Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, in the chill grey morning, President Harry Truman (who had just spent his first night in the White House), entered the oval study, flanked by his family, his aides, his Cabinet. It was his 61st birthday. He had had his speech ready for a week. In undramatic fashion, which served to emphasize the anticlimactic nature of the occasion, he first read his speech to 200 newsmen. Then, at 9 a.m., he went on the radio. In a clear and quiet voice, he announced the victory in Europe: "The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with...
Owen J. Roberts, last pre-New Deal Associate Supreme Court Justice and leading dissenter, became eligible-but not ready-for retirement at full pay ($20,000) on his 70th birthday. Proud of his record of not missing a session in more than ten years, he hoped not to miss any for a few years more...
Henri Philippe Petain, Hero of Verdun, Marshal of France and Chief of State of Vichyfrance, was home again. It was his 89th birthday. With German permission, through the Swiss Government, the Marshal had offered to surrender himself to the French Government of General Charles de Gaulle and to stand trial for high treason. The offer had been accepted...
Henry Morgenthau Sr., veteran financier and diplomat (Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16), made his annual birthday prediction: "Billions in unused resources are going to start us off on a real era of prosperity" at war's end. On his 80th birthday, nine years ago, he predicted that his son, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., would balance the budget...
...card, creating a hero legend around the Führer 's death, while Hitler himself goes underground." To fasten the hoax on posterity, Reichsbildberichterstatter (Photo graphic Reporter for the Reich) Heinrich Hoffmann would "be on hand to film Hitler's last moment on the battlefield."* -Whose 82nd birthday was celebrated this week at a San Simeon party attended by sons and satellites (Louella Parsons...