Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1883] Ladies Day: The New York Giants admit all ladies to the game free, creating the first “Ladies Day” in baseball…
  2. 1893] Buy me some peanuts and: Fritz Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack…
  3. 1932] Debuted on this date: The Ford Motor Company is incorporated…1947] The first network newscast, “News From Washington” is broadcast on the Dumont Television Network…1952] "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" is published in the U.S…1960] Alfred Hitchcock’s "Psycho" premieres in New York City…
  4. 1978] Talkin’ Baseball: Tom Seaver, now a member of the Cincinnati Reds, no-hits the Cardinals 4-0. Sure, now he does it…1981] The Chicago Tribune buys the Chicago Cubs from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Co. for $20.5 million. Wrigley throws in a lifetime supply of gum for every employee of the Chicago Tribune but doesn’t guarantee to double the pleasure of Cub fans. The sale of the Cubs by the Tribune is now pending…
  5. 1987] Take that: A jury in New York acquits Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of 4 youths who he said were about to rob him. He is convicted of illegal possession of a weapon. Goetz ran for public office in Manhattan a few years ago but lost…
  6. 1992] Guilty as charged: Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is indicted on felony charges in the Iran-Contra affair. He will later be pardoned by President George H.W. Bush (41)…
  7. 1996] ‘Happy Trails’: The legendary “Voice of the Yankees“, Mel Allen, dies at 83. Mel had open heart surgery several years earlier and had been in poor health…
  8. 1996] Vote for me or else: Russian voters go to the polls in their first independent presidential election. The result is a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger...
  9. 2000] Wedding Bells: Federal regulators approve the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp., creating the nation’s largest local phone company: Verizon on June 30…
  10. 2004] Rebuffing the Prez: The independent commission investigating the 911 attacks says no evidence existed that al-Qaida had strong ties to Saddam Hussein…For more on June 16th:

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