If the sun is shining it's a somber day. Being dark and rainy is more appropriate. No yucks today on the day that all hell broke loose and people were falling from the sky, 6 years ago. So far, the passing of 6 years has done nothing to make you forget what happened that day any less. Time heals? Not this day. Not yet anyway. Maybe never. You can't run from it though you try. You just accept that it happened and hope it never happens again - never...
I can't think of any video more appropriate to mark the anniversary of 911 than Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rnf7DS5YlQ ...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1941] Breaking ground: Groundbreaking begins in Arlington (VA) for the building of the Pentagon. Ironically, the Pentagon suffers damage and deaths at the hands of the 911 terrorists 60 years later, to the day...
- 1954] Walking on network ground, she is: The Miss America Pageant makes its TV network debut on ABC-TV. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether is the winner...
- 1964] Down for the count: "Friday Night Fights" is seen for the last time as Gillette's TV contract ends...
- 1967] Premiered on this date: "The Carol Burnett Show" on CBS-TV (it will run until September, 1979)...1974] "Little House On The Prairie" (runs until March, 1983)...
- 1971] "Happy Trails": Nikita Krushchev dies of a heart attack at 77...1987] Reggae star Peter Tosh is shot and killed in his Jamaica home at 43...1994] Jessica Tandy passes away from ovarian cancer at 85... 2002] Football Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas succumbs to a heart attack at 69...2003] An undetected heart flaw takes the life of John Ritter. Ritter, son of Tex Ritter, was 54...
- 1982] Open and closed: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open title...1983] Jimmy Connors wins his 5th and final U.S. Open title...
- 1985] The hitman: Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hit leader off of San Diego's Eric Show. Hit number 4,192 breaks Ty Cobb's longstanding record by one hit...
- 1987] What's the black screen Kenneth?: The screen goes black for 6 minutes as Dan Rather walks off the set of "The CBS Evening News" because a tennis tournament ran overtime, upsetting Rather...
- 1994] Emmy gold: The winners at the 46th Emmy Awards include "Frasier", "Picket Fences" and Kelsey Grammer...
- 2001] 911: The horror that was 911 takes nearly 3,000 lives, mostly at the World Trade Center but also at the Pentagon and in a field near Pittsburgh...
Music Memories:
- 1967] Gold Standard: "All You Need Is Love" - Beatles...1975] "Aerosmith" LP...
- 1977] Recorded on this date: "The Little Drummer Boy" - David Bowie and Bing Crosby...[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
As much as I try to forget that 911 happened as I think many New Yorkers feel, I can't. You remember where you were when it happened. When the first plane hit I was entering the Viacom Building in Times Square and watching ABC-TV's coverage on a giant screen across the street. I remember wearing a red tie that I would never wear again. I remember walking down 40 flights of stairs and walking home 3 miles. Just before I reached the lobby I heard the implosion of the first tower some 2 1/2 miles away. I remember how much compassion there was in the streets among fellow New Yorkers. I remember pretty much everything that I did that day. I hate remembering it all but I hope I never forget...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Harry Connick Jr. (40), Moby (42), Virginia Madsen (44), Kristy McNichol (65) and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart (64)...
Timeline Countdown: 12 days until autumn, 22 days until the MLB playoffs and 43 days until the World Series...
