- 1897] This subway had no sandwiches: The 1st subway system in the U.S. opens in Boston. Over 95% of the original subway tunnels remain in use today...
- 1932] Gotcha: New York City Mayor James "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns following charges of graft and corruption in his administration...
- 1942] This is fair and impartial?: A federal judge in Sacramento (CA) upholds the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals...
- 1956] Pink Cadillac: Elvis Presley shares early success with his family, buying his mother a pink Cadillac...
- 1969] Gadhafi power: A coup in Libya brings Moammar Gadhafi to power. People in NJ don't want him staying there when he attends a U.N. meeting this month after he embraced the Lockerbie bomber...
- 1970] The dream ends: The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" airs. The show premiered on September 18, 1965...
- 1972] Bobby beats Boris: Brooklyn-born Bobby Fischer wins the international chess crown in Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union...
- 1983] Korean air tragedy: A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace, killing 269...
- 1985] The real Titanic: Is found by a joint U.S.-French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of Newfoundland...
- 2004] Chechen terroism: More than 1,000 are taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in southern Russia. More than 330 people, most of them children, are killed during the three-day ordeal...For more on September 1: http://melphillipsnowandthen.com
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009...
10 Timeline Memories:
