Profile America -- Thursday, Dec. 30. Before closing the book on this eventful year, it's worth noting a few of its anniversaries:
50 years ago- Elvis Presley recorded his first song
- The Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
Seventy-five years ago- The stock market crashed, kicking off the Great Depression
- The first Academy Awards were given' out -- best picture was the silent wartime flying epic Wings.
100 years ago- Glenn Miller and Fats Waller, swing and jazz greats, were born
- Ralph Bunche, the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was born
- Average life expectancy for a baby girl was 51 years and for boys 48. Now, those figures are close to 81 years for girls and 75 for boys.
Find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.
Sources:
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2003, t.105
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html
Historical Statistics of the United States, p. 55
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