The 2007 Baseball season begins tonight when the Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals, the team that beat them to get to the World Series. Tony LaRussa's Cardinals then dispatched the Detroit Tigers to become the 7th different team to win the fall classic in as many years. Will any of those 7 teams repeat as champs during this decade? What are the odds of 10 different teams winning the world series in a decade? Well, it's only happened once. From 1978 (Yankees) to 1987 (Twins), a different team won the world series each year. 10 different teams in 10 years. Never happened before and it hasn't happened since but it could. Stay tuned...
Your humble blogger is taking his spring break for a week but rest assured I won't leave you without anything to read so this will be the Spring Break edition of the MPR from April 1 to April 8, Sunday-to-Sunday. Every day is covered. Enjoy the timelines, chuckle, guffaw and kvell when the occasion calls for it. And there are more than a dozen video links scattered through the 8 days too...I'll be baaaaahk with fresh blog on Monday, April 9th...
No jokes coming up for the April 1 timeline, well - maybe. See if you can tell where they are...There are 2 video links which are pranks played on April Fools Day's past. Tom Bergeron's producers threw a couple of ringers into a Hollywood Squares episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0dkasKa7Yw , Here's one where Jimmy Kimmel played a prank on his uncle Frank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWmqmxC5iA ...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1996] Homeplate umpire John McSherry dies of a massive heart attack during a game. McSherry was 52...
$ $ $: 1778] Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman creates the $ symbol (Pollock dies a pauper however)...
"Play Ball": 1876] Boston beats Philadelphia 6-5 in the 1st official National League game...
And the ball is still in his glove: 1930] Leo Harnett of the Cubs breaks the height record for a catch when he grabs a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles (excavation of this body takes several days but when he was found, the ball was still in his glove)...
A Hall of an opening: 1938] The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown (NY)...
Where's Fergie?: 1946] Weight Watchers is formed...
Weather or not: 1960] The U.S. launches the 1st weather satellite, TIROS-1...
Back to work: 1963] The Typographers Union ends their strike that had closed 9 New York City newspapers for 114 days. The strike began in December of 1962...
Strike One: 1972] Major leaguers walk out at the end of spring training and begin the 1st general player's strike in sports history. They return April 13...
The Dook of Flatbush: 1963] After a 16-year career with the Brooklyn, then-Los Angeles Dodgers, Duke Snider is traded to the Mets. Duke hits .243 with 45 RBIs in 129 games before being traded to San Francisco. Snider enters Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1980...
Busted: 1987] Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden tests positive for cocaine. Doc spends the 1st 2 months of the season in rehab and that was the beginning of the end for what could have been a brilliant career...
Reunited and it feels so good: 1964] John Lennon is reunited with his father after 17 years...
Released on this date: 1976] "Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett...
Marvin murdered in Hollywood: 1984] Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in Los Angeles one day before his 45th birthday...
Supercoach K: 1991] After making the Final Four 5 times under coach Mike Krzyzewski since 1986, Duke finally wins its 1st NCAA championship with a 72-65 win over Kansas...
Saving Private Lynch: 2003] American troops enter a hospital in Iraq and rescue Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, held prisoner since her unit was ambushed 9 days earlier...
Baby love: 2004] President George W. Bush signs into law new protections for the unborn that made it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an assault on the mother...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Jimmy Cliff (59), David Eisenhower (60), Rusty Staub (63), Phil Margo of the Tokens (65), Rudolph Isley (68), Ali MacGraw (69), Debbie Reynolds (75) and Jan Powell (78)...
Timeline Countdown: 1 day until the NCAA championship game, 1 day until Passover begins at sundown, 7 days until Easter and 57 days until Memorial Day...
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Monday, April 2, 2007...
Passover begins at sundown tonight...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1972] Mets manager Gil Hodges who managed the Mets to their 1st world championship in 1969, dies of a heart attack while playing golf in West Palm Beach (FL) 2 days before his 48th birthday. Yogi Berra replaces Hodges as Mets manager...1998] Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli dies of a drug overdose in a Frankfurt, Germany hotel room. Pilatus was 32...2005] Pope John Paul II dies of natural causes at 85. Karol Jozef Wojtyla is succeeded by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger who becomes Pope Benedict XVI...
The 1st real estate mogul: 1513] Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida...
With 6 you get egg roll: 1877] President Rutherford B. Hayes rolls out the 1st Easter egg as the annual Easter Egg Roll has begun on the White House lawn...
Tin foiled again: 1889] Charles Hall patents aluminum...
Pass the popcorn: 1902] The 1st motion picture theater opens, the Electric Theatre in Los Angeles...
Blood money: 1932] A $50,000 ransom is paid for the infant son of Charles and Anna Lindbergh. The child is not returned and will be found dead the following month...
Recorded on this date: 1964] "I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby" - Beach Boys. This video is a live version of the song on 'Ready, Steady, Go!' in London from 1964: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYouoLKxjo ...1967] "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - Beatles...
Released on this date: 1978] "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder (Stevie's tribute to Duke Ellington). Here's Stevie doing it live on a French TV show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaoYu6jOoug ...
Playing in Traffic: 1967] Steve Winwood leaves the Spencer Davis Group to form Traffic...
Debuted on this date: 1978] The 1st episode of "Dallas" airs on CBS-TV. The series will run for the last time in May of 1991...
Shooting the trey goes to college: 1986] The NCAA adopts the 3-point shot in men's basketball and decides to use instant replay to check scoring and timing errors...
Rev it up: 1987] The speed limit on U.S. interstate highways is increased to 65 mph in limited areas...
Guilty as Charged: 1992] Mob boss John Gotti is convicted in New York of murder and racketeering. He's later sentenced to life in prison where he will die...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
'Law and Order's' Christopher Meloni (46), Emmylou Harris (60), Linda Hunt (62), Leon Russell (65), Rita Gam (79) and Dabbs Greer (90)...
Timeline Countdown: NCAA Championship Game is tonight, Passover begins at sundown, 6 days until Easter and 56 days until Memorial Day...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007...
"Happy Trails": 1882] Outlaw Jesse James, 34, is shot to death in St. Joseph (MO) by Robert Ford, a member of his gang...1990] Jazz great Sarah Vaughan dies of lung cancer at 66...1996] An Air Force jet carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashes in Croatia killing all 35 aboard. Brown was 54...
Mets hit the jackpot: 1966] The Mets win the rights to 'The Franchise' a.k.a. Tom Seaver in a lottery drawing after the Atlanta Braves violated the rules by signing the pitcher after the college season had started. 3 years later Seaver would help the Mets win their 1st world series...
Death by electrocution: 1936] Bruno Hauptmann is electrocuted in Trenton (NJ) for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby...
HST has a plan: 1948] President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, allocating more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European Countries...
Debuted on this date: 1953] TV Guide is published for the 1st time...1955] Fred Astaire appears on television for the 1st time on "The Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan...
Elvis sighting: 1956] Elvis Presley appears on "The Milton Berle Show", broadcast live from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hancock. Elvis sings "Heartbreak Hotel", "Money Honey" and "Blue Suede Shoes"...
Released on this date: 1965] "Wooly Bully" - Sam The Sham and the Pharaoh's. This video clip is from England's 'Top of The Pops' show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JPNJpp5QnQ&mode=related&search= ...
The Final Curtain: 1962] Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years and 24,092 races...1968] Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his 'mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis...1982] John Chancellor steps down as anchor of "NBC Nightly News" and is replaced by Tom Brokaw and Roger Mudd...
Baseball rolls a "7": 1985] Baseball owners and players agree to expand the post-season championship series from a best-of-five format to best-of-seven...
A devil of a time: 1988] The New Jersey Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in OT to make the playoffs for the 1st time...
Gotcha!: 1996] Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents, accused of sending 16 mail bombs that killed 3 and injured 23 during an 18-year period. Kaczynski was sentenced to 4 life sentences plus 30 years...
Busted: 2000] A federal judge rules that Microsoft had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. Microsoft appeals the ruling...
Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Eddie Murphy (46), David Hyde Pierce (48), Alec Baldwin (49), Tony Orlando (65) Here's Tony Orlando & Dawn doing "Knock Three Times": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq36F96Joy8 ... , Wayne Newton (65), Billy Joe Royal (65), Marsha Mason (65) and Doris Day (83)...
Timeline Countdown: This is the 1st full day of Passover, 5 days until Easter and 55 days until Memorial Day...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1841] President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia one month after his inauguration becoming the 1st president to die in office. Harrison was 68...
Jimmy V shines: 1983] Jim Valvano's North Carolina State Wolfpack upsets mighty Houston led by Clyde Drexler 54-52 to win the NCAA title. Valvano is seen running around the court looking for someone to hug, one of the most famous scenes in sports...
Stars and Stripes: 1818] Congress decides the U.S. flag will consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star added for each new state...
Recorded on this date: 1960] "Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Elvis Presley. This video clip is from Elvises 1968 comeback performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmwPVed7W9A ...
#1 on this date: 1963] "He's So Fine" - Chiffons...1973] "The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence...
Top 5 on this date: 1964] 1) Can't Buy Me Love, 2) Twist and Shout, 3) She Loves You, 4) I Want To Hold Your Hand and 5) Please, Please Me. All by the Beatles. They become the only group to have 3 consecutive #1's which are #4, #3 and #1...
Where's Johnyyyy?: 1967] Johnny Carson quits 'The Tonight Show' only to return 3 weeks later for a $30,000 a week raise...
Struck down in his prime: 1968] Tragedy strikes in Memphis as Martin Luther King Jr. is gunned down while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Motel Lorraine. King was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers...1968] James Brown makes a national TV appeal for calm following the assassination of King...
"Reunited and it feels so good": 1970] Janis Joplin holds a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in San Francisco...
Debuted on this date: 1974] "Ladies and Gentlemen": The Rolling Stones" opens as the 1st film with a quadraphonic soundtrack...
Like kissing your sister: 1974] Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's MLB home run record of 714 on Opening Day...
Record breaking: 1986] Wayne Gretzky sets an NHL record with his 213th point of the season...
Tragedy in the Air: 1991] Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and 6 others are killed when a helicopter collides with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion (PA)...
Alfonse's Folly: 1995] That jokester Senator (NY) Alfonse D'Amato uses a mock Japanese accent to ridicule O.J. Simpson judge Lance Ito on live radio. He apologizes 2 days later...
South of the border: 1999] The Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 in baseball's 1st season opener in Mexico...
Nomo no-no: 2001] Red Sox pitcher Hideo Nomo no-hits Baltimore to become only the 4th MLB pitcher to pitch no-hitters in both leagues...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
"Brokeback Mountain's" Heath Ledger (28), David Blaine (34), Robert Downey Jr. (42), David E. Kelley (51), Christine Lahti (57), Craig T. Nelson (63), Hugh Masekela (68), Clive Davis (75) and Maya Angelou (79)...
Timeline Countdown: 4 days until Easter and 54 days until Memorial Day...
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Thursday, April 5, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1964] General Douglas MacArthur dies of natural causes at 84...1976] Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies from kidney failure at 72...1981] Bob "The Bear" Hite of Canned Heat dies of a heart attack at 36. Here's a video clip of "The Bear" and his group from a live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIu-hJHImr8 ..1991] Former Texas Senator John Tower, 65, and 22 others die in a commuter plane crash near Brunswick (GA)...1992] Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton dies of cancer. Walton was 74...2006] Gene Pitney is found dead in his Cardiff (Wales) hotel room during a UK tour. An autopsy shows that Pitney died of natural causes...
Primetime comes to Fox: 1987] Fox adds 2 network shows: "Married...with Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show" which was the show that "The Simpsons" debuted in...
Wedding Bells: 1614] American Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. The couple requests that maize be thrown instead of the traditional rice...
Let the games begin: 1896] The 1st Olympic Games of the 'modern' era are opened at the foot of the Acropolis by King George of Greece as Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France, founder of the modern games sees his dream come true as 311 athletes from 14 nations compete. There were no gold medals awarded but each winner receiving a silver medal, a crown of olive branches and a box of Barilla pasta...
Jess a champ: 1915] Jess Willard KO's Jack Johnson in the 26th round of their heavyweight championship bout in Havana. Both fighters start feeling a bit fatigued after 20 rounds...
Dead couple walking: 1951] Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union in a very controversial case. There are those (especially the Rosenberg family) that believe they were innocent...
Debuted on this date: 1958] "Johnny Mathis' "Greatest Hits" LP debuts on the charts for a then record 490 weeks (10 years)...
Rockin' the ground: 1993] Construction begins in Cleveland for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
Chapter 11: 1982] "Record World" magazine, a major trade publication for 8 years folds...
Record breaker: 1984] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers breaks Wilt Chamberlain's 11-year old NBA record of 31,419 points. Jabbar still holds the record with 38,387 points...
"We Are The World": 1985] An estimated 5,000 radio stations simultaneously play "We Are The World" to raise money to feed starving people in Africa and the U.S. Harvey Mednick considers this "one of the proudest moments at R&R" for he and Dwight Case. Ken Kragen received an award at that year's NAB convention for his work on "USA for Africa" which was benifitted by the "We Are The World" promotion...
"What timeout?": 1993] Michigan's Chris Webber calls a timeout his Wolverines didn't have. Michigan is assessed a technical foul and North Carolina wins its 3rd national championship (2nd under Dean Smith) 77-71...
An announcement from Peter Jennings: 2005] ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings reveals he has lung cancer. Here's a clip of the announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vRfdgU2Q4E . He dies 4 months later...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Agnetha Faltskog (one of ABBA's 'A's) (57), Michael Moriarty (66), Colin Powell (70) and Gale Storm (85)...
Timeline Countdown: 3 days until Easter Sunday and 53 days until Memorial Day...
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(Good Friday) April 6, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
This school knows basketball: 2004] On April 5th, the Connecticut Huskies men's team wins the NCAA championship 82-73 by beating Georgia Tech. On April 6th the female Huskies win their title by beating Tennessee 70-61...
Elizabeth Taylor has nothing on this guy: 1868] Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife. He always said he would quit after 27...
Get the picture?: 1889] George Eastman places Kodak Camera's on sale for the 1st time...
Keep your heading on North: 1909] Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the 1st men to reach the North Pole. This is authenticated by the Navigation Foundation in 1989 and last year by Al Gore...
Twinkie Munch: 1930] Hostess Twinkies are invented by bakery executive James Dewar (who washes it down with a scotch)...
Guaranteed to taste better than airline food: 1954] The 1st TV Dinner is put on sale by Swanson and Sons...
Released on this date: 1957] "All Shook Up" - Elvis Presley...
Heard on this date: 1963] 16-year old Lesley Gore hears "It's My Party" on WINS coming home from school. Here's a clip of Lesley singing the song live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puu6K86F05I&mode=related&search= ...
Future lovers meet: 1971] Carly Simon and James Taylor meet at the Troubador in L.A...
#1 on this date: 1975] "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John...1977] "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (their only #1 hit). Here's ABBA on Japanese TV singing the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biKRbWrv7Lw ...
Wedding Bells: 1979] Rod Stewart and Alana Hamilton (George Hamilton's ex) rock down the aisle in Beverly Hills (they stay married 5 years)...1998] Citicorp and Travelers Group announces a merger, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world under the name "Citigroup"...
Arnie's Army: 1958] 28-year old Arnold Palmer wins the Masters in Augusta. Arnie's Army is born...
This Army is for real: 1965] President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam...
Share and share alike: 1974] The Yankees who start sharing Shea Stadium with the Mets while Yankee Stadium is renovated, beat the Indians 6-1 in their 1st game there. The Yankees get their stadium back in time for opening day in 1976...
Designated Hitter: 1973] The Yankees' Ron Blomberg becomes the AL's 1st DH, walking in his 1st AB at Fenway Park...
It Sticks anywhere: 1980] Post It notes are introduced...
The Final Curtain: 1980] Gordie Howe's remarkable 26-year NHL career ends when at 52 he plays his last game and scores his 801st and final goal for Hartford against his former Detroit Red Wings...1987] Dodger VP Al Campanis is quoted as saying "blacks lacked the necessities to be managers" to Ted Koppel on "Nightline". Campanis soon lacks the necessity of a job...
"Happy Trails": 1992] Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov dies at 72 from AIDS, contracted by a blood transfusion during open-heart surgery...1998] Legendary Country singer Tammy Wynette dies in her sleep in Nashville at 55. Tammy was known as "The First Lady of Country Music" for having 18 #1 hits on the Country charts...
Cameo roles on Murphy: 1998] Dick Clark, Chubby Checker, Fabian and Lesley Gore appear on CBS-TV's "Murphy Brown"...
"Ring My Belle": 1996] Wacky Albert Belle shows off the strength of his arm by hitting a Sports Illustrated photographer prior to a game...
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E": 1999] Carmen Electra files for divorce from Dennis Rodman and asks for her wedding gown back. Carmen finally comes to her senses after 6 months of marriage...
The Man in Black is back: 1999] Johnny Cash returns from a bout with pneumonia by electrifying a New York City audience with a surprise appearance at an all-star tribute in his honor...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Zach Braff (32), Marilu Henner (55), John Ratzenberger (60), Roy Thinnes (69), Billy Dee Williams (70), Merle Haggard (70) and Andre Previn (78)...
Timeline Countdown: Today is Good Friday, 2 days until Easter Sunday and 52 days until Memorial Day...
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Saturday, April 7, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"We are the men from Texico": 1902] The Texas Oil Company is formed...
"Can you see me? Can you see me now?": 1927] The 1st long distance TV transmission is sent from Washington (D.C.) to New York City as the audience sees an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover...
Empire Steel Building: 1930] The 1st steel columns are set for the Empire State Building...
"Another opening, another show": 1948] Rogers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" opens on Broadway...
The Trolley Swan Song: 1957] The last of New York City's electric trolleys completes its final run from Queens to Manhattan...
Diaper duffer: 1963] At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus becomes the youngest golfer to win the green jacket at the Masters Tournament...
Higher than the Berlin Wall: 1958] The L.A. Dodgers erect a 42-foot screen in left field at the LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, only 250 feet down the line (no worries for Frank "Hondo" Howard)...
Stones are formed: 1962] The Rolling Stones are formed when Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones meet at the Ealing Blues Club in England...
Who's your Daddy?: 1967] Tom Donahue begins the Progressive a.k.a. AOR (Album Oriented Rock) FM format at KMPX in San Francisco. Donahue will become known as the "Father of FM Radio"...
#1 on this date: 1968] "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro...1970] "Let It Be" - Beatles. Here's a live version of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZYqAeIdYk ..1974] "Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John...
Elton lights a candle: 1985] Elton John performs "Candle in the Wind" at Farm Aid IV in tribute to Ryan White, a young AIDS patient who dies later that day...
Filling Sonny's shoes: 1998] Mary Bono, Sonny's widow, wins a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term...
Save Me, save me: 1969] The Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with the 1st official 'save' against the Reds...
An Oscar for Wayne: 1970] John Wayne wins his 1st and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit", after appearing in over 200 films...
A Good Thing: 2000] President Bill Clinton signs the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000 which allows senior citizens to earn money without losing Social Security benefits...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Victoria ("Posh Spice") Beckham (32), Former Giant RB Tiki Barber (32), Russell Crowe (43), Jackie Chan (53), Janis Ian (57), John Oates (58) Here's a video clip of Hall & Oates doing "Private Eyes": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLfoy2XsFw , David Frost (68), Charlie Thomas of the Drifters (70), Wayne Rogers (74), James Garner (79), Ravi Shankar (87) and R.G. Armstrong (90)...
Timeline Countdown: 1 day until Easter Sunday and 51 days until Memorial Day...
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Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
Popular Vote: 1834] In New York City, Cornelius Lawrence becomes the 1st mayor to be elected by popular vote in a city election. I hope the mayor was as popular as his votes were...
The butter-margarine war has begun: 1873] Alfred Paraf patents the 1st successful oleomargarine...
Steel mills shut down: 1952] President Harry S. Truman seizes the steel mills in order to prevent a nationwide strike...
The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone: 1953] The bones of Sitting Bull are moved from North to South Dakota. Alert Michael Jackson...
There's a new home run king: 1974] Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth, becoming baseball's new Home Run King with his 715th home run off of Dodger pitcher Al Downing. Barry Bonds will pass Aaron this season...
Debuted on the charts on this date: 1972] "Oh Girl" - Chi-Lites which will become their only #1 hit...
Rock & Roll Tragedy: 1983] Danny & the Juniors lead singer, Danny Rapp is a victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at 41. In better days Danny & the Juniors had one of the hottest records of the 50's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYRTApUUX8 ..1994] The body of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain is found in Seattle, another apparent victim of suicide. Cobain was 27...
Wham Bam: 1998] George Michael is released on bail after his arrest for engaging in a lewd act in a park restroom...
Breaking the color barrier: 1975] Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians becomes the Major League's 1st black manager...
"Happy Trails": 1981] Omar N. Bradley, a WWII general and the 1st chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, dies of natural causes at 88...
Mayor-elect: 1986] Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel (CA). He will serve until 1988...
You're out of here: 1987] Dodger executive Al Campanis "resigns" after telling Ted Koppel just days earlier that "blacks may lack some of the necessities for becoming managers"...
Peaks become valleys: 1990] "Twin Peaks" debuts on ABC-TV. For a series that got so much press it's interesting to note that the wacky show lasted only one season...
A bad news conference: 1992] Tennis player Arthur Ashe announces at a news conference that he has AIDS...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Patricia Arquette (39), Julian Lennon (44), Gary Carter (53), Grand Funk's Mel Schacher (56), Steve Howe of Yes (60), John Havlicek (67), Shecky Greene (81) and Betty Ford (89)...
Timeline Countdown: Today is Easter Sunday, 50 days until Memorial Day...
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