![]() ![]() ![]() "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was an immediate success and spawned not only sequels but also movies, video games, plays, and amusement park attractions. In 1997, in the year of Gladys I Sharp's passing, on June 26th, the first Harry Potter book by J. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time. In 1978, Gladys was 58 years old when on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names. It went on to be television's longest-running western. In 1955, by the time she was 35 years old, on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top. In 1940, she was 20 years old when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits. There were a lot of them and they were very popular. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. In 1920, in the year that Gladys I Sharp was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Gladys' lifetime. ![]()
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