Timeline Memories:
- 1841] The New York Tribune begins publishing under Horace Greeley who would become famous for saying "Go west young man"...
- 1912] The Titanic sets sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage from Southampton, England...
- 1925] F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is published...1953] Warner Brothers releases "House Of Wax", the 1st 3-D movie released by a major Hollywood studio...1957] Ricky Nelson sings for the 1st time on "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet". His first song? "I'm Walkin"...
- 1947] 28-year old Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st black player to be signed by a major league team when Dodger President Branch Rickey signs Jackie to a contract at the team's Montague Street executive offices in Brooklyn. All Jackie will do is help the Dodgers to 7 pennants and a World Series victory (1955) in the 10 years he played for them...
- 1956] Nat "King" Cole is attacked and beaten while performing for an all-white audience in Birmingham (AL)...
- 1963] 129 die as the nuclear powered submarine, USS Thresher, fails to surface off Cape Cod (MA)...
- 1964] Demolition begins on the Polo Grounds to clear way for a housing project. The Mets had a new home as Shea Stadium was now open...
- 1969] The Mets' Tommie Agee reaches the upper deck in left field off of Expo pitcher Larry Jaster. The area is still marked and is considered the longest home run ever hit at Shea Stadium...
- 1992] Wacky comedian Sam Kinison, 38, is killed in a car crash when he's rear-ended between L.A. and Las Vegas...1998] Eddie O'Jay, one of the pioneers of R&B radio, passes away in the Bronx following complications of 2 heart attacks. Born Edward O. Jackson, the O'Jays were named after him when he was a DJ in Cleveland. Eddie was working for the city of New York at the time of his death...2003] Little Eva a.k.a. Eva Narcissus Boyd who got her start as a babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin, dies at 59 in Kinston (NC) after a lengthy illness. Her #1 hit, "The Loco-motion" was written by Goffin-King...
- 2003] The House passes the national "Amber Alert" system and strengthens child pornography laws (but not enough - never enough)...
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