- 1851] Harriet Beecher Stow publishes the 1st installment of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or "Life Among the Lowly" in the National Era abolitionist newspaper. It will run in the magazine for 10 months in installments...
- 1954] "Your Show of Shows", a comedy classic, makes its farewell performance. Sid Caesar and company (Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris) depart with 5 Emmy's over their 4-year run. Comedy writers included Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart...
- 1967] Murderer Richard Speck is sentenced to death in the electric chair for his murder rampage. The sentence is reduced to a life term. Speck dies of a heart attack in prison in 1991, one day short of his 50th birthday...
- 1967] The 6-day war between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan begins...
- 1968] Another Kennedy is cut down: Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in the California Democratic Presidential Primary. Gunman Sirhan B. Sirhan is immediately captured...
- 1974] Wedding Bells: Sly Stone and Kathy Silva rock down the Madison Square Garden aisle prior to a concert. The marriage lasts all of 5 months...1993] Mariah Carey and SONY CEO Tommy Mottola marry at a 5th Avenue church. They will separate in 1997 and then divorce...
- 1981] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 5 men come down with a rare form of pneumonia. These are the 1st recognized cases of what will become AIDS...
- 1989] The last original New York Islander, goalie Billy Smith retires...
- 1993] "Happy Trails": Conway Twitty ruptures a stomach vessel after collapsing on his tour bus after a show in Branson (MO). Twitty who had 39 Country chart toppers, passes away at 59...1999] Mel Torme a.k.a. "The Velvet Fog" dies from complications of a 1996 stroke at 73...2002] Ramones bass player Dee Dee Ramone is found dead of a heroin overdose at 50. Dee Dee's real name: Douglas Glenn Colvin...2004] Ronald Wilson Reagan, our 40th president dies in Los Angeles at 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's...1998] A near-death experience: C-Span reports the death of Bob Hope to which Hope replies, but I wanna tell you, ladies & gentlemen, a funny thing that happened on the way to my death. As Mark Twain once said, "the report of my death is an exaggeration"...
- 2002] 14-year old Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her parent's home in Salt Lake City...
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
10 Timeline Memories:
