Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1960] Convicted: A tribunal in Moscow convicts American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. Gary will serve his time and eventually be released in February 1962...
  2. 1973] Wedding Bells: Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson say "I do". The marriage ends in 1980...1993] Kim Bassinger and Alec Baldwin unite and what exactly were they thinking???1993] Mattel and Fisher Price walk down the aisle...
  3. 1976] Vote for me: President Gerald R. Ford wins the Republican presidential nomination at the party's national convention in Kansas City...
  4. 1977] "Happy Trails": The legendary Groucho Marx dies of pneumonia at 86. Groucho always said he wanted to be buried above Marilyn Monroe. He didn't get his wish...
  5. 1981] Curtains: The final episode of "Charlie's Angels" airs after 5 years as a series...1993] "Cheers", one of the most popular sit-coms of all-time ends its 11-year run...
  6. 1991] Bobbed: Hurricane Bob, the first major hurricane of 1991 hits the Northeast leaving 10 dead and $2.8 billion in damages...
  7. 1996] Tucked in: A judge sentences former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker to 4 years probation for his Whitewater crimes...
  8. 2003] Bombed in Baghdad: A suicide truck bomb strikes U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 including the U.N. envoy...
  9. 2004] A private matter: Google goes public, opening at $85 and closing at $100 with 22 million shares sold. A share of Google now goes for $445...
  10. 2005] So sue me: A Texas jury finds Merck & Co. liable for the death of a man who'd taken Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages. The award will be reduced to about $26 million...For more on August 19th: http://melphilllipsnowandthen.com/ ...