By the end of the war, Fatherâs Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution. In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Fatherâs Day a federal holiday at last.
Finding Blue Chip Stocks. A blue chip is a large, financially sound company that has proved it can weather downturns in the market. These well-established companies have long track records of positive earnings and have paid dividends in both good times and bad.he Dow-Home of the Blue Chips. Established by journalist Charles Dow in 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, often just called the Dow, is composed of 30 blue-chip stocks from every important sector of the stock market except utilities and transportation.
Carl Stokes. For the Baltimore politician, see Carl Stokes (Baltimore). Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 â April 3, 1996) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city.