Tuesday, May 20, 2008

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1873] Levi Strauss begins marketing blue jeans with copper rivets...
2. 1899] Jacob Erman of New York City becomes the 1st driver to be arrested for speeding. He went faster than the 12 MPH speed limit...
3. 1916] Norman Rockwell's artwork ("Boy with Baby Carriage") appears on the 1st cover of 'The Saturday Evening Post"...
4. 1927] Charles Lindbergh takes off from Long Island's Roosevelt Field to cross the Atlantic en route to Paris aboard "The Spirit of St. Louis"...
5. 1932] Amelia Earhart takes off to fly solo across the Atlantic becoming the 1st woman to achieve the feat...1939] Pan Am begins regular service when a 'Yankee Clipper' takes off from the harbor in Port Washington (LI)...
6. 1961] Federal marshals are sent into Montgomery (AL) when a white mob attacks a busload of 'Freedom Riders'...

1976] Carl Yastrzemski hits 2 home runs (giving him 5 in 2 games, an ML record) in an 8-2 Red Sox win over the Yankees as a melee breaks out resulting in Bill Lee injuring his pitching arm. The fight starts when Lou Piniella barrels into catcher Carlton Fisk. Lee a.k.a. 'The Spaceman' will never fully recover...

1977] "Beatlemania" opens at the Winter Garden Theater in Manhattan...

1989] SNL comedian Gilda Radner passes away at 42, the victim of cervical cancer...

1993] "Cheers" closes its door for the final time with 40% of the population or nearly 150 million watching at home...

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