Archive for June 22nd, 2011

“Jaws” Released 36 Years Ago

On June 22, 1975 Universal Studios released the classic movie “Jaws”. Directed by a young Steven Speilberg, movie critics consider Jaws one of the best movies ever made. The movie stars Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as Quint and Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper. Even today, 36…

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FDR and Edith Nourse Rogers ~ G. I. Bill of Rights on June 22, 1944

On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights’’ – an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services–known as G.I.s–for their efforts in World War II. Edith Nourse…

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