1964 Event GI Joe character created 1964 Event GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy 1962 Birthday Demi Moore, Guynes, Roswell, New Mexico, actress, Ghost, Striptease, GI Jane 1944 Event USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lo 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1943 Event Gen. Patton slaps a U.S. GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice 1943 Event Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's