MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1995
Amsterdam – “Thank you!” Amsterdamers cried all along the parade route. “Well done!” they said. As if it had happened yesterday, Dutch people turned out by the thousands to cheer veterans of the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation on the 50th anniversary of the event. Hundreds of Allied war veterans, mostly from Canada, which was in the forefront of the liberation, paraded through the city in antique military vehicles, buried in fresh-cut flowers, while World War Ii-era military aircraft flew overhead. The veterans then listened to the khaki-clad Dutch Swing College Band play Glenn Miller tunes.
50 years ago — 1970
Small groups of students fought sporadically at Memphis State University yesterday over whether a flag in front of the Administration Building would be lowered to half-staff in memory of four students killed at Kent State University Monday. President C.C. Humphreys, attempting to avert a confrontation between large numbers of students, met with student representatives, then announced a memorial service at noon today during which the flag would fly at half-staff.
75 years ago — 1945
Official announcement that the brownout will be lifted on V-E Day brought renewed assurance Saturday night that the horse racing ban and midnight amusement curfew will be suspended at the same time. The only reservation in the brownout announcement was that the prohibition of outdoor lighting may have to be reinstated some time next fall if the coal shortage is serious enough.
100 years ago — 1920
New York – An air flight from Miami to New York with one stop was made today in 15 hours and 35 minutes flying time by the passenger seaplane “Miss Miami,” piloted by Harry Rogers of the American Flying Club. The long journey of nearly 1,500 miles along the coast line was interrupted at Morehead City, N.C., where a stop was made for fuel.
125 years ago — 1895
L.P. Furbish, Harry White and C.J. Scherer of the Memphis Cycle Club have been appointed to a committee to complete arrangements of the big cycle races in Memphis, starting May 17.