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Feb 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Thanks to CBS News, people in Grand Central Terminal watch John Glenn launched on dangerous mission to become first American in earth orbit, sixty years ago this week: #Hausner Image
New Yorker cartoon by Joseph Farris: Image
Grand Central Terminal 1968, with large ads for Kodak, Newsweek, Merrill Lynch: #AP Image
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Feb 14
Jacqueline Kennedy's wildly popular TV tour of newly-restored White House aired on Valentine's Day 1962, sixty years ago today: #JFKL
TV Guide on Jackie’s White House tour, aired sixty years ago today:
JFK later joked privately that he had “cried” over what he considered to be his wooden cameo appearance in Jackie’s TV White House tour, aired sixty years ago today:
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Feb 12
Contrary to urban legend, while Kennedy did indeed have a secretary called Lincoln, the latter had no secretary named Kennedy.
Another historical coincidence—libraries of 41st and 43rd Presidents are both named Bush.
Nixon had a secretary named Woods, and, during golf, Eisenhower sometimes had trouble with his irons.
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Feb 10
Bathroom of a dictator (Ceausescu), Bucharest:
“Only Palace in the world where the Queen stands guard,” 1987:
Bedroom in Saddam Hussein’s palace, 2003:
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Feb 9
Beatles performed on Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) tonight 1964:
"Ed Sullivan Show” (CBS) came from this theater, now home to “Late Night with Stephen Colbert”:
Beatles rehearse for Ed Sullivan Show of tonight 1964: #AP
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Feb 8
Newsweek of today 1970. The answer to Newsweek’s question was, sadly, no. Image
Alas it wasn’t. Image
The “Nixonettes” of 1968: Image
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Feb 2
Winter Dance Party, today 1959:
One of last photos of Buddy Holly, today 1959, performing at Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa, Winter Dance Party, before his death with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in plane crash the next morning:
Surf Ballroom, where Holly, Big Bopper and Valens gave final performance today 1959, still stands and is still used in 2022:
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