Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. It was originally known as 'Armistice Day' when WWI ended in 1918. To mark the occasion we have Ten Timeline Memories of events that happened on November 11th through the years. But what better way to remember those that fought and are still fighting to ensure our freedom than calling on Ray Charles for the singing of "America" - on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD-IgFhmVdI&mode=related&search=
Ten Timeline Memories of November 10th:
- [1775] The U.S. Marines are organized under authority of the Continental Congress...
- [1871] Journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley finds missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa and delivers his famous greeting: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" to which Livingstone replies: "And you arrrrrre?"...
- [1951] Direct-dial, coast-to-coast telephone service begins as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood (NJ) calls his counterpart in Alameda (CA) and says "can you hear me now?", "can you hear me now?"...
- [1954] The Iwo Jima Memorial is dedicated in Arlington (VA)...
- [1975] The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm in Lake Superior with all 29 crew members on board (leading to the hit by Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or as one CBS-FM caller asked: "Can you play the 'Wreck of Ella Fitzgerald?")...
- [1980] CBS-TV network anchor Dan Rather claims he was kidnapped in a cab but it turns out that Rather refused to pay the driver for the ride (leading to the R.E.M hit: "What's the cab fare Kenneth?")...
- [1982] The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is opened in Washington (D.C.)...
- [1984] Backup Maryland QB Frank Reich stages one of the greatest comebacks in college football history, throwing 6 TD passes in the 2nd half and overcoming a 31-0 deficit as the Terps beat Miami 42-40...
- [1993] John Wayne Bobbitt is acquitted on the charge of marital sexual assault against his wife Lorena Bobbitt (a.k.a. "The blade") (who is later acquitted of malicious wounding of her husband. Apparently cutting off one's genitals is not malicious enough in Virginia)...
- [2003] Country and rock stars gather for a tribute to Johnny Cash, who passed away in September '03, by singing his songs at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville...
"Happy Trails": 1982] Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev of a heart attack at 75...1994] Jazz singer Carmen McRae of a stroke at 72...2001] Author ("One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest") Kesey. At 66 his heart stopped...
#1 on this date: 1965] "Get Off My Cloud" - Rolling Stones... 1974] "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)...
Gold Standard: 1969] "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Gene Autry (it was released in 1949)...
Released on this date: 1967] "Nights in White Satin" - Moody Blues...1973] "Rock On" - David Essex...1986] "Live 1975-1985" box set - Bruce Springsteen...
Debuted on this date: 1969] "Sesame Street" on PBS...
Wedding Bells: 1997] WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. walk down the $37 million aisle, link by link and chip by chip...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in the timeline]...
Commentary...
I was as shocked as all of you were when hearing the news that Ed Bradley died unexpectedly at 65. Steve Kroft, one of Ed's "60 Minutes" colleagues said that "we all knew about the leukemia but Ed thought it was under control. It must have broken out again in a vengeance". When I saw Ed Bradley do a lead-in to a story I always looked forward to it because he did such a great job with his interviews. He was "Mr. Cool" and a total pro. Ed Bradley R.I.P. You will be missed. Now "60 Minutes" has got to put together a special featuring the highlights of all of his stories...
Thanks to Paul Power for mentioning that Paul Mauriat had passed away. Famous for his 1968 #1 hit, "Love is Blue" Mauriat died yesterday in his native France. Mauriat was 81. No cause of death has been released by his family...
On the brighter side:
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Brittany Murphy (29), Shawn Green (34), Mackenzie Phillips (47), Sinbad (50), Ann Reinking (57), Greg Lake (59), Dave Loggins (59), Roy Scheider (71) and Russell Johnson (The Professor on 'Gilligan's Island') (82)...
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Saturday (Veteran's Day) November 11, 2006...
Ten Timeline Memories of Veteran's Day...
- [1885] George Patton is born on this date...
- [1918] World War I ends when the Allies and Germany sign an armistice (thus "Armistice Day")...
- [1921] The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated at Arlington Cemetary by U.S. President Warren Harding...
- [1938] Kate Smith sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" for the 1st time on network radio...
- [1940] The Jeep makes its debut...
- [1942] During WWII, Germany completes its occupation of France...
- [1972] The U.S. Army turns over its base at Long Bihn to the South Vietnamese army which symbolizes the end of our direct involvement...
- [1984] President Ronald Reagan accepts the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a gift to the nation from the Vietnam Memorial Fund...
- [1993] A bronze statue is dedicated in Washington (D.C.) to honor more than 11,000 American women who served in the Vietnam War...
- [1996] The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund unveils "The Wall that Heals", a half-scale replica of the memorial that will tour communities throughout the U.S...
"Happy Trails": 1972] Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers) is killed in a motorcycle accident one year and 13 days after Duane Allman met the same fate - 3 blocks away (Oakley was 24)...
"Sayonara": 2004] Yasser Arafat who dies from unknown causes at 75...
Recorded on this date: 1958] "The Twist" - Hank Ballard & Midnighters...
Released on this date: 1967] "In and Out of Love" - Supremes...
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered": 1963] Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3-show contract for Beatle appearances...
MVP...MVP...MVP...MVP...MVP: 2002] Barry Bonds for an unprecedented 5th time...
Wedding Bells: 1986] Sperry Rand and Burroughs walk down the aisle with their baby "Unisys" becoming the 2nd largest computer company...
Happy Birthday...happy birthday"...
Carlista Flockhart (42), Demi Moore (44), Stanley Tucci (46), Warner Wolf (69), Jonathan Winters (81) and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (84)...
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Sunday, November 12, 2006...
Timeline Memories...
- [1920] Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis is elected baseball's 1st commissioner...
- [1933] The first known photo of the "Loch Ness Monster" is taken (by the "Invisible Man")...
- [1948] Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other WWII Japanese leaders are sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal...
- [1997] Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (Yousef is serving a sentence of life without parole)...
- [2001] American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, Queens shortly after taking off (in perfect weather by the way) from JFK, taking more than 260 lives...
"Happy Trails": 1993] H.R. Haldeman, former Nixon White House chief of staff dies of undisclosed causes at 67...
"Convicted": 1996] Jonathan Schmitz 26, is convicted of second-degree murder for shooting Scott Amedure, a gay man who'd revealed a crush on Schmitz during a taping of "The Jenny Jones Show" (Schmitz is serving a 20-25 year prison term)...2004] Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and dumping her body in San Francisco Bay (Peterson is on death row)...
"Last call": 1970] The Doors make their last appearance with Jim Morrison in New Orleans...
#1 on this date: 1958] "Tom Dooley" - Kingston Trio... 1985] "We Built This City" - Jefferson Starship (this song was written as a tribute to the city of San Francisco)...
Released on this date: 1940] Walt Disney's "Fantasia"...1966] "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan...1984] "Like a Virgin" LP - Madonna...
Wedding Bells: 1998] Daimler-Benz, Chrysler and baby Daimler-Chrysler make 3...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Tonya Harding (36), Sammy Sosa (38???), Nadia Comaneci (45), Neil Young (61???), Al Michaels (61), Booker T. Jones (62), Bryan Hyland (63) and Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby & Romantics)(67)...
Timeline Countdown: 49 days until 2007, 56 days until the NFL playoffs and 84 days until Super Bowl XLI in Miami...
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