Monday, March 9, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:

  1. 1822] Something to sink your teeth into: Charles M. Graham receives the first patent for false teeth...
  2. 1862] What's the tie-breaker?: During the Civil War, the ironclad Monitor and Virginia (formerly the Merrimac) fight to a draw in a 5-hour battle at Hampton Roads (VA)...
  3. 1954] TVs finest hour: On "See It Now" Edward R. Murrow takes a stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy and his communist witch hunt with a hard hitting interview of the Wisconsin Senator...
  4. 1954] Not TVs finest hour: WNBT (now WNBC) New York runs the first local color TV commercial for Castro Convertible as Bernadette Castro makes the couch into a bed for the first time...
  5. 1955] Debuted on this date: James Dean debuts in "East of Eden". Dean will make two more movies: "Rebel Without A Cause" and "Giant" before his short life ends in an auto crash in September of '55...1959] Happy Birthday to the Barbie Doll, 50 years young today...1964] The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line...
  6. 1976] Cadettes join the Cadets: The first female cadets are accepted at the West Point Military Academy...
  7. 1981] Rather: Dan Rather makes his debut as principal anchorman on The CBS Evening News replacing Walter Cronkite...2005] Not: Rather signs off for the last time as principal anchorman of The CBS Evening News...
  8. 1985] Blowin' in the wind: "Gone With The Wind" goes on sale in video stores for the first time...
  9. 1992] "Happy Trails": Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin who had a history of heart trouble, dies at 78 from natural causes...1996] Legendary comedian George Burns joins Gracie at age 100...2007] Boston lead singer Brad Delp is found dead in his New Hampshire home. Delp, 55, died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he lit inside his sealed bathroom. Found by his girlfriend, he had a suicide note pinned to his shirt...
  10. 2004] Guilty as charged: Convicted Washington, D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad is sentenced to death in Virginia. He remains on death row in Maryland...For more on March 9th:

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