Monday, February 23, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1822] Please come to Boston: The city of Boston is incorporated...
2. 1836] Remember the Alamo: The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio (TX)...
3. 1896] Rockin' the Tootsie Roll: The Tootsie Roll is introduced by transplanted European Leo Hirshfield. The Tootsie Pop came along in 1931. Tell me there's anything better than cherry TPs...
4. 1927] Let the fun begin: President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission. On July 1, 1934 the name will be changed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
5. 1954] Salkin' it to ya: The first mass inoculation of children against polio using the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh...
6. 1965] "Happy Trails": Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy) dies in his sleep following a heart attack at 74...1995] Melvin Franklin, bass singer of the Temptations dies from heart failure at 52...
7. 1983] Big Bucks for a Bulldog: Junior running back Herschel Walker of Georgia becomes the highest paid player in football history when he signs a $1.5 million a year contract with Donald Trump's New Jersey Generals of the USFL...
8. 1997] Madman goes berserk: A Palestinian madman opens fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, killing one person and wounding six before taking his own life. A classmate of my son Robert, Matt Gross was shot in the head and suffered permanent brain damage. Matt's brother Daniel started a successful anti-violence group...
9. 1997] Hello Dolly: Scientists in Scotland confirm the successful cloning of the lamb named Dolly...
10. 1999] Guilty as charged: A jury in Jasper (TX) convicts white supremacist John William King of murder in the dragging death of a black man - James Byrd Jr...For more on February 23rd:

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