Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

10 Timeline Memories:

  1. 1934] The Dionne quintuplets (Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne) are born to Elzire Dionne at their farm in Ontario, Canada. If Celine Dion were born at the same time she would've been Celine Dion Dionne...
  2. 1951] Willie Mays hits his 1st home run against future Baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn. They will become teammates in the 70s with the Mets...1956] The Pirates' Dale Long becomes the 1st player to hit home runs in 8 consecutive games. In 1987 the Yankees' Don Mattingly and in 1993, Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. will tie the record...
  3. 1957] The National League approves the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Mets will come along in 1962 when the National League returns to New York...
  4. 1977] John Davidson escapes a fire at a supper club in Kentucky that takes the lives of 164. Another 130 are injured...
  5. 1985] Vanity Fair puts President Ronald Regan and First Lady Nancy on the cover...
  6. 1987] 19-year old West German pilot Mathias Rust lands his plane in Moscow's Red Square after evading Soviet air defenses. Rust is lucky, he's released in August, 1988...
  7. 1989] Emerson Fittipaldi (my favorite racing driver's name) and Al Unser Jr. play bumper cars in the Indy 500 with Unser helping Fittipaldi cross the finish line 1st. Understand this is not what Unser intended to do...
  8. 1996] President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James and Susan McDougal refuse to say the Clinton's had anything to do with the case and end up in jail. Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker is also convicted of fraud...
  9. 1998] Comic actor Phil Hartman, 49, of 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Newsradio' is shot to death at his home in Calfornia by his wife Brynn who then takes her own life...
  10. 2005] The Boston Red Sox score 2 touchdowns and a field goal and beat the Yankees 17-1 in the most lopsided score in their rivalry's history...

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