AS THE YEARS GO BY:
1924 Our war time President Woodrow Wilson Died.
Congress approved a $472 million tax cut.
The U.S. granted the American Indian citizenship????
Calvin Coolidge was President.
The Olympics were held in Paris.
Blackgold won the Kentucky Derby.
The Washington Senators won the Worlds Series .
Prices Postage Stamp 2¢ Bread 9¢ Qt Milk 14¢ Gas 11¢1949 Congress raised the Presidents salary to $100,000, an actor Ronald Reagen was earning more than the President (little did he know).
Israel celebrated it’s 1st anniversary as a nation.
Harry Truman was President.
The Yankees paid Joe DiMaggio $90,000, and the Yankees won the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
“All The Kings Men”, Olivia de Havillan, and Broderick Crawford won Oscars.
Prices Postage Stamp 3¢ Bread 14¢ Qt Milk 21¢ Gas 21¢
1974 Nixon was named as a co-conspirator in Watergate, he resigns to avoid impeachment, Gerald Ford pardons him.
Patty Hearst is abducted, and becomes a bank robber.
Mikhail Baryshnikov Soviet Ballet Star defects.
August 9th is designated as women’s Equality Day.
Gerald Ford is President.
The Oakland A’s won the World Series against the LA Dodgers.
“Godfather II”, Ellyn Burstyn, and Art Carney won Oscars.
Prices Postage Stamp 10¢ Bread 25¢ Qt Milk 40¢ Gas 53¢
1999 Bill Clinton is President, Congress impeached him, we’re still talking about tax cuts, and prices are still going up. Some things never change!
