- 1947] Farewell Babe: Over 58,000 fans jam Yankee Stadium to say goodbye to Babe Ruth
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009...
10 Timeline Memories:
1956] A Rocky goodbye: 31-year old, undefeated heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano calls it quits and hangs up his boxing gloves with a perfect 49-0 record. At the age of 44 Marciano will lose his life in a small plane crash… 1965] Good night and good luck: Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow dies at 57... 1967] EXPOsed: Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson opens EXPO 67 in Montreal… 1973] Opry moves to the suburbs: The Grand Ole Opry leaves the Ryman Auditorium to open up Opryland in suburban Nashville… 1978] Free as a bird: Former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes... 1981] Wedding Bells: After grunting their way through the movie “Caveman“, Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, dressed like Fred & Wilma Flintstone, get married in Durango, Mexico… 1982] Guilty as charged: John W. Hinckley Jr. goes on trial in Washington, D.C. for shooting President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley will be acquitted by reason of insanity… 1987] Banned from the USA: The Justice Department bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the U.S., saying he aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during WWII... 2002] No-no: Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Fenway Park since Dave Morehead in 1965. Facing 28 batters, Lowe totals only 97 pitches in the 10-0 whitewashing of Tampa Bay…For more on April 27th:
