Eleven years before the first NBA game: A look back at 1935

In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of kidnapping Charles Lindbergh Jr.; Parker Brothers began selling Monopoly; Porky Pig debuted; Persia was renamed Iran; The Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds played the first nighttime baseball game; Alcoholics Anonymous was founded; President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act; Babe Ruth played in his last Major… Continue reading Eleven years before the first NBA game: A look back at 1935

Best of the 1940s

  His Girl Friday (1940) Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is an editor for The Morning Post.  His ex-wife, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), was a star reporter for his paper, but quit when she got engaged to Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Walter goes to great lengths to convince Hildy to return, including framing Bruce for various petty crimes,… Continue reading Best of the 1940s