- 1636] Crimson coming: Harvard College is founded in the Bay State. The first school of higher education was originally called "Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony"...
- 1886] Lady Liberty: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. The original name of the statue: "Liberty Enlightening The World." On the same date in 1936 the statue was rededicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on its 50th anniversary and in 1986 the centennial was celebrated...
- 1950] Debuted on this date: "The Jack Benny Show" on CBS-TV. The show will run until August of 1977...
- 1953] Musical chairs: The "Old Redhead", Red Barber, takes his "catbird seat" from Brooklyn to the Bronx to do play-by-play of Yankees games...1979] Dick Howser replaces Billy Martin as Yankees manager...
- 1961] Ground breaking: For Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows. Shea will open in 1964 when the World's Fair opens...
- 1962] Joining the 7 TD club: Giants QB Y.A.Tittle becomes the 3rd QB in the NFL (Sid Luckman and Adrian Burk were 1st & 2nd) to pass for 7 touchdowns in one game. It led the Giants to a 49-34 victory over the Washington Redskins...
- 1973] Sayonara: Secretariat wins his final race in Canada, then goes to stud after 16 wins in 21 races. "Big Red" will live to the age of 19...
- 1976] Up the river: Former Nixon presidential aide John Erlichman begins his sentence for Watergate related wrong-doings...
- 1981] Comeback kids: The Dodgers come back from a 2-0 game deficit to beat the Yankees in 4 straight games to win the World Series. Yankee reliever George Frasier loses 3 games in the series...
- 2007] Twice as nice: The Boston Red Sox win their 2nd World Series in 4 years as they sweep the Colorado Rockies in 4 games...For more on October 28th: CLICK: http://melphillipsnowandthen.com
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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