Friday, July 17, 2009

(Extended Weekend Edition) July 17 - 21, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1931] A radio first: CBS airs the first radio/TV simulcast. The show features Kate Smith, George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker (7/18)…
  2. 1941] Boogety, boogety. This streak ends: The longest hitting streak in baseball ends in Cleveland for the “Yankee Clipper”, Joe DiMaggio. After hitting in 56 games, Indian pitchers stop DiMag. 68 years later, no one has come close to equalling or breaking his record (7/17)…
  3. 1966] Wedding Bells: 50-year old Frank Sinatra and 21-year old Mia Farrow tie the knot (7/19). Old Blue Eyes had pants that were older than his new wife…1986] Caroline Kennedy, 28-year old daughter of JFK walks down the aisle with Edwin A. Schlossberg in Centerville (MA), not far from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port (7/19)…
  4. 1969] Chappaquiddick tragedy: This was the day that Mary Jo Kopechne died when Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy lost control of the car he was driving. Mary Jo was just 27 (7/18)…
  5. 1969] Moonwalking: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” — the words of Neil Armstrong who becomes the first man to set foot on the moon (7/20)…
  6. 1976] Olympic: Tiny 14-year old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scores a perfect 10 on the parallel bars. ‘Comaneech’ becomes an overnight sensation for her Olympic feat (7/19)…1996] The most recognizable person in the world, Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic torch in Atlanta (7/19)…
  7. 1996] Tragedy in the air: TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 bound for Paris, explodes and crashes off Long Island, shortly after take-off from JFK killing all 230 aboard (7/17)…
  8. 1998] “Happy Trails“: 74-year old astronaut Alan Shepard passes away, a victim of leukemia (7/21)…2003] Barry White dies of renal failure at 58 (7/18)…
  9. 1999] Another sad day for the Kennedy’s: Navy divers find the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren (Bessette) in the wreckage of Kennedy’s plane in the Atlantic Ocean off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard (7/21)…
  10. 1999] Perfecto: Yankee pitcher David Cone pitches a perfect game at Yankee Stadium against the Montreal Expos (7/18)…For more on July 17 -21:

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