Abe Lincoln at the state fair…in 1966?

During the Wisconsin State Fair of 1966, a plaque was unveiled to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 address to the Wisconsin Agricultural Society.  That was a year before he was elected president…and somebody noticed that the plaque depicted the bearded Lincoln speaking to that 1859 crowd.  Some spoilsport pointed out that Honest Abe didn’t grow his beard until after his election.
 
The U.S. government was giving Thomas Jefferson the boot…deciding to retire the $2 bill.  The Treasury said there was a lack of demand for the 2…except, perhaps, among people betting on horse races.
 
Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California that fall.  The former movie actor and TV host of “Death Valley Days” was being criticized by Democrats, and a former mayor of San Francisco chided Reagan for his Hollywood background.  Reagan won that election, and the rest is history.  
 
CBS began showing movies two nights a week in the fall of ’66.  They split “The Music Man” into two parts, with the first half airing on a Thursday night opposite “Bewitched” and “That Girl” on ABC, and the second episode of “Star Trek” on NBC.  Ya got trouble, and Tribbles…yesterday in La Crosse.