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Tijuana bible. Tijuana bibles (also known as eight-pagers, Tillie-and-Mac books, Jiggs-and-Maggie books, Jo-Jo books, bluesies, blue-bibles, gray-backs, and two-by-fours) [1] were palm-sized erotic comics produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s. Their popularity peaked during the Great Depression era.
History of newspaper publishing. The modern newspaper is a European invention. [1] The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
8 December: France, Spain, and Great Britain disembark in Veracruz. Spain and Britain later withdraw. 1862: 5 May: The Mexican Army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats the invading French army led by General Charles de Lorencez in the Battle of Puebla. French forces took the city a year later, after the Siege of Puebla (1863). 1863: 10 July
Dial phones were invented in the 1930s but took years to become standard. New Hampshire switched to dials town by town from 1950 to 1973. [ 18 ] Switchboards and operators were an integral part of the telecommunications system until the introduction of electronic switching systems in the mid-20th century.
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. [1] The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1930 through 1939 . The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the ...
January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms. 1937 – Hindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travel. 1937 – Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing. 1937 – Golden Gate Bridge ...
1930s–present: usually pulling a hitch of Budweiser with a Dalmatian riding in it. Also appear playing football against each other. Burger Chef and Jeff: Burger Chef restaurants: 1954–1996: voiced by Paul Winchell: The Burger King: Burger King restaurants: 1974–1990, 2004–2011, 2016–present [3] Sir Shake-A-Lot: 1976–1980: knight who ...