Radio annual and television yearbook (1942)

Page scan 000887 from Radio annual and television yearbook

Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual and television yearbook
Date:
1942
Publisher:
New York : The Radio Daily
Volume:
Radio annual (1942)
Leaf #:
000887
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Year Book
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
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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Mother's Day (2nd Sunday). 11: Minnesota Admitted (1858). 12: Florence Nightingale Born (1820). 20: Anniversary of the Signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (North Carolina). 21: Lindbergh's Flight to Paris (1927). 23: South Carolina Admitted (1788). 24: First Telegraph Message Sent (1844). Empire Day (Canada). 29: Wisconsin Admitted (1848). 30: Memorial Day (In all the States, Territories, District of Columbia and Colonial Possessions, except Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Scuth Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee). □ June 1: Kentucky Admitted (1792). Tennessee Admitted (1796). 3: Confederate Memorial Day (Tennessee). King's Birthday (Canada). Jefferson Davis' Birthday (1808). 6: Nathan Hale's Birthday (1756). 8: Battle of New Orleans (1815). 10: Franklin Drew Lightning From Sky (1752). 14: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Birthday. Flag Day. 15: St. Swithin's Day. Arkansas Admitted (1836). Pioneer Day (Idaho). 17: Bunker Hill Day. 18: Battle of Waterloo (1815). 19: Beginning of War of 1812. 20: West Virginia Day. 21 : Longest Day in Year. 23: Penn Signs Treaty of Feace with Indians. 26: First American Troops Land in France (1917). □ July 1: Battle of San Juan Hill. Dominion Day (Canada). Battle of Gettysburg (1863). 2: Garfield's Assassination (1881). 3: Idaho Admitted (1890). 4: Independence Day. 10: Wyoming Admitted (1890). 11: John Quincy Adams Born (1767). 13: Forrest's Day (Tennessee). 24: Pioneer Day (Utah). 25: Occupation Day (Puerto Rico). □ September August 1 : Colorado Day. Beginning of World War (1914). 3: Civic Holiday (Canada). 10: Missouri Admitted (1821). 13: Occupation Day (Phillipines). 15: Panama Canal Opened (1914). 16: Bennington Battle Day (Vermont). 20: Benjamin Harrison Born (1833). 6: Lafayette Day. President McKinley Assassinated (1901). First Battle of the Marne. 7: Labor Day. 9: Admission Day (California). 12: Defender's Day (Maryland). 17: Constitution Day. 22: Nathan Hale Executed (1776). First Day of Autumn. 22-23: Rosh Hashonah (Hebrew). 26: American Indian Day (4th Friday). 27: Daylight Saving Time Ends. □ October 1 : Missouri Day. Yom Kippur (Hebrew). 5: Wright Brothers Took First Long Distance Flight in Airplane (1905). 8: Chicago Fire (1871). 9: Fraternal Day (Alabama). Farmer's Day (2nd Friday) (Florida). 12: Columbus Day. 18: Alaska Day. 19: Surrender of Cornwallis (1781). 27: Navy Day. 31 : Hallowe'en. Admission Day (Nevada). □ November 1: All Saints' Day (Louisiana). North and South Dakota Admitted (1889). 3: Ceneral Election Day. 4: John Philip Sousa Born (1854). 7: Montana Admitted (1889). 11 : Armistice Day. Washington Admitted (1889). 16: Oklahoma Admitted (1907). 17: Suez Canal Opened (1869). 26: Thanksgiving Day. □ December 3: Illinois Admitted (1818). 7: Delaware Day. Pearl Harbor Attacked (1941) 8: Eli Whitney Born (1765). U. S. Declared War on Japan (1941). 9: Germany-Italy Declare War on U. S. (1941). 10: U. S. Declares War on Germany-Italy (1941). 11: Alfred Nobel Born (1833). 12: First Marconi Wireless Across Atlantic (1901). 16: Boston Tea Party (1773). 21 : Shortest Day of Year. Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth Rock (1620). Woodrow Wilson's Birthday (South Carolina). 25: Christmas Day. 29: Iowa Admitted (1848). 31: West Virginia Admitted (1862). New Year's Eve. ARBOR DAY is observed in states on different days, usually in the Spring. The dates in the same states often vary from year to year by proclamation. 865