10 Timeline Memories:
- 1816] They called it the year without a summer in New England. It snowed in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts (Waltham) on this date. It even snowed as far south as Connecticut (6/6)...
- 1933] The 1st drive-in opens in Pennsauken (NJ). The lot covered 10 acres, enough room for 400 cars with fogged-up windows (6/6)...
- 1944] It's the beginning of D-Day as U.S. troops land in Normandy (6/6). The #1 song that day?: "I'll Get By" - Harry James...All major league baseball games are cancelled that day. The next time it happens? 911...
- 1948] Milton Berle debuts as the host of "Texaco Star Theater" (6/8) for an 8-year run in its original version. Berle becomes known as "Mr. Television"...
- 1966] Wedding Bells: The 47-year old NFL and 7-year old AFL agree to merge in 1970 (6/8). For those that thought the decision was made after the Jets won the Super Bowl - not so!!! 1991] Bruce Springsteen rocks down the aisle with his Jersey girl, Patti Scialfa (Deal, N.J.) his backup singer (6/8)...
- 1968] Death comes for Robert F. Kennedy at 1:44 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles (6/6). RFK dies from gunshot wounds inflicted by Sirhan B. Sirhan the night before...1991] "Happy Trails": Jazz tenor sax great Stan Getz dies of liver cancer at 64 (6/6)...2006] Billy Preston dies of kidney failure at 59 (6/6)...
- 1986] The Boston Celtics win their 16th NBA title led by Larry Bird's 29 pts., 11 boards and 12 assists against Houston in Game 6 (6/8). The Celts have a chance to do it this year against the Lakers...
- 1989] For one second, the time is: 01:23:45 6-7-89 (6/7)...
- 1998] 49-year old James Byrd Jr., a black man, is dragged to his death from the back of a pickup truck in Jasper (TX) (6/7). In 1999 William King, a white man, is sentenced to death for this horrific crime...
- 2002] Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is convicted in Norwalk (CT) (6/7) of beating Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley to death when both were 15 in 1975...
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