We're baaaaaaaaacccck...
Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of technical problems, etc. etc. etc...For those who did not get my March 10th blog via e-mail yesterday or if for some reason you like collecting blogs in chronological order or need a copy, shoot me an e-mail at mphillips1675@yahoo.com
Now on to March 11 and 12...
Saturday, March 11 Memories...
1888) "The Blizzard of '88" shuts down communication and transportation along the Atlantic Seaboard and more than 400 perish in the blizzard...
1901) U.S. Steel is formed when industrialist J.P. Morgan purchases the Carnegie Steel Corporation. The sale makes Andrew Carnegie the world's richest man (and gives Bill Gates something to shoot for once he's born)...
1927) Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the world famous Roxy Theatre in Manhattan...
1930) President Howard Taft becomes our 1st President to be buried in the National Cemetary in Arlington, VA...
1942) With Japanese forces advancing in the Pacific during WWII, General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines for Australia vowing "I shall return" (he does)...
1947) The DuMont TV Network airs "Movies For Small Fry", network television's 1st successful children's program...
1968) "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" reaches gold status after the death of Otis Redding...
1969) Levi-Strauss begins selling bell-bottom jeans...
1970) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young release their album "Deja Vu"...
1986) Popsicle announces its plan to end the traditional twin-stick Popsicle for a one-stick model (ending the ability to split the Popsicle, thanks guys)...
1989) The reality-based "Cops" debuts on Fox (where it still runs on Saturday nights) (Okay everybody: "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you".)...
1993) Janet Reno is unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be the nation's 1st female attorney general (Janet puts on her dancing shoes and celebrates at her favorite disco)...
1995) Picabo Street becomes the 1st U.S. woman to win a gold medal in downhill at the world championships in Spain...
1996) The city of Cleveland mourns the decision made by NFL owners to allow Art Modell to move the Browns to Baltimore where they become the Baltimore Ravens. Cleveland gets revenge, keeping the Browns name and a new team will replace the original one...
1997) It's "Sir" Paul McCartney to you bub after the former Beatle is knighted by QEII (the Queen, not the ship)...
2002) Two columns of light reach to the heavens from ground zero in Manhattan as a temporary memorial to the victims of 911 (those lights could be seen just about every where in the 5 boroughs. Quite a site to see)...
2004) Bombs explode in quick succession across the commuter rail system in Madrid killing 191 and wounding more than 2,000, the results of a terrorist attack by a group linked to al-Qaida...
(To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources were used in the timeline)...
Happy Birthday To...
1931) Rupert Murdoch...
1934) Sam Donaldson...
1950) Don't worry, be happy, it's Bobby McFerrin...
1957) Cheryl Lynn...
1968) Lisa Loeb...
(Today is the 70th day of 2006 with 295 days remaining until spring and 21 days until opening day)...
Sunday, March 12, 2006...
March 12 Memories...
1664) New Jersey becomes a British colony as King Charles II grants land in the New World to his brother James, the Duke of York (in celebration of the event "The Sopranos" will debut tonight on HBO)...
1789) The U.S. Post Office is established...
1894) Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the 1st time...
1912) Juliette Gordon Low founds the "Girl Guides" which later becomes the "Girl Scouts of America"...
1923) Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates phonofilm, a technique putting sound on motion picture film...
1951) "Dennis the Menace", created by Hank Ketcham, makes its syndicated debut in 16 newspapers...
1957) Buddy Holly and the Crickets record "Maybe Baby"...
1966) Chicago's Bobby Hull becomes the 1st NHL player to score 51 points in a single season (in a game against the Rangers in MSG)...
1969) Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman sing "I do"...
1969) Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" wins a Grammy for "Best Record of 1968"...
1980) A jury finds John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of murdering 33 men and boys...
1987) "Les Miserables" opens on Broadway...
1997) LAPD arrest Mikail Markhasev for the shooting death of Bill Cosby's 27-year old son, Ennis (Markhasev is later convicted and sentenced to life with no parole)...
2002) Homeland security chief Tom Ridge unveils a color-coded system for terror warnings (we're not quite sure what color-blind people are supposed to do)...
2003) Elizabeth Smart is reunited with her family 9 months after being abducted from her home (she was taken on June 5, 2002 by a drifter who had previously done work at the Smart home)...
(To ensure accuracy of dates and content, mulitiple reference sources are used in the timeline)...
Happy Birthday To...
1923) Former astronaut Wally Schirra...
1932) Al Jarreau...
1932) "Get Smart's" Barbara Feldon...
1946) Liza Minnelli...
1948) James Taylor...
1950) Jon ("Timmy" from "Lassie") Provost...
1962) Darryl Strawberry...
(Today is the 71st day of 2006 with 294 days remaining in the year, 8 days until spring and 20 days until opening day)...
