In 1976, in the year of George R Olszewski's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Four stations - in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama - refused to air the show. The stars were Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, making Cosby the first African American to headline a television show. In 1965, at the age of 48 years old, George was alive when the television show 'I Spy' premiered in the fall season on NBC. The flag was changed to display 49 stars. In 1959, by the time he was 42 years old, on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%.

In 1936, when he was 19 years old, on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy.

Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida 'Margreet' MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. In 1917, in the year that George R Olszewski was born, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during George's lifetime.

Berserkeley by Alice Olszewski