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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY – 1 May 1931 – President Hoover presses a button to officially dedicate the Empire State Building in NYC – the tallest at 102 stories! 1 May, 1960 – the Russians shoot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers. 2 May, 1932 American comedien Jack Benny debutes his own radio show on NBC. May 1974 – film production of Jaws gets underway in Martha’s Vineyard, Ma. 3 May, 1965 the lead element of the 173rd Airborne Bridage departs for South Vietnam – the first U.S. ground combat troops committed to the Vietnam War. 4 May 1970 – the Kent State shooting. 5 May 1961 – Astronaut Alan B. Shepard makes America’s first suborbital flight – 15 minutes! 6 May 1957 Senator John Kennedy is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for is book Profiles in Courage.
What Mrs. Coughenour is currently reading! FINISHED! That Used to be Us by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum… very interesting take on how to restore America to her previous greatness. EDUCATION - math, science, reading, and critical thinking and creativity skills, getting a grip on spending (Congress), making a sound budget (Congress), reforming immigration to allow highly skilled individuals in and to stay, and how the political parties have changed over the last 40 years. A good and recommended read. Still reading War Dogs – an eReader book about MWDs – Military Working Dogs. I just ordered a fantastic book from the History Book Club but the title escapes me! I’ll inform you in the next update.
WORDS OF WISDOM - “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Horace Mann