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November 4, 2020

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November 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From November 1947: The Hollywood Blacklist begins; Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip.; Howard Hughes flies his mammoth Spruce Goose into the record books;…

October 4, 2020

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October 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From October 1947: Kukla, Fran and Ollie children's TV show debuts; Hollywood Ten are under fire in HUAC hearings; Classic Film-Noir Lured premieres,…

September 7, 2020

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September 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia From September 1947: Dark Passage Film-Noir Premiere; Goodnight Moon is published by Margaret Wise Brown; Near You by Craig Francis & His Orchestra is…

June 4, 2020

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June 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Baby Boomer Entertainment Trivia From June, 1947: The Diary of Anne Frank is Published, Classic Movie Release - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Pan American Airlines Offers…

May 7, 2020

1947,
Movies

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May 1947 Headlines

Baby Boomer News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from May, 1947: Classic Film-Noir Movie Releases - Framed and Dishonored Lady; Married Co-stars Hedy Lamarr and John Loder Split; The Truman Doctrine…

April 8, 2020

1947,
Golf & Sports

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April 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from April, 1947: 2000-Year-Old Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery, Babe Ruth Day, & Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Sets Sail Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery The American Schools of…

March 27, 2020

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March 1947 Headlines

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives Wins 8 Academy Awards At the 19th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 13, 1947, the post-WWII…

February 5, 2017

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February 1947 Headlines

Baby Boomer Trivia From February 1947: Worst Canadian Railway Blizzard, Angel and the Badman Premiere, Edwin Land & Polaroid Instant Camera Demo Angel and the Badman (John Wayne & Gail Russell…

January 2, 2017

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January 1947 Headlines

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1947: Canadian Citizenship Act, The Black Dahlia Murder and Suspects Canadian Citizenship Act Established On January 1, 1947 the Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect under…