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Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009...
10 Timeline Memories:
1960] The Pill: The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market... 1972] Say Hey returns: Returning to the city he started in, Willie Mays returns to New York to play for the Mets. The Say-Hey Kid is traded for the immortal Charlie Williams and $50,000 cash… 1973] Charges dropped: Charles against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case are dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cites government misconduct... 1981] ‘Happy Trails’: Reggae legend Bob Marley dies at 36 from cancer in a Miami hospital…2006] Former heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson passes away at 71 from prostate cancer... 1987] On trial: Klaus Barbie goes on trial in France for war crimes committed during World War II... 1988] God Bless America: A star-studded Carnegie Hall concert is held to honor the 100th birthday of legendary song writer Irving Berlin. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Madeline Kahn, Marilyn Horne and others. Berlin was too feeble to attend but watched on TV… 1996] Everglades crash: An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 catches fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashes into the Florida Everglades. All 110 on board are lost... 1997] Who's deep blue now?: The Deep Blue IBM computer defeats Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match between man and machine in New York... 2004] Beheaded: A video on an al-Qaida-linked Website shows the beheading of American hostage Nicholas Berg, who had been kidnapped in Iraq...For more on May 11th:
