10 Timeline Memories:
1.1910] On my honor: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated…
2.1915] Giving birth: Director D.W. Griffith’s civil war epic, “Birth Of A Nation” premieres at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles. The three-hour silent movie cost $100,000, a fortune in 1915…
3.1922] On the radio: Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to have a radio installed in the White House. We like Harding...
4.1968] Death on the highway: Three college students die in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg (SC) during a civil rights protest...
5.1980] Charlie Rangel is pleased: President Jimmy Carter unveils a plan to re-introduce draft registration. Fortunately this movement never materializes...
6.1990] “Happy Trails“: Singer Del Shannon dies from a self-inflicted gun shot wound at 50…2005] Former Epic Records head of promotion, Al Gurewitz passes away from bladder cancer at 73…2007] Legendary singer Frankie Laine dies of heart failure at 93…2007] Anna Nicole Smith dies from ‘combined drug intoxication’ at 39…
7.1993] So sue me: General Motors sues NBC, alleging that 'Dateline NBC' had rigged two crashes to show the GM pickups were prone to fires. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day...
8.1996] Cyberspace: The largest one day online event to-date brings together the world's top photographers, editors, programmers and interactive designers to create a digital time capsule of online life. It's called "24 Hours in Cyberspace"...
9.1999] Clinton's trials and tribulations: The Senate hears closing arguments in President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial...
10.2005] A temporary peace: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announce a cease-fire at a summit in Egypt...
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Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
(Weekend Edition) February 5 - 7, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1921] It’s read all over: Reader’s Digest hits the newsstands for the first time (2/5)…
1.1921] The house that Ruth built: The Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx to build Yankee Stadium. The stadium goes up 2 years later in 1923. Eighty-six years later (2009), the new stadium opens (2/5)…
2.1935] Pass ‘Go’ and collect $200: The board game of ‘Monopoly‘ goes on sale for the first time (2/6)…
3.1974] Premiered on this date: “Blazing Saddles” debuts in movie theaters (2/7)…
4.1985] Swimsuit edition: Sports Illustrated releases its annual ‘Swimsuit Edition’ which somehow manages to be not only the largest regular edition but the ‘most read’ edition (2/7)…
5.1993] “Happy Trails“: Tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe dies of complications of AIDS, contracted during a blood transfusion. I used to live across the street from Arthur who was just 49 at the time of his death (2/6)…1998] 51-year old Carl Wilson one of the founding members of the Beach Boys dies from complications of lung cancer with his family at his side (2/6)…
6.2001] Regis gets ripped: Kelly Ripa is named as Regis Philbin’s new co-host. Ripa replaces Kathie Lee Gifford and the show is renamed “Live! with Regis and Kelly (2/5)…
7.2002] Guilty as charged: A federal grand jury indicts John Walker Lindh on 10 charges, alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden’s network and conspired with the Taliban to kill American’s (2/5)…
8.2003] WMD alert: Secretary of State Colin Powell urges the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists, claims that later turned out to be false (2/5)…
9.2005] Super Bowl Sunday: The New England Patriots win their second consecutive SB and 3rd in 4 years with a 24-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in SBXXXIX. The good old days for Patriots fans (2/6)…For more on February 5 - 7:
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1.1921] It’s read all over: Reader’s Digest hits the newsstands for the first time (2/5)…
1.1921] The house that Ruth built: The Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx to build Yankee Stadium. The stadium goes up 2 years later in 1923. Eighty-six years later (2009), the new stadium opens (2/5)…
2.1935] Pass ‘Go’ and collect $200: The board game of ‘Monopoly‘ goes on sale for the first time (2/6)…
3.1974] Premiered on this date: “Blazing Saddles” debuts in movie theaters (2/7)…
4.1985] Swimsuit edition: Sports Illustrated releases its annual ‘Swimsuit Edition’ which somehow manages to be not only the largest regular edition but the ‘most read’ edition (2/7)…
5.1993] “Happy Trails“: Tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe dies of complications of AIDS, contracted during a blood transfusion. I used to live across the street from Arthur who was just 49 at the time of his death (2/6)…1998] 51-year old Carl Wilson one of the founding members of the Beach Boys dies from complications of lung cancer with his family at his side (2/6)…
6.2001] Regis gets ripped: Kelly Ripa is named as Regis Philbin’s new co-host. Ripa replaces Kathie Lee Gifford and the show is renamed “Live! with Regis and Kelly (2/5)…
7.2002] Guilty as charged: A federal grand jury indicts John Walker Lindh on 10 charges, alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden’s network and conspired with the Taliban to kill American’s (2/5)…
8.2003] WMD alert: Secretary of State Colin Powell urges the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists, claims that later turned out to be false (2/5)…
9.2005] Super Bowl Sunday: The New England Patriots win their second consecutive SB and 3rd in 4 years with a 24-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in SBXXXIX. The good old days for Patriots fans (2/6)…For more on February 5 - 7:
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1789] And the winner is: Electors unanimously choose George Washington as the first President of the United States, making his election official…
2.1932] Let the games begin: The first Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid (NY)…
3.1941] Bob Hope books a flight: The United Service Organization (USO) is created…
4.1957] The Right Type: Smith-Corona rolls out the first electric typewriter weighing a hefty 19 pounds…
5.1969] Meet the new Commish: Bowie Kuhn replaces the fired William Eckert as Baseball Commissioner…
6.1983] ‘Happy Trails’: Karen Carpenter passes away from heart failure probably caused by years of suffering from anorexia nervosa. Karen was just 32...1987] Liberace falls victim to AIDS related complications at 67…
7.1997] Guilty as charged: A civil jury in California finds O.J. Simpson liable in the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents are awarded $8.5 million in damages…
8.1999] Amadou disaster: An unarmed Amadou Diallo is cut down in a hail of bullets when four New York City plainclothes police officers thought he was armed. He wasn’t…
9.1999] Signed, Sealed, Delivered?: Having failed to get Bill Parcells from New England as coach, the Jets hire Bill Belichick as H.C. How'd that work out Jets fans???
10.2007] Super win: The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning will be gunning for his second SB win this Sunday against the New Orleans Saints…(For more on February 4):
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1.1789] And the winner is: Electors unanimously choose George Washington as the first President of the United States, making his election official…
2.1932] Let the games begin: The first Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid (NY)…
3.1941] Bob Hope books a flight: The United Service Organization (USO) is created…
4.1957] The Right Type: Smith-Corona rolls out the first electric typewriter weighing a hefty 19 pounds…
5.1969] Meet the new Commish: Bowie Kuhn replaces the fired William Eckert as Baseball Commissioner…
6.1983] ‘Happy Trails’: Karen Carpenter passes away from heart failure probably caused by years of suffering from anorexia nervosa. Karen was just 32...1987] Liberace falls victim to AIDS related complications at 67…
7.1997] Guilty as charged: A civil jury in California finds O.J. Simpson liable in the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents are awarded $8.5 million in damages…
8.1999] Amadou disaster: An unarmed Amadou Diallo is cut down in a hail of bullets when four New York City plainclothes police officers thought he was armed. He wasn’t…
9.1999] Signed, Sealed, Delivered?: Having failed to get Bill Parcells from New England as coach, the Jets hire Bill Belichick as H.C. How'd that work out Jets fans???
10.2007] Super win: The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning will be gunning for his second SB win this Sunday against the New Orleans Saints…(For more on February 4):
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1690] “Money, money, money, monnnnney“: The 1st paper money in the U.S. is issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency is used to pay soldiers fighting in the war against Quebec (was this over hockey, eh?)…
2.1815] Cheesy: The world’s 1st commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland (no mention of who was used to cut the cheese)…
3.1913] The Taxman is coming: The 16th amendment to the Constitution is ratified authorizing the power to impose and collect income tax (how about a vote to repeal it?)…
4.1959] The day the music died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson aka ‘The Big Bopper’ perish when their small plane goes down in Iowa…
5.1961] Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: Over 17″ of snow blankets New York City. It’s the 6th largest snowfall in the city...
6.1998] Lights out: Texas executes Karla Faye Tucker who becomes the first woman executed since 1984. All Karla did was hack two people to death with a pickax…
7.1998] Plunging to death: A U.S. Marine jet slices a cable in Italy causing the death of 20 skiers on a lift. They will fall 370 feet to their deaths…
8.2002] I get a kick out of you: Britney Spears sings the national anthem and then Adam Vinatieri kicks a 48-yard field goal and the underdog Patriots win their first Super Bowl over the St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI. Tom Brady wins the first of two SB MVPs…2008] Super Bowl XLII goes to the Giants who upset the Patriots 17-14…
9.2003] Murder at the mansion: Record producer Phil Spector is arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in California…
10.2007] Baghdad bomber: A suicide truck bomber strikes a Baghdad market, killing more than 130…For more on February 3:
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1.1690] “Money, money, money, monnnnney“: The 1st paper money in the U.S. is issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency is used to pay soldiers fighting in the war against Quebec (was this over hockey, eh?)…
2.1815] Cheesy: The world’s 1st commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland (no mention of who was used to cut the cheese)…
3.1913] The Taxman is coming: The 16th amendment to the Constitution is ratified authorizing the power to impose and collect income tax (how about a vote to repeal it?)…
4.1959] The day the music died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson aka ‘The Big Bopper’ perish when their small plane goes down in Iowa…
5.1961] Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: Over 17″ of snow blankets New York City. It’s the 6th largest snowfall in the city...
6.1998] Lights out: Texas executes Karla Faye Tucker who becomes the first woman executed since 1984. All Karla did was hack two people to death with a pickax…
7.1998] Plunging to death: A U.S. Marine jet slices a cable in Italy causing the death of 20 skiers on a lift. They will fall 370 feet to their deaths…
8.2002] I get a kick out of you: Britney Spears sings the national anthem and then Adam Vinatieri kicks a 48-yard field goal and the underdog Patriots win their first Super Bowl over the St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI. Tom Brady wins the first of two SB MVPs…2008] Super Bowl XLII goes to the Giants who upset the Patriots 17-14…
9.2003] Murder at the mansion: Record producer Phil Spector is arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in California…
10.2007] Baghdad bomber: A suicide truck bomber strikes a Baghdad market, killing more than 130…For more on February 3:
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1653] Start spreading the news: New Amsterdam, now known as New York City is incorporated…
2.1790] Supes on: The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time…
3.1876] Senior circuit: Baseball’s National League is formed in New York with these original franchises: New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, Philadelphia and St. Louis…
4.1887] They say we’re young and we don’t know: The first ‘Groundhog Day’ is celebrated in Punxsutawney (PA). The 1993 movie starring Bill Murray immortalizes the day and Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” wakes Murray up 33 times…
5.1946] Debuted on this date: Mutual Broadcasting airs “Twenty Questions” for the first time on radio. The show moves to TV three years later…
6.1967] Jump it up: The American Basketball Association is formed…
7.1972] Bloody Sunday aftermath: The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday…
8.1979] “Happy Trails”: Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols dies from a drug overdose at 21, less than 4 months after fatally stabbing girlfriend Nancy Spungen at the Chelsea Hotel…1996] The legendary Gene Kelly passes away after suffering two strokes…
9.1990] Free Mandela: F.W. de Klerk, allows the African National Congress to legally function and promises to release Nelson Mandela…
10.2007] And somewhere Al Gore smiles: The world’s leading climate scientists and government officials say that global warming is so severe, it would “continue for centuries” and humans were to blame…For more on February 2:
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1.1653] Start spreading the news: New Amsterdam, now known as New York City is incorporated…
2.1790] Supes on: The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time…
3.1876] Senior circuit: Baseball’s National League is formed in New York with these original franchises: New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, Philadelphia and St. Louis…
4.1887] They say we’re young and we don’t know: The first ‘Groundhog Day’ is celebrated in Punxsutawney (PA). The 1993 movie starring Bill Murray immortalizes the day and Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” wakes Murray up 33 times…
5.1946] Debuted on this date: Mutual Broadcasting airs “Twenty Questions” for the first time on radio. The show moves to TV three years later…
6.1967] Jump it up: The American Basketball Association is formed…
7.1972] Bloody Sunday aftermath: The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday…
8.1979] “Happy Trails”: Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols dies from a drug overdose at 21, less than 4 months after fatally stabbing girlfriend Nancy Spungen at the Chelsea Hotel…1996] The legendary Gene Kelly passes away after suffering two strokes…
9.1990] Free Mandela: F.W. de Klerk, allows the African National Congress to legally function and promises to release Nelson Mandela…
10.2007] And somewhere Al Gore smiles: The world’s leading climate scientists and government officials say that global warming is so severe, it would “continue for centuries” and humans were to blame…For more on February 2:
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Monday, February 01, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1865] Free at last: Slavery is abolished with the ratification of the 13th amendment which will go into effect on February 1, 1865…
2.1913] All aboard: Grand Central Station opens in New York City. The largest train station in the world is still beautiful…
3.1960] Sitting in: Four black college students begin a sit-in protest at a lunch counter where they’d been refused service…
4.1968] The shot seen round the world: Saigon’s police chief executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head…
5.1979] Patty departs: Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves a federal prison near San Francisco after her sentence was commuted by Jimmy Carter…
6.1982] Debuted on this date: David Letterman debuts on NBC-TV with his own show. His first guest is Bill Murray. Letterman may have made his network debut in 1971 covering the Indy 500…
7.1999] A little bit of Monica: Monica Lewinsky gives a videotaped despostion to senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton…
8.2003] Space tragedy: The space shuttle Columbia explodes during re-entry, killing all 7 astronauts on board…
9.2004] Nipplegate: Janet Jackson’s breast is briefly exposed during a duet with Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl halftime show. If like I, you were at the game, no one even noticed. All I cared about was that my Patriots won…2009] No “wardrobe malfunctions” last year when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 to become the only NFL team to win 6 Super Bowls…
10.2008] Terrorists take out 100: Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two women kill nearly 100 people in Baghdad…For more on February 1:
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1.1865] Free at last: Slavery is abolished with the ratification of the 13th amendment which will go into effect on February 1, 1865…
2.1913] All aboard: Grand Central Station opens in New York City. The largest train station in the world is still beautiful…
3.1960] Sitting in: Four black college students begin a sit-in protest at a lunch counter where they’d been refused service…
4.1968] The shot seen round the world: Saigon’s police chief executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head…
5.1979] Patty departs: Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves a federal prison near San Francisco after her sentence was commuted by Jimmy Carter…
6.1982] Debuted on this date: David Letterman debuts on NBC-TV with his own show. His first guest is Bill Murray. Letterman may have made his network debut in 1971 covering the Indy 500…
7.1999] A little bit of Monica: Monica Lewinsky gives a videotaped despostion to senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton…
8.2003] Space tragedy: The space shuttle Columbia explodes during re-entry, killing all 7 astronauts on board…
9.2004] Nipplegate: Janet Jackson’s breast is briefly exposed during a duet with Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl halftime show. If like I, you were at the game, no one even noticed. All I cared about was that my Patriots won…2009] No “wardrobe malfunctions” last year when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 to become the only NFL team to win 6 Super Bowls…
10.2008] Terrorists take out 100: Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two women kill nearly 100 people in Baghdad…For more on February 1:
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Friday, January 29, 2010
(Weekend Edition) January 29 - 31, 2010...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1845] ‘Quoth the raven, nevermore’: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is published for the first time in the New York Evening Mirror (1/29)…
2. 1933] Debuted on this date: “The Lone Ranger” airs the first of 2,956 episodes, ending in 1955 and beyond that in films and specials (1/30)…
3.1936] Going to Hall: The Baseball Hall of Fame holds its first induction. Elected are: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson (1/29)…
4.1962] High-flying tragedy: Two members of the ‘Flying Wallendas’ high-wire act are killed when their 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit (1/30). In 1978 family patriarch Karl Wallenda falls to his death in Puerto Rico. Here’s an old clip of the family rehearsing…
5.1964] Premiered on this date: Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb)” starring Peter Sellers, opens nationally (1/29)…
6.1990] Guilty as charged: Joseph Hazelwood, former Exxon Valdez skipper, goes on trial in Anchorage (AK) for his role in America’s worst oil spill. He will be acquitted of all charges except for a misdemeanor (1/29)…
7.1995] A Super Bowl 1st: The San Francisco 49ers become the first team in the NFL to win 5 Super Bowls by beating San Diego 49-26 behind Steve Young’s 6 touchdown passes, which breaks Joe Montana’s previous record of 5 (1/29)…
8.1999] Going to Hall: Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot (1/30)…
9.2000] Off his rocker: Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker is suspended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig for his disparaging racial remarks, mostly about the straphangers on the no. 7 to Shea Stadium. His statements appear in Sports Illustrated (1/31)…
10.2006] Wounded anchor: ABC ‘World News Tonight’ co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman are seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq (1/29)…For more on January 29 - 31, 2010:
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1.1845] ‘Quoth the raven, nevermore’: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is published for the first time in the New York Evening Mirror (1/29)…
2. 1933] Debuted on this date: “The Lone Ranger” airs the first of 2,956 episodes, ending in 1955 and beyond that in films and specials (1/30)…
3.1936] Going to Hall: The Baseball Hall of Fame holds its first induction. Elected are: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson (1/29)…
4.1962] High-flying tragedy: Two members of the ‘Flying Wallendas’ high-wire act are killed when their 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit (1/30). In 1978 family patriarch Karl Wallenda falls to his death in Puerto Rico. Here’s an old clip of the family rehearsing…
5.1964] Premiered on this date: Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb)” starring Peter Sellers, opens nationally (1/29)…
6.1990] Guilty as charged: Joseph Hazelwood, former Exxon Valdez skipper, goes on trial in Anchorage (AK) for his role in America’s worst oil spill. He will be acquitted of all charges except for a misdemeanor (1/29)…
7.1995] A Super Bowl 1st: The San Francisco 49ers become the first team in the NFL to win 5 Super Bowls by beating San Diego 49-26 behind Steve Young’s 6 touchdown passes, which breaks Joe Montana’s previous record of 5 (1/29)…
8.1999] Going to Hall: Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot (1/30)…
9.2000] Off his rocker: Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker is suspended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig for his disparaging racial remarks, mostly about the straphangers on the no. 7 to Shea Stadium. His statements appear in Sports Illustrated (1/31)…
10.2006] Wounded anchor: ABC ‘World News Tonight’ co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman are seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq (1/29)…For more on January 29 - 31, 2010:
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