President Truman’s name is usually written Harry S Truman. There’s no period after the S because he had no middle name, just the initial.
President Truman, who served from 1945-53, himself often dotted the “S” that was his middle name.
Of the 47 US Vice Presidents to date, two resigned, two were appointed rather than elected, and seven died in office. Of the ones who died in office, four died in the second half of November (on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th) and two died in mid-April (on the 18th and 20th).
John Calhoun was the first US vice president to resign from the office, in 1832. He resigned because of President Jackson’s stance against Calhoun’s plan permitting states to resign from the United State of America.
Grover Cleveland’s vice-president was Adlai Stevenson. His grandson, Adlai Stevenson II, was Governor of Illinois, the Democrats’ presidential candidate in 1952 and '56, and the US ambassador to the UN during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve multiple terms noncontinuously. Cleveland served 1885-1889, then Benjamin Harrison served 1889-1893, then Cleveland served 1893-1897.
Four Canadian Prime Ministers have served noncontinuously: Macdonald, Meighen, Mackenzie King and Trudeau.
Canada’s Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest island surrounded by freshwater. It’s on Lake Huron.
“Lake” is the only English geological term that allows the proper name of the feature to follow it.
Before founding Elp gre lake was lead singer of king crimson. Keith Emerson had been with the nice and Carl Palmer had played with the atomic rooster.
Actress Veronica Lake was an accomplished pilot; she took up flying in 1946 and in 1948 flew her small plane from Los Angeles to New York.
Veronica Lake was often in movies with Alan Ladd. He was 5’5’’, and she was just under five feet tall.
The golden age Green Lantern origin was a retelling of the Aladdin legend. The writers wanted to name the character “Alan Ladd,” but the editor thought the idea was too silly (and too obvious), so they changed the name to “Alan Scott.” A few year later, Alan Ladd became a star and DC was frustrated that they missed the chance for the accidental tie-in.
The second Green Lantern’s alter ego Oliver Queen is a take off on the color “Olive Green.”
Marie Osmond’s real first name is Olive- as is her mother’s.
Hmmmm. What about “Cape,” “Point,” and “Mount”? :dubious:
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Olive Oyl was created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his comic strip “Thimble Theatre.” The strip was later renamed “Popeye” after the sailor who became the most popular member of the cast, but Olive Oyl was one of the main characters for 10 years before Popeye first appeared in 1929.
The Styx concept album ***Paradise Theatre ***was inspired by the closing of an old movie house in Chicago.
Bank robber and alleged killer John Dillinger was gunned down by FBI agents in front of the Biograph Theater (Cinema) in Chicago on 22 July 1934.
In April 1934, Dillinger’s girlfriend Evelyn “Billie” Frechette pleaded with him not to drive to his father’s farm in Mooresville, Indiana while a nationwide hunt was underway. Dillinger remarked,
“Now Billie, who is smarter me or the cops?”
Ana Cumpănaș (aka Anna Sage) was the notorious “Woman in Red” who helped the FBI find John Dillinger.