Wednesday, October 21, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1879] Lighting the way: Thomas Edison invents a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park (NJ)...
2. 1945] Wedding Bells: Argentine military officer and politician Juan Peron marries actress Evita...
3. 1959] Crazy Guggenheim: The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opens to the public...
4. 1973] Lending an ear: John Paul Getty III's ear is cut off by kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome. It doesn't arrive until November 8 with postage due...
5. 1973] Safety first and second: Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first and last player in the NFL to score two safeties in a 24-7 win over Green Bay...
6. 1975] Waving it fair: Carlton Fisk wins Game 6 of the World Series between the Red Sox and Reds with his dramatic homerun and cool body language...
7. 1988] Guilty as charged: A federal grand jury in New York indicts former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda on charges of fraud, racketeering and owning too many shoes...
8. 1992] Released on this date: Madonna's erotic photo book "Sex" is released with 500,000 copies sold in the first run. A-Rod buys 499,999 copies...
9. 1998] Getting out the broom: Following a 4-game sweep of San Diego in the World Series, the Yankees set a major league record of 125 wins for a regular and post-season combined...
10. 2003] Plugged In: Invoking a hastily-passed law, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush orders a feeding tube reinserted into Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle...For more on October 21:

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