Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1934] Five-to-one: Elzire Dionne gives birth to quintuplets in Ontario, Canada. The quints are all girls: Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne. Seventy-four years later, Annette and Cecile are the lone survivors…
  2. 1951] Going yard: Willie Mays hits his first home run against future Baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn. These two will become teammates with the Mets twenty years later…1956] The Pirates’ Dale Long becomes the first player to hit home runs in 8 consecutive games. In 1987 the Yankees’ Don Mattingly and in 1993, Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. will tie the record…
  3. 1957] Westward ho: The National League approves the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Mets will come along in 1962 when the National League returns to New York…
  4. 1977] Tragic fire: Singer John Davidson escapes a fire at a supper club in Kentucky that takes 164 lives. Another 130 are injured…
  5. 1985] On the cover of Vanity Fair: President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy…
  6. 1987] Pilot roulette: 19-year old West German pilot Mathias Rust lands his plane in Moscow’s Red Square after penetrating Soviet air defenses. Rust is one lucky boy as he’s released in August, 1988…
  7. 1989] Bumper cars at the Indy: Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr. play bumper cars at the Indy 500 with Unser helping Fittipaldi to win the race - not what Unser had in mind…
  8. 1996] Taking a bullet for Bill: President Clinton’s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James and Susan McDougal refuse to say the Clinton’s had anything to do with the case and end up in jail. Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker is also convicted of fraud…
  9. 1998] Another SNL tragedy: Comic Phil Hartman, 49, of “Saturday Night Live” and “Newsradio” is shot to death at his home in California by his wife Brynn who then takes her own life…
  10. 2005] Rivalry rip: The Boston Red Sox score 2 touchdowns and a field goal to beat the Yankees 17-1 in the most lopsided score in their rivalry’s history. The Yankees score on a rouge…For more on May 28th:

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