Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Wednesday, July 8, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:



  1. 1629] Pass the cranberry: The Massachusetts Bay Colony celebrates what’s recognized as the 1st Thanksgiving. White meat or dark???
  2. 1776] Declaring our independence: Militia officer John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia…
  3. 1889] WSJ sighting: The Wall Street Journal is published for the 1st time…
  4. 1947] Ground breaking begins: For the building of the U.N. in Manhattan…
  5. 1981] Confirmation Day: The Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice…
  6. 1985] Madonna Unplugged: Madonna poses nude in Playboy and Penthouse. Soon to be 10-year old A-Rod hides his under his bed…
  7. 1986] This is not kosher: Kurt Waldheim is inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes…
  8. 1997] Fen-Phen, ‘Feh’: The Mayo Clinic and the government warn that the diet-drug "fen-phen" could cause serious heart and lung damage…
  9. 2000] Beaned by a ‘Rocket’: Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens beans Met catcher Mike Piazza which is a warm up for throwing a bat chard at Piazza in a 2000 World Series game…
  10. 2006] “Happy Trails": To June Allyson who passes away from pulmonary respiratory failure at the age of 88…For more on July 8th:

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