When did the last Americans leave Vietnam and when did the government of South Vietnam surrender?
The last Americans, about 1,000, were evacuated from Saigon on April 29, 1975.
The Saigon government surrendered a few hours later.
The Hollywood screen goddess Marilyn Monroe (1926-62) was married three times: to aircraft plant worker James Dougherty, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and playwright Arthur Miller. The marriage to Miller lasted the longest, nearly five years, from 1956 to 1961. Her marriage as a teenager to Dougherty lasted four years, from 1942 to 1946. The shortest…
The cover of the final issue of Life magazine, December 29, 1972, features “The Year in Pictures 1972” in block letters. Life had been in publication for 36 years, beginning November 23, 1936.
In 1939, a night at the Essex House on Central Park South cost $6. Today, a night in the same hotel starts at $185.
George Eastman, a New York bank clerk, developed the first hand-held roll-film camera in 1888. The cost was $25.
Virginia has the honor of being the birthplace of the most presidents, with eight: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson. Ohio is second, with seven: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding.
In 1942, about 100,000 Japanese-Americans were moved to ten internment camps in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. The camps were closed in late 1945.