This Week in History Highlights by Date and Event
Chronology of notable events from 1924 to 1967 across aviation, politics, crime, entertainment, and medicine. Includes Macy’s parade debut, Ford as VP, Enron collapse, Pong debut, Thriller release, Christiaan Barnard heart transplant, and Christie disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatha Christie
Sunningdale
Berkshire
Christie
Harrogate
Yorkshire
Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Denise Darvall
Roswell Library Hosts Saturday littleBits Workshop and Holiday Picks
The Roswell Public Library invites all ages to Saturday littleBits makerspace activities with optional registration at the Children's or Reference desks. A color in program is free of registration while supplies last. Holiday book recommendations from Adult Services Librarian Matthew Gormley include The Mistletoe Secret and Oliver the Cat Who Saved Christmas, plus Beth Harbison’s A Shoe Addict's Christmas. For more information contact Amanda Davis at A.DavisGroswell-rm.gov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Ave
Facebook
Adult Services
Matthew Gormley
Roswell Public Library
Richard Paul Evans
Lbh
Alex Bartlett
Alex
Midway
Utah
Sheila Norton
Oliver
Beth Harbison
Beth
Noelle
Scrooge
Amanda Davis
Roswell Public
Roswell memories spark from Parker’s boyhood papers route
Jerry Parker of Florence South Carolina recalls Roswell days from the 1940s and 1950s. He details downtown life off Main Street Sixth Street, Horn Foods No 1, and the Roswell Daily Record corner. Parker describes delivering papers at age four and a career path through the army General Dynamics Boeing and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Jerry Parker
Parker
Florence
South Carolina
Horn Foods No
Roswell Daily Record
Fifth and Main
National Guard Armory
Robert Meiring
City
Cahoon Park
Robert Meiering
Albuquerque
St. Peter's Catholic School
Armory
Higginbotham
U.S. Armed Services
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
General Dynamics
Eniwetok
South Pacific
Boeing
South Dakota
North Dakota
Missouri
Carolinas
North Carolina
Curtis Michaels
Memory Lane
Weekly Library Events Calendar Update
The library lists events for Tuesday December 6 including Coloring from 5 30 to 7 00 p m. Participants can join the drop in activity in the reading room with supplies provided.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Macy
New York
Renton
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Spiro “P. Agnew
Ferdinand Magellan
Pacific Ocean
South American
Cyril Turner
Royal Air Force
Hello USA
Vanderbilt
Times Square
Enron Corp
Dynegy Inc
Enron
Atari
Andy Capp
Sunnyvale
California
George Harrison
Los Angeles
Ann Elizabeth Hodges
Oak Grove
Alabama
Michael Jackson
Epic Records
U.S. House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Mabama
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Unicity
Utah Medical Center
Barney Clark
Amanda
Davis
Bey
Roswell Country Club
Chew den
Jack Chew
Butch Hor
Curtis M. Michaels
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