Friday, September 11, 2009

(Weekend Edition) September 11 - 13, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1941] Breaking ground: Groundbreaking begins in Arlington (VA) for the building of the Pentagon. Ironically, the Pentagon suffers damage and deaths at the hands of the 911 terrorists 60 years later, to the day (9/11)...
  2. 1953] Wedding Bells: Jacqueline Bouvier and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy walk down the aisle at Hammersmith Farm in Newport (RI) (9/12)...
  3. 1960] You pay, we play: The FCC adopts payola rules aka 'The Alan Freed Rules.' Freed and other disc jockeys were accused and in some cases fined and jailed for payola in the late 50s (9/13)...
  4. 1964] Down for the count: "Friday Night Fights" is seen for the last time as Gillette's TV contract ends (9/11)...
  5. 1964] Oh Shea can you see: The first football game is played at Shea Stadium with the Jets beating Denver 30-6 (9/12)...
  6. 1967] Premiered on this date: "The Carol Burnett Show" on CBS-TV (9/11). The highly rated comedy/variety show will run until September, 1979...1974] "Little House On The Prairie" (9/11). The series runs until March, 1983...
  7. 1970] Marathon man: The first NYC Marathon is won by Freeport (LI) firefighter Gary Muhrcke (9/13). Only 175 runners compete with 55 finishing. That race consisted of 4 laps around Central Park. The race, now run the first weekend in November, covers all 5 boroughs and the number of runners could fill Citi Field...
  8. 1985] The hitman: Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hit leader off of San Diego pitcher Eric Show. Hit number 4,192 breaks Ty Cobb's longstanding record by one hit (9/11)...
  9. 2001] The horror of 911: Nearly 3,000 lives are taken, mainly at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field near Pittsburgh as terrorists launch the most devastating attack ever on United States soil...
  10. 2003] 'Happy Trails': An undetected heart flaw takes the life of John Ritter (9/11). Ritter, 54 was the son of country music legend Tex Ritter...2003] Country music icon Johnny Cash dies of complications from diabetes at 71 (9/12)...2008] Radio programmer (Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York) Neil McIntyre passes away at 68 from cancer (9/11)...
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