(Weekend Edition) October 16 - 18, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1954] Bad call-letter move: WNBC Radio changes calls to WRCA but not for long. The call-letters will soon revert back to good ole WNNNNNBC (10/18)...
2. 1962] One picture is worth a thousand words: Reconnaissance photos reveal missile bases in Cuba (10/16)...
3. 1965] That's fair: The 1964-1965 World's Fair closes after two years. More than 51 million people attended, including this WMID jock who did a remote back to Atlantic City for two days with music and commercials from the New York State Pavilion via phone line (10/17)...
4. 1969] Truly Amazin': The New York Mets win their 1st World Series as a harmless fly ball hit by future Mets manager Davey Johnson drops into Cleon Jones' glove: Everyone in the programming dept. at WRKO watched the game in VP/GM Perry S. Ury's office (10/16)...
5. 1977] Reggie-Reggie-Reggie: Reggie Jackson makes World Series history with back-to-back-to-back home runs, each on the first pitch. No one did it before or since (10/18)...
6. 1978] Pinstripe parade: The Yankees beat the Dodgers in 6 games to repeat as World Champs (10/17)...1984] Lou Piniella is named Yankee manager (10/17)...1988] Dallas Green replaces Sweet Lou as Yankee manager (10/17)...
7. 1987] Baby Jessica: Rescuers free 'Baby Jessica' (McClure) from the Midland (TX) well she fell in. Jessica, 18-months old, was trapped for 58 hours yet survived (10/16)...
8. 1989] A whole lotta shaking going on: A funny thing happened on the way to game 3 of the Oakland-San Francisco World Series - an earthquake. The Giants sweep the A's in 4 games when the series resumes a few days later (10/17)...
9. 2002] Something else to worry about: The White House announces that North Korea has disclosed it has a nuclear weapons program (10/16)...
10. 2007] "Happy Trails": Comedian Joey Bishop dies of natural causes at 89 (10/17)...2007] 50s singing sensation Teresa Brewer passes away from neuromuscular disease at 76 (10/17)...2008] Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops dies in his sleep at 72 (10/17)...2008] Singer Dee Dee Warwick passes away at 63. Warwick had been in failing health for some time at the time of her death (10/18)...For more on October 16 - 18: