and Anyone Else who Wants to Help, Yesterday, tragedy struck so many of us in ways we did not...

Thank you - Liebster Blog Award

I want to thank Leslie from From a Daughter for the nomination. If ever it is good to have a few followers it is now - because that is the only way you can be nominated for the Liebster Blog Award....

I'll be back soon

I've been taking a break from all my blogs - and am ready to get back into the swing of things once again. That means, posts and joining blog hops. For those who have recent followed, give me a few...

1964 -

1964 Events & FactsMAJOR EVENTS:After completing what would have been the final year of John F. Kennedy’s first term, President Johnson re-elected in a landslide over Barry Goldwater President...