Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1957] Premiered on this date: "Maverick" starring no, not John McCain but James Garner. This was one of the first shows I mailed promotion kits to affiliates when I was a mailboy at ABC. "Maverick" would run for 5 seasons and was one of the first hit shows for this fledgling network at the time...1964] "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the spy show that made stars of Robert Vaughn and David McCallum. It ran for four seasons...
  2. 1961] Peace be with you: President John F. Kennedy signs a congressional act that establishes the Peace Corps...
  3. 1967] On the cover of Time Magazine: The Beatles...
  4. 1969] Home run derby: The Giants' Willie Mays becomes the second player, behind Babe Ruth, to hit his 600th home run. Hank Aaron will pass Mays and The Babe. Barry Bonds passes them all...
  5. 1975] You missed: Sara Jane Moore fails in an attempt to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco (it's the second attempt on Ford's life in 17 days)...
  6. 1980] "Happy Trails": Irving Berlin dies at the age of 101. Cause of death was being 101...1999] George C. Scott passes away from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Scott was 71...2001] Issac Stern dies from congestive heart failure at 81...2007] The only mime I ever liked - Marcel Marceau dies at 84. Marcel who was Jewish passes away on Yom Kippur...
  7. 1987] Out on strike: The second regular season strike in five years hits the NFL. This time only 1 game during the 16-game season is cancelled...
  8. 1995] SOLD!: Time Warner strikes a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System, Inc...
  9. 2004] That's a fine thing: CBS is fined $550,000 by the FCC for showing Janet Jackson's exposed right tata during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show which I witnessed in Houston. Can you believe this case is being looked into again by the FCC???
  10. 2007] New justice: John Roberts' nomination as chief justice clears the Senate Judiciary Committe on a 13-5 vote...(For more on September 22):

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