Monday, August 24, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1814] Washington sizzles: British forces invade Washington, D.C. and set fire to the Capitol and the White House...
2. 1932] Nonstop Amy: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly nonstop across the U.S.A. traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in just over 19 hours...
3. 1954] Commies not welcome: The Communist Control Act virtually outlaws the Communist Party in the United States...
4. 1981] Guilty as charged: Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years-to-life for the murder of John Lennon...
5. 1989] Banned from baseball: Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti bans Pete Rose permanently for betting on sports, including baseball as manager of the Reds...
6. 1992] Andrew slams into Florida: Hurricane Andrew smashes into Florida causing record damage and 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas...
7. 2004] Terrorism in the sky: Chechen separatists set off bombs aboard two Russian airliners that crash after take off. 90 people are killed...
8. 2006] Pluto is downsized: Pluto is no longer a planet after being demoted to a "dwarf planet". Dwarfs protest...
9. 2007] A life sentence handed down: James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, is sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi...
10. 2007] NFL lowers the boom on Vick: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is indefinitely suspended without pay for his involvement in dogfighting. Vick has recently landed on his haunches with the Philadelphia Eagles after serving a jail sentence...For more on August 24th: http://melphillipsnowandthen.com