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In 1948…

Posted on September 29, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on In 1948…
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  • Warner Brothers shows its first color newsreel.
  • NBC begins its first nightly newscast.
  • Ceylon, later Sri Lanka, gains its independence.
  • Hell’s Angels is founded.
  • Arturo Tosconini makes his television debut with the NBC Orchestra.
  • Land Rover makes its first appearance.
  • The World Health Organization was founded.
  • Julia Child enrolled in the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris.
  • The first Polaroid Land Camera was sold in the US.
  • TV Guide was founded.
  • Israel declares independence.
  • Goodyear introduced tubeless tires.
  • “Hopalong Cassidy” premiered on television.
  • Idlewild Field, later J. F. Kennedy Airport, is dedicated.
  • Buckminster Fuller and his students erected the first geodesic dome near Ashville, N.C.
  • Andrew Wyeth painted “Christina€™s World” in Maine.
  • Marilyn Monroe was proclaimed Artichoke Queen in Salinas, Ca., when she visited for a diamond promotion.
  • The Perry Como Show made its debut.
  • Walt Kelly began drawing “Pogo” for newspaper comics.
  • Bell Labs introduced the transistor.
  • Brandeis University is founded.
  • Arthur Miller writes “Death of a Salesman.”
  • Kenny Loggins, Jerry Mathers (the Beaver), T Bone Burnett, Jeremy Irons, Christa McAuliffe, Carl Weathers, Mikhail Barishnikov, Rick James, Alice Cooper, Chirstopher Guest, Raymond Kurzweil, Teller (of Penn & ), Bernadette Peters, James Taylor, Billy Crystal, Bobby Orr, Wolf Blitzer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steven Tyler, Al Gore, Steve Winwood, Brian Eno, Grace Jones, Stevie Nicks, Phylicia Rashad, Todd Rundgren, Kathy Bates, Richard Simmons, Cat Stevens, Garry Trudeau, Peggy Fleming, Sall stuthers, Jean Reno, Kathleen battle, Robert Plant, Lewis Black, Terry Bradshaw, Nate Archibald, John Ritter, Oliva Newton-John, Bryant Gumbel, Avery Brooks, Jackson Browne, George Wendt, Howard Dean, Ozzy Osbourne, JoBeth Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, and Gerard Depardieu were all born.

So, you see, you’re in good company!

Happy Birthday, Glynda!

Glynda surprised

(sources, 1948 Timeline and Wikipedia)

Tags: birthday family Glynda party

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  1. Glynda says:
    October 8, 2008 at 10:49 am

    Thanks Tom! Just got around to reading the blog since I spent last week with Katie who had the wisdom teeth out. We shoulda invited cuz “James Taylor” to party with us!

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