The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the publisher of a number of series for children and adults including the Nancy Drew mysteries, the Hardy Boys[?], Tom Swift, Jr., and others.
Further Reading
Series Books & the Media: Or This Isn't All, Ilana Nash and David Farah, SynSine Press, 1996, hardcover, 404 pages, ISBN 0963994972
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January 5 - Jeane Dixon[?], astrologer (+ 1997)
January 10 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, ...