Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME (April 17) you published a picture of Fala and his birthday cake. The White House must have a surplus of ration points to be able to bake a cake for a dog. . . . Surely, Fala could have celebrated his birthday with a larger portion of regular dog food...
Considering his position and public interest therein, Fala can hardly be held accountable for his birthday goings-on. Moreover, he did not eat the cake: after sticking his paws in it and taking a couple of bites, Fala was hustled off by a stern Secret Service man to his kitchen bone...
...Hitler's birthday, straight-backed Hans Hube journeyed to Berlin, stood at stiff attention while the Führer pinned oak leaves to the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) on his arched chest. Germany needed heroes; the Nazi press obediently hailed the 53-year-old general...
...March 1931, during a radio broadcast on his 90th birthday, Justice Holmes quoted a line from Latin Poet Virgil: "Death plucks my ear and says, Live-I am coming." Two years before Holmes's death newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, paying a social call, found the Justice reading Plato. Asked President Roosevelt: "Why do you read Plato, Mr. Justice?" Said Justice Holmes: "To improve my mind, Mr. President...
...55th birthday, Adolf Hitler spoke not a word. His adversaries, gathering their arms for the invasion blows, taunted him by radio. Cried the BBC: "Yes, flags out on Hitler's birthday! Flags out-at half-staff! It might be his last birthday...