10 Timeline Memories:
- 1536] Heads, you lose: Anne Boleyn, second wife of England's King Henry VIII is beheaded after being convicted of adultery. Peter Noone left that out of his hit...
- 1921] The more things change: Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act, which establishes national quotas for immigrants...
- 1960] The King is dethroned: Alan Freed is arrested along with 7 others on suspicion of commercial bribery. Freed had refused to sign an affidavit in 1959 denying he had accepted payola. Although payola was not yet a crime, Freed was charged with 26 counts of commercial bribery but got off with a fine. However his career was ruined...
- 1962] Now this is a birthday party: Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy, with Jackie by his side, during a fund raiser at Madison Square Garden...
- 1969] 6-year old Jodie Foster makes her show business debut on "Mayberry R.F.D."...1999] "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" premieres setting a new record for opening day sales at 28.5 million...2005] "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" almost doubles the original movie with 50 million on opening day...
- 1973] Big Red: The great Secretariat, winner of the Kentucky Derby, wins the Preakness by 2 1/2 lengths. In 3 weeks, perhaps the greatest thoroughbred of all-time will run away with the Belmont Stakes...
- 1992] Veep Speak: Dan Quayle criticizes "Murphy Brown" because the title character had a baby out of wedlock...
- 1992] Taking a bullet for Joey: Mary Joe Buttafuoco is shot in the head and seriously wounded by her husband's teenage lover, Amy Fisher...
- 1994] "Happy Trails" to former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who passes away from cancer at 64...2006] Freddie Garrity, lead singer of Freddie and The Dreamers, dies from pulmonary hypertension at 69...
- 1994] We say goodbye to "L.A. Law" which ends with their final episode after an 8-year run...
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