Radio annual (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual
Date:
1954
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
Radio annual and television yearbook (1954)
Leaf #:
0001337
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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<►<►<> HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ALMANAC <►<►<► ]2: Lincoln's Birthday (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming), Georgia Day. 14: Valentine's Day. Arizona admitted (1912). Oregon admitted (1859). 15: Destruction of the Maine (1898). Constitution Day. In the Canal Zone. Susan B. Anthony Day. Observed in honor of the birthday of the pioneer crusader for equal rights for women. Governors of 33 States and 3 Territories have honored the day by special proclamations. 16: Katharine Cornell born (1898). 18: Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy (1861). Ash Wednesday. 19: Ohio admitted (1803). Shrove Tuesday (1947). Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. Observed as Mardi Gras in Florida (in cities and towns where carnival is celebrated), Louisiana (Parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, East Baton Rouge), Canal Zone. Phonograph patented by Edison (1878). 20: U. S. purchased the Danish West Indies (1917). 21: Beginning of the Battle of Verdun (1916) which ended Dec. 15. Brotherhood Week. Always includes Washington's Birthday; the Sunday nearest Feb. 22 is Brotherhood Day. 22: Florida ceded to the U. S. by purchase and treaty with Spain (1819). Washington's Birthday (All the States, Territories, District of Columbia and Colonial Possessions). Edgar Wilson ("Bill") Nye died (1896). James Russell Lowell born (1819). 23: Johannes Gutenberg died (1468). President Calvin Coolidge signs Dill-White Radio Bill, creating Federal Radio Commission and endine chaos caused by industry's wild growth (1926). 25: Enrico Caruso born (1873). John Adams appointed first Minister of U. S. to England (1785). 26: William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) born (1846). 27: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born (1820). 29: Leap Year. The name given to every year of 366 days. fHarrh 1: Nebraska admitted (1867) 2: Texas Independence Day. 3: Florida admitted (1845). First Postage Stamp used in U. S. (1847). Alexander Graham Bell born (1842). 4: Pennsylvania Day. Vermont admitted (1791). 5: Boston Massacre (1770). 6: Fall of thp AJamo (1836). 7: Luther Burbank born (1849). Maurice Ravel born (1875). Patent granted to Alexander Graham Bell for first telephone (1876). 8: Oliver Wende!> Holmes, Jr. born (1841). 9: Battle of the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" off Hampton Roads, Va. (1862). Edwin Forrest born (1806). 10: Lillian D. Wald born (1867). 11: Johnny Appleseed, properly John Chapman, died (1847). The great blizzard in New York City and New England States (1888). 12: U. S. Post Office established by act of Congress (1789). Girl Scout's Birthday. 13: Standard Time established in U. S. (1884). 14: Albert Einstein born (1879). First TransAtlantic radio broadcast (1925). 15: Maine admitted (1820). Andrew Jackson born (1767). 16: James Madison born (1751). U. S. Military Academ> established at West Point by act of Congress (1802). 17: Saint Patrick's Day. Evacuation Day. In Boston, Chelsea, Revere. Winthrop and Suffolk County. 18: Feast of Esther. Grover Cleveland born (1837). 19: William Jennings Bryan born (1860). 21 : First Day of Spring. 22: Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico). 23: Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech (1775). 25: The Annunciation Day. Arturo Toscanini born (1867). Greek Independence Day. Greece celebrates its freedom won from Turkey (1827). Maryland Day. 27: President Washington signed the act creating the U. S. Navy (1794). Marconi flashes first wireless signals across English Channel (1889). 29: John Tyler born (1790). 30: Seward Day. Alaska (Not observed by Federal Employees). 31: Transfer Day. In the Virgin Islands. April 1 : All Fools' Day. 2: Sergei Rachmaninoff born (1873). U. S. Mint established (1792). 3: First Pony Express riders left Sacramento to ride East and St. Joseph, Mo. to ride West. Washington Irving Born (1783), Good Friday. 1285