Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1636] Crimson coming: Harvard College is founded in the Bay State. The first school of higher education was originally called "Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony"...
  2. 1886] Lady Liberty: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. The original name of the statue: "Liberty Enlightening The World." On the same date in 1936 the statue was rededicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on its 50th anniversary and in 1986 the centennial was celebrated...
  3. 1950] Debuted on this date: "The Jack Benny Show" on CBS-TV. The show will run until August of 1977...
  4. 1953] Musical chairs: The "Old Redhead", Red Barber, takes his "catbird seat" from Brooklyn to the Bronx to do play-by-play of Yankees games...1979] Dick Howser replaces Billy Martin as Yankees manager...
  5. 1961] Ground breaking: For Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows. Shea will open in 1964 when the World's Fair opens...
  6. 1962] Joining the 7 TD club: Giants QB Y.A.Tittle becomes the 3rd QB in the NFL (Sid Luckman and Adrian Burk were 1st & 2nd) to pass for 7 touchdowns in one game. It led the Giants to a 49-34 victory over the Washington Redskins..
  7. 1973] Sayonara: Secretariat wins his final race in Canada, then goes to stud after 16 wins in 21 races. "Big Red" will live to the age of 19...
  8. 1976] Up the river: Former Nixon presidential aide John Erlichman begins his sentence for Watergate related wrong-doings..
  9. 1981] Comeback kids: The Dodgers come back from a 2-0 game deficit to beat the Yankees in 4 straight games to win the World Series. Yankee reliever George Frasier loses 3 games in the series...
  10. 2007] Twice as nice: The Boston Red Sox win their 2nd World Series in 4 years as they sweep the Colorado Rockies in 4 games...For more on October 28:

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