Friday, August 7, 2009

(Weekend Edition) August 7 - 9, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1945] Dropping another one: The U.S. drops another atomic bomb -- this time on Nagasaki, 3 days after Hiroshima. About 74,000 are killed and Japan will surrender on August 14th (8/9)...
  2. 1947] Where's the skipper when you need him?: The balsa-wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a six-man crew across the Pacific, crashes into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago (8/7)...
  3. 1966] Achy Breaky Heart: Surgeon Michael DeBakey installs the first artificial heart. Unfortunately blood clotting leads to failure in the donor patient (8/8)...
  4. 1968] Nixon's the one/not: Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew are chosen running mates at the Republican National Convention (8/8). Six years later in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces that he will resign the following day (8/8)...
  5. 1974] Going to Hall: Yogi Berra and Sandy Koufax enter Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown (8/7)...1999] The Giants' Lawrence Taylor enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame (8/7). The newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be enshrined tomorrow. They include Bob Hayes, Randall McDaniel, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, Ralph Wilson, Jr. and Rod Woodson...
  6. 1990] Here comes the storm: "Desert Storm" begins as President George H. W. Bush orders U.S. troops and warplanes into Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq (8/7)...
  7. 1995] "Happy Trails": Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, dies of a heart attack at 53 (8/9)...2005] ABC-TV Network anchorman Peter Jennings dies at 67 from lung cancer (8/7)...2008] Comedian Bernie Mac passes away from complications due to pneumonia. Mac was just 50 (8/9)...
  8. 1999] Joining the 3,000-hit club: Wade Boggs becomes the 1st major leaguer to hit a home run for his 3,000th hit while a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. On the same date, Tony Gwynn of San Diego picks up his 3,000th hit (8/7)...
  9. 2000] Mazel Tov: Al Gore picks Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be the 1st Jewish VP candidate of a major party ticket (8/7)...
  10. 2008] 8's are wild: Keeping with the Chinese belief that the number 8 is lucky, the 2008 Summer Olympics starts at 8:08:08 8/8/08. Too bad we can't start something this year at 9:09:09 9/9/09...For more on August 7 - 9: http://melphillipsnowandthen.com


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