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  1. Tuskegee Airmen -- Air Force
    The proven ability of the Tuskegee Airmen was a factor in the decision to eliminate racial discrimination in the military. On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to end discrimination in the armed forces. By 1952, the personnel of the last all-black unit in the U. S. Air Force had been distributed throughout other units.
  2. Pertussis -- Deaths
    In the 1930s and 1940s, early concerns regarding pertussis vaccine were primarily those of efficacy. To understand the support for the early pertussis vaccine, it is important to characterize the morbidity and mortality associated with pertussis at the time vaccine became available. In Great Britain, pertussis incidence and mortality rates increased in the early 1940s: in 1940, 53,545 notifications and 678 deaths were reported, figures which more than tripled in 1941 (173,249 notifications and 2383 deaths) (Joint Committee, 1977).
  3. Charles Butt -- Stores
    In 1905, Charles C. and Florence Butt moved their three sons from Memphis, Tennessee, to Kerrville in the Texas Hill Country. With an initial investment of only $60, Florence opened the C.C. Butt Grocery Store on November 26.
  4. Fanta -- Fanta Orange
    The modern Fanta girls have somewhat different costumes than their retro counterparts, though their ebullient personalities remain the same. The modern girls forgo the knee-high boots in favor of strappy wedge sandals. The orange and grape Fanta girls wear long low-rise pants instead of skirts, while the strawberry member of the group wears shorts. In keeping with their tropical nature, the girls may wear matching flowers in their long, flowing, wavy hair, and their dangling earrings add a bit of bling to their attire. Makeup is still understated... and should match the color of the outfit. Modern colors are still bright, but are not as vivacious as the retro shades.
  5. Roger Moore -- Royal Academy
    Roger George Moore was born in Stockwell, south London on October 14, 1927, the son of a policeman. At 15, he entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, and later became an apprentice at an animation studio. He delved into acting as an extra in crowd scenes in the mid 1940's. He studied at the Royal Academy of Drama (RADA) and appeared in some plays in the West End, before being inducted into the British Army. There he served in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with a Combined Services Entertainment Unit in Germany at the end of World War II. After release from the military, he worked in theatre, radio and television, but ... worked as a model and salesman to make ends meet.
  6. New Orleans Saints -- Se Louisiana
    As the owner of the New Orleans Saints, Tom Benson is one of the most trusted and respected leaders in the National Football League. Having served in the Navy in 1945, he was ... a major contributor to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans and the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.
  7. Iceland -- Economy
    Iceland is facing fresh challenges. Some hedge funds and other global investors in the last several months have been concerned that the economy has overheated, and so they have withdrawn money from Icelandic markets. This pullback has caused the main stock index, the Icex 15, to fall 18 percent, and the currency, the krona, to weaken by about the same amount.
  8. Egypt -- People
    Although some people fought against it, the name Little Egypt was used more and more for the southern 16 or 17 counties. Will Griffith, publisher of the Egyptian Key magazine of the 1940s was one of the fiercest opponents of Little Egypt.
  9. Wyoming -- South Pass
    Wyoming was the location of the Johnson County War of 1892 which was fought between large cattle operators and free ranging interest groups. This war was fought because of the new ranchers moving in following the passage of the homestead act.
  10. Larry Fine -- Wife
    Larry Fine's wife, Mabel, died in 1967. He then lived at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood until 1970, then moved to the Motion Picture House, an industry retirement community in Woodland Hills.
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