A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
The Accidental Newlywed Game - Jaci Burton (Penguin - July 2022) (purse) - July 1
2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Last of the Red-Hot Cowboys - Tina Leonard (Random House - June 2014) - July 6
3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Forever, Plus One - Wendy Warren (HSE #2930 - Sept 2022) (half-brother) - Aug 13
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
A Nordic King - Karina Halle (Karina Halle - Sept 2018) (15,451) - Aug 20
5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Snowflake Bay - Donna Kauffman (Kensington - Sept 2015) (business person) - June 12
6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Murder Gone Cold - B.J. Daniels (HI #2061 - Apr 2022) (romantic suspense) - Aug 8
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Shielding Her Son - K.D. Richards (HI #2089 - Aug 2022) (initial) - July 15
9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Stalking Colton's Family - Geri Krotow (HRS #2179 - May 2022) - Aug 2
10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Rivalry at Play - Nadine Gonzalez (HD #2887 - Aug 2022) (doing wrong) - Aug 6
11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
The Viking's Stolen Princess - Sarah Rodi (HH #1622 - Dec 2021) (title) - July 5
12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
The Princess and the Single Dad - Jessica Gilmore (HR #4816 - Aug 2022) (two main characters) - July 13
13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Montana Mystery - Josie Jade, Janie Crouch (Calamittie Jane Pub - July 2022) (fire) - July 8
14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Lady Armstrong's Scandalous Awakening - Marguerite Kaye (HH #1642 - Apr 2022) (George) - Aug 2
15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
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