- 1960] Convicted: A tribunal in Moscow convicts American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. Gary will serve his time and eventually be released in February 1962...
- 1973] Wedding Bells: Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson say "I do". The marriage ends in 1980...1993] Kim Bassinger and Alec Baldwin unite and what exactly were they thinking???1993] Mattel and Fisher Price walk down the aisle...
- 1976] Vote for me: President Gerald R. Ford wins the Republican presidential nomination at the party's national convention in Kansas City...
- 1977] "Happy Trails": The legendary Groucho Marx dies of pneumonia at 86. Groucho always said he wanted to be buried above Marilyn Monroe. He didn't get his wish...
- 1981] Curtains: The final episode of "Charlie's Angels" airs after 5 years as a series...1993] "Cheers", one of the most popular sit-coms of all-time ends its 11-year run...
- 1991] Bobbed: Hurricane Bob, the first major hurricane of 1991 hits the Northeast leaving 10 dead and $2.8 billion in damages...
- 1996] Tucked in: A judge sentences former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker to 4 years probation for his Whitewater crimes...
- 2003] Bombed in Baghdad: A suicide truck bomb strikes U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 including the U.N. envoy...
- 2004] A private matter: Google goes public, opening at $85 and closing at $100 with 22 million shares sold. A share of Google now goes for $510...
- 2005] So sue me: A Texas jury finds Merck & Co. liable for the death of a man who'd taken Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages. The award will be reduced to about $26 million...
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