- 1873] The birth of a broadcasting maven: Dr. Lee DeForest is born. He's the inventor of the audion tube which makes broadcasting possible...
- 1873] School bells ring and children sing: The school board of St. Louis (MO) authorizes the 1st U.S. public kindergarten...
- 1939] Baseball comes to the tube: The 1st televised major league baseball games are shown on experimental W2XBS (now WNBC-TV). It's a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds...
- 1947] Breaking the barrier: Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Dan Bankhead becomes the 1st black pitcher in major league baseball...
- 1957] Edsel won't: Ford rolls out the 1st Edsel (1958 model). The last Edsel rolls out at the end of November of '59 (1960 model)...
- 1964] LBJ all the way: The Democratic National Convention nominates LBJ for a full term with Hubert H. Humphrey as his running mate in Atlantic City (living in AC at the time, I remember seeing both candidates at their palacial rental waiting to be escorted to the Convention Hall for their coronation)...
- 1970] Duane turns into a Domino: Duane Allman starts recording as a member of Eric Clapton's new band, Derek & The Dominoes...
- 1974] "Happy Trails": Charles Lindbergh dies of cancer on the Hawaiian island of Maui (Lindbergh was 72)...
- 1986] Rough sex death: Jennifer Levin is found strangled in Central Park. Preppie Killer Robert Chambers eventually confesses but uses a "rough sex" defense. He will serve 15 years (the 1st 5 in solitary) and is released at age 36 in August of '05. Chambers was sentenced to a lengthy term in jail for possession of heroin and cocaine recently...
- 2003] Blame NASA: Investigators conclude that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did...
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