Franklin D. Roosevelt
won an unprecedented fourth term as president.
Germany surrendered. Concentration camps
liberated.
Adolf Hitler killed
himself.
Crocodiles in Burma killed 980
Japanese soldiers.
FDR died.
Harry S. Truman became president. The
U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities.
Japan surrendered. Italy’s
Benito Mussolini was arrested and later
executed, hung upside down in Milan.
Ho
Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the first city to
accept fluoride in its water. The World Bank was created.
Pepe Le Pew debuted.
Arthur Godfrey began his legendary run
on radio.
Kiss Me Kate opened in London.
The
Glass Menagerie opened on Broadway. The Pulitzer prizes went to:
Aaron Copland (music) for
Appalachian Spring,
John Hershey (literature) for
Bell
For Adano, and
Mary Chase (drama)
for
Harvey. We read
W. H. Auden’s
Collected Poems,
The Crack-Up
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Black Rose by
A. J. Cronin,
Black Boy
by
Richard Wright,
Cannery Row by
John Steinbeck, and
The Black
Rose by
Thomas B. Chastain. In
film, we watched
The Lost Weekend,
Mildred Pierce,
National Velvet,
A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn,
Spellbound,
Children of Paradise, Picture of Dorian Gray, Blithe spirit,
Scarlet Street, And Then
There Were None,
The Body Snatchers
and
Detour. Top of the music charts
were: “Rum and Coca Cola” by
The Andrew
Sisters, “Sentimental Journey” by
Les
Brown, Till The End Of Time by Perry Como, On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe by
Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, “At Mail Call Today” by
Gene Autry, “Aren’t You Glad You’re You”
by
Bing Crosby, “This Heart of Mine”
by
Judy Garland and “Put Your Dreams
Away” by
Frank Sinatra.
Departed Souls:
Anne Frank,
Jerome Kern,
Theodore Dreiser,
Ernie Pyle, Robert Benchley,
George
Patton, and
Béla Bartok. Arriving Souls included:
Bob Marley,
Diane Sawyer,
Helen Mirren,
Eric Clapton,
Tom Selleck,
Rod Stewart,
Goldie Hawn,
Carly Simon,
Bette Midler,
Steve Martin,
Bob Seger,
Linda Hunt,
Jose Feleciano, and
Pete Townsend.
If you we’re around, what were you doing
during this year of the wood rooster?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
won an unprecedented fourth term as president. Germany surrendered. Concentration camps
liberated. Adolf Hitler killed
himself. Crocodiles in Burma killed 980
Japanese soldiers. FDR died. Harry S. Truman became president. The
U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. Japan surrendered. Italy’s Benito Mussolini was arrested and later
executed, hung upside down in Milan. Ho
Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France. Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the first city to
accept fluoride in its water. The World Bank was created. Pepe Le Pew debuted. Arthur Godfrey began his legendary run
on radio. Kiss Me Kate opened in London. The
Glass Menagerie opened on Broadway. The Pulitzer prizes went to: Aaron Copland (music) for Appalachian Spring, John Hershey (literature) for Bell
For Adano, and Mary Chase (drama)
for Harvey. We read W. H. Auden’s Collected Poems, The Crack-Up
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Black Rose by A. J. Cronin, Black Boy
by Richard Wright, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, and The Black
Rose by Thomas B. Chastain. In
film, we watched The Lost Weekend, Mildred Pierce, National Velvet, A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn, Spellbound, Children of Paradise, Picture of Dorian Gray, Blithe spirit, Scarlet Street, And Then
There Were None, The Body Snatchers
and Detour. Top of the music charts
were: “Rum and Coca Cola” by The Andrew
Sisters, “Sentimental Journey” by Les
Brown, Till The End Of Time by Perry Como, On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, “At Mail Call Today” by Gene Autry, “Aren’t You Glad You’re You”
by Bing Crosby, “This Heart of Mine”
by Judy Garland and “Put Your Dreams
Away” by Frank Sinatra. Departed Souls: Anne Frank, Jerome Kern,
Theodore Dreiser, Ernie Pyle, Robert Benchley, George
Patton, and Béla Bartok. Arriving Souls included: Bob Marley, Diane Sawyer, Helen Mirren,
Eric Clapton, Tom Selleck, Rod Stewart,
Goldie Hawn, Carly Simon, Bette Midler,
Steve Martin, Bob Seger, Linda Hunt, Jose Feleciano, and Pete Townsend. If you we’re around, what were you doing
during this year of the wood rooster?
