- 1652] The birth of the Bay State: The Massachusetts Bay Colony proclaims itself an independent commonwealth. Knowing this wouldn't work on a T-shirt, the founding fathers rename it Massachusetts...
- 1929] Cur-rash: "Black Tuesday" ushers in 'The Great Depression' as banks and stocks go belly up...
- 1940] Brrrrrrr there's a draft in here: The first peacetime military draft begins in the U.S...
- 1956] Premiered on this date: Chet Huntley (from New York) & David Brinkley (Washington) debut on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report" which begins a 15-year run...1967] "Hair" opens on Broadway...
- 1964] Natural History heist: Thieves make off with the Star of India and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Tom Cruise is arrested immediately...
- 1966] NOW and then: The National Organization for Women is founded...
- 1971] "Happy Trails": Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle crash in Macon (GA) at 24...1987] Woody Herman in failing health for years, passes away at 74...
- 1991] Musical Yankee Managers: Buck Showalter replaces the immortal Stump Merrill as Yankees manager...
- 1998] Deja Vu all over again: The space shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77-year old John Glenn. In 1962 he was the first American astronaut to orbit...
- 2004] Osama sighting: Osama bin Laden in a videotaped statement, directly admits for the first time, ordering the September 11 attacks. He tells America "the best way to avoid another Manhattan" is to stop threatening Muslims' security"...For more on October 29th: CLICK:
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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