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Whipped a can of sardines out of his pocket and proceeded to eat them instead. the presidents critics instead referring to it as franksgiving, some states like texas couldnt make up their mind and ended up celebrating the old and the new thanksgiving. the whole thing was a mess. so much so that the three stooges even took to mocking it. >> where is everybody? >> maybe its the fourth of july. >> the fourth of july in october? >> you never can tell. look what they did to thanksgiving? >> the contr...

But in 1939, the last thursday fell on november 30th. at the time the country was still dragging itself out of the great depression and roosevelt, a democrat, feared that a shortened holiday shopping season would be bad for retailers. so he decided to issue an executive proclamation moving the holiday one week earlier. now, although the move was designed to help the country, it divided it instead. small businesses threw a fit claiming the shift did nothing to help their bottom line, that it bene...

Of his pocket and proceeded to eat them instead. the presidents critics refused to call the new date thanksgiving. instead, referring to it as franks giving. only 23 states went along with the switch. the other half remained opposed sticking with the original thanksgiving date. some stalgts like texas couldnt makeup their mind and ended up celebrating the old and the new thanksgiving. the whole thing was a mess. so much so that the three stooges even took to mocking it. >> nobody home in that ho...

The good news is were great at that. human beings are really good at drastic action. i mean, i dont want to suggest here that war mobilization is necessarily the kind of thing we need to think about or the military buildup is a good thing, but consider between 1939 and 1944 in the face of a real existential threat, the united states went from creating -- we had i guess about 2% of our gdp was toward military production in 1939. by 1944, almost half of our gdp was in that. we suddenly decided we ...

Texas in 1934. they got married in 1939. hes 106, shes 105. they will celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary, officially making them the oldest married couple in the world, according to guinness book of world records. >> hook em horns. give us a sense of the key to longevity is? >> he said moderation and treating your wife cordially. i like that. >> so now we know. mr. singleton, your bad. >> my bad is nate holender, bought three tickets in miami to see a madonna concert. spent about $1,000. t...

Many files date from the pre-war general archive of the german jews which compiled material from jewish communities and institutions across the country for the nazis it was a treasure. in 1939 they minded to establish the central office for jewish registers of births deaths and marriages. the administration of the jewish community in berlin was forced to use these registers to assemble deportation lists until they themselves were targeted. we have a file in the archive of the centrum today i thi...

Of the founder of the 5 high school copious where he was shown around by the granddaughter of the famous german architect its the emigrated to the united states and in 1939 anything in the. boston politics was on the agenda with the president focusing on the positives of germanys relationship with the united states and the environment. with our presence here and we want to show that despite the current big disagreements we are still working hard on a long standing relationship that we on best in...

No one would stop them. thats what lynching is. thats what billie holliday sang about in 1939, when linking is lynching is still happening in this country. ♪ ♪ southern trees bear strange fruit ♪ ♪ blood on the leaves and blood at the root ♪ ♪ black bodies swingin in the

About in 1939, when linking is still happening in this country. ♪ ♪ southern trees bear strange fruit ♪ ♪ blood on the leaves and blood at the root ♪ ♪ black bodies swingin in the southern breeze ♪ ♪ strange fruit hanging from the

>> the front tip between roosevelt and churchill is the most important friendship in american history. bret: then there was joseph stalin born into poverty rising through the ranks of the communist party using mass murder as a tool of statecraft. >> stalin is such an enigma and a fascinating figure. on one hand hes a brilliant military tactician and understands the levers of power in a way that few leaders did. bret: in 1939 hes done the best by west by entering into a nonaggression pact with hi...