When in doubt, don't assume - exhume...
Tom Carvel joins 'The Big Bopper' and Harry Houdini in an elite club of dearly departed whose remains will be exhumed to determine whether or not they were the victims of foul play. The ice cream man will resurface for an autopsy requested by niece, Pamela Carvel who believes the father of 'Fudgie the Whale' and 'Cookie Puss' may have been done in by a couple of veteran employees that were stealing more than ice cream. Carvel sold his company in 1989 and passed away on October 21, 1990. Although his death certificate said Carvel died from a heart attack, his niece thinks that he was either suffocated or drugged. We'll continue our story after a word from Carvel: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uzPiONed6Iw ...
In the case of the earlier autopsies, only 'The Big Bopper' has been dug up, Houdini's autopsy is pending and Pamela Carvel just requested exhumation of her uncle's body from a federal court. In all 3 instances, relatives of the diseased believed their loved ones may have been murdered. After digging up J. P. Richardson a.k.a. The Big Bopper, his body showed no gun shot wounds as was suspected by his son...
Con Edison once used the slogan, "dig we must for a better New York" to explain the jackhammers blasting away at 2 in the morning. Seems appropriate here but this digging will not make for a better New York. Come to think of it, neither did Con Ed's...
In addition to the Carvel commercial, there are also video clips in the 'Pasadena' and 'Happy Birthday...happy birthday' timelines...
Timeline Memories...
Guilty as charged: 1961] President Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following the 'Bay of Pigs' fiasco...1990] Junk-bond salesman Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies and agrees to a $600 million penalty. Sentenced to 10 years, Milken is released after 2 years. He is on the latest Top 500 richest persons list...
Debuted on this date: 1897] William Price of the Washington Star becomes the 1st White House news reporter...1901] The 1st official American League game is played with the Chicago White Stockings beating the Cleveland Blues 8-2 before most than 10,000 in Chicago. The 1st game was promoted by former sportswriter Ban Johnson as a rival to the already established National League...1961] Bob Dylan makes his recording debut as a harmonica player on "Midnight Special" by Harry Belafonte...
Patented: 1833] Jacob Evert and George Duffy are granted a patent for the 1st soda fountain. Can egg creams be far behind??? 1923] Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick Shavers...
War is malo: 1898] Spain declares war on the U.S. after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba...1968] Vietnam War protesters at Columbia University begin a week-long occupation of several campus buildings...
Call him 'Sir': 1953] Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace but is escorted out after lighting up one of his foul smelling stogies...
Released on this date: 1957] "A Teenager's Romance" - Ricky Nelson (his first release)...
Alive with Five: 1963] Led by Bob Cousy & Bill Russell, the Celtics win their 5th consecutive NBA title...
How sweep it is: 1994] The New York Rangers sweep the Islanders in the opening round of the NHL playoffs. The Broadway Blues were on their way to their 1st Stanley Cup championship since 1940...
Pasadena: 1968] Apple Records passes on David Bowie...1992] Model Iman does not pass on Bowie, she marries him in Switzerland. They are still happily married. Here's a classic video clip of David with Queen on "Under Pressure" (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fpupBCL6TE&mode=related&search= ...
Wedding Bells: 1984] Jerry Lee Lewis and Kerrie McCarver do a whole lotta shakin' down the aisle. 'The Killer's' 6th marriage will end in divorce in 2004...
Eye in the sky: 1990] Space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope and a lifetime supply of Windex...
Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck: 2000] ABC-TV does the 'Curly Shuffle' when they air the TV movie "The Three Stooges"...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
"Happy Trails" to author David Halberstam, 73, who was killed in a car crash yesterday when his car was broadsided, 25 miles south of San Francisco. Halberstam, a passenger in the car, was working on a book about the legendary 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants at the time of his death. His book topics ranged from the Vietnam War, which he won a Pulitzer Prize for in 1964 to the sports world with books on the Red Sox of the 50's and Patriots coach Bill Belichick. His writing will be missed...Another passing to note yesterday was Boris Yeltsin's. Yeltsin died of heart failure at 76. Yeltsin was the first elected president of the Russian Federation and a man who played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union when he established the foundations of democracy and a market economy in Russia...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Kelly Clarkson (25), Carlos Beltran (30), Cedric the Entertainer (43), CCR's drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (62) and here's 'Cosmo' in action with Creedence Clearwater Revival on a live version of John Fogerty's "Proud Mary": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5NjU0_n-5Y&mode=related&search= , Barbra Streisand (65) and Shirley MacLaine (73)...
Timeline Countdown: 4 days until the NFL draft, 11 days until the Kentucky Derby and 34 days until Memorial Day...
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