1936: 7-year old Shirley Temple signed a big contract

On this day in 1936, Shirley Temple got a new contract from 20th Century Fox.   She was guaranteed $50,000 per film for the next 7 years.

Later in her life, she had a diplomatic career.    Shirley Temple Black was named ambassador to Czechoslovakia by President Bush.

She died in 2014.

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We remember Juan Delis and the 1955 Washington Senators

We remember Juan Delis who was born in Santiago de Cuba on this day in 1928.  

In the 1950’s, Juan was one of many Cubans who played with The Washington Senators.    

In this photo, Juan (to the right) joined Carlos Paula, Pedro Ramos, Jose Valdivielso and Camilo Pascual in the 1955 team.   Of course, Ramos and Pascual became very successful major league pitchers.

I wrote years ago about Pascual and Ramos.

Delis was around one season as a utility infielder playing in 5 different positions.  He hit .189 in 54 games.    He played with Marianao in Cuba and in Mexico’s Pacific Coast League.

We don’t remember Juan as a star player but he was an inspiration to many others who played later.     Delis came along at a time when there were only 16 major league teams.   In other words, it was a lot more difficult to make a major league team before expansion.

Delis died in Cuba in 2003.

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We remember Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

We remember Elizabeth Taylor who was born in London to American parents on this day in 1932.   She eventually moved to Los Angeles with her family in 1939.     

Taylor’s movie career stretched from the 1940's to the 1980's, from "Little women" to "Cat on a hat tin roof" to "Cleopatra" to many others.  

She died in 2011.

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