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November 22, 2015

Were You Alive in August 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From August 1945: Hiroshima, The Kiss on V-J Day, Forever Amber (Hiroshima Dome circa 1945 Photo: DozoDomo | Flickr Some rights reserved) Senior citizens will remember…

November 20, 2015

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Were You Alive in July 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From July 1945: Atomic Bomb Test, Empire State Building Crash, & USS Indianapolis Sinks in Shark Infested WatersThe first atomic bomb was detonated as a test on…

November 18, 2015

Were You Alive in June 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From June 1945: PM Mackenzie King Wins 6th Term, Battle of Okinawa Ends, & Who's On First? 70-year-old septuagenarian senior citizen and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon…

November 15, 2015

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Were You Alive in May 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From May 1945: Victory in Europe, VE Day Celebrations & Sentimental Journey On May 1, 1945, a German radio station broke the news to the world that…

November 10, 2015

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Were You Alive in April 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From April 1945: Death Camp Liberation, Il Duce Killed, Maple Leafs Win the Stanley CupIn Japan, U.S. troops invaded Okinawa on April 1st to begin the Battle…

November 9, 2015

Baby Boomer Trivia From March 1945: WWII British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Victory in Manila, and Going My WaySenior citizens will remember the WWII British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which…

November 5, 2015

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Were You Alive in February 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From February 1945: Yalta Conference, Iwo Jima, & Rocket RichardCanadian and British soldiers embarked on the Battle of the Reichswald (Operation Veritable, Feb 8-Mar 11, 1945) in…

November 3, 2015

Were You Alive in January 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1945: Roosevelt Inauguration, The Great Raid POW Rescue, and Canadian ConscriptionBy the start of 1945, World War II had been going on since 1939. Canada's…

November 1, 2015

Were You Alive in November 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From November 1945: Operation Paperclip, UNAEC, and Jerome Kern (Showboat) Seniors may remember headlines when another group of German scientists are brought to the United States as…

October 29, 2015

Were You Alive in October 1945?

Trivia for baby boomers from October 1945: Elvis Presley, The World Series, and Milton Hershey A star is born onstage on October 3, 1945 in Tupelo, Mississippi at a youth…