- 1835] Start the presses: James Gordon Bennett
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009...
10 Timeline Memories:
1851] This is a lock: Linus Yale patents the clock-type lock and has the good sense to put his name on it… 1915] Bambino goes yard: Babe Ruth hits his first home run (as a Red Sox pitcher) against the Yankees. Three years later on the same date, he hits one against the Yankees as a position (first base) player… 1937] Oh the humanities: The hydrogen filled German dirigible Hindenburg crashes and burns in Lakehurst (NJ) killing 36 of the 97 people aboard in one of the most vivid scenes ever captured on film… 1954] Run a mile in my shoes: Roger Bannister becomes the first runner to finish a mile under 4 minutes. His time: 3:59:59.4… 1957] Profiles of a Pulitzer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy wins a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage"… 1960] Wedding Bells: Britain’s Princess Margaret walks stiffly and properly down the royal aisle with commoner Anthony Armstrong Jones. They will stiffly and properly divorce in 1978… 1978] Last Triple Crown Winner: Affirmed captures the Kentucky Derby and will become the last Triple Crown winner…2006] Barbaro wins the Kentucky Derby, a first for jockey Edgar Prado. Sadly, tragedy awaits Barbaro in a tumultuous year for the thoroughbred… 1999] The Long Island Lolita is free: A parole board in New York votes to release Amy Fisher after 7 years for shooting her lover’s wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face… 2004] Friends no more: An estimated 51.1 million watch the final first-run episode of “Friends” on NBC-TV…For more on May 6th:
