History Fix from December 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From December 1946: UNICEF Begins, It's A Wonderful Life, Flamingo Las Vegas OpensUNICEF was formed in In December of 1946, when the United Nations General Assembly unanimously voted…
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History Fix from January 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From August 1946: Jockey George Woolf, Adolf Eichman Escapes, CIA Established On January 3, 1946, Canadian jockey George Woolf "The Iceman" fell off his horse Please Me…
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History Fix From November 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From November 1946: First BAA (NBA) Game, JFK Elected Congressman, Thurgood Marshall Escapes Lynch Mob On November 1, 1946 the New York Knicks (short for Knickerbockers) basketball team played the…
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History Fix From October 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From October 1946: First Cannes Festival, Canada Savings Bonds Debut, First Space Photos The first Cannes International Film Festival in 1946 ran from September 20th - October…
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History Fix From September 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From September 1946: Joe Garagiola Night, Evelyn Dick Charged, Nazi Leaders Sentenced 20-year-old Major League Baseball rookie Joe Garagiola took to the home field on Joe Garagiola…
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History Fix From August 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From August 1946: AEC is Formed, Dominican Tsunami, & Booker T. Washington Commemorative Coin On August 1, 1946, U.S. President Harry Truman signed the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act,…
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History Fix From July 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From July 1946: Sam Snead Wins 75th Open; Spock's Baby Book; 44 Dachau SS Sentenced to Death (Sam Snead c.1967 Photo: ABC TV) American golfer Sam Snead…
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History Fix From June 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From June 1946: Bikini Debuts, Joe Louis Wins Title, First Mobile Phones French designer Louis Reard is widely credited for inventing the bikini so loved by baby boomers.…
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History Fix From May 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From May 1946: Battle of Alcatraz, Japanese Canadians Deported, First King of Jordan The Battle of Alcatraz - Convicted 46-year-old bank robber Bernard Coy had been in…
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History Fix From April 1946
Baby Boomer Trivia From April 1946: Hawaiin Tsunami, Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Colour Barrier Today's senior citizens may remember the April 1, 1946, Aleutian Islands, Alaska earthquake that triggered a…
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