Monday, November 30, 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1939] Happy Landings: New York’s LaGuardia Airport begins operations as a plane from Chicago lands at 12:01 a.m…
  2. 1940] Wedding Bells: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz conga down the aisle to a latin beat…
  3. 1972] No news is good news: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning troup withdrawals from Vietnam after they had reached a level of 27,000…
  4. 1993] Brady Law: President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill) into law…
  5. 1993] Klaas murder solved: Richard Allen Davis is arrested after confessing to abducting and killing 12-year old Polly Klaas
  6. 1994] Jaguar sighting: The NFL announces that the Jacksonville Jaguars will become the league’s 30th franchise…
  7. 1996] Happy Trails: After performing on stage, Tiny Tim collapses and dies from congestive heart failure at 71…2007] Daredevil motorcycle rider Evel Knievel passes away from a terminal lung disease at 69…
  8. 2001] Artificial heart victim: Robert Tools, the first person to receive a fully self-contained artificial heart, dies after living with the device for 151 days…
  9. 2004] Jeopardy champ falls: Ken Jennings finally loses but takes home $2.5 million, TV’s all-time biggest game show haul…
  10. 2007] Clinton crisis: Hillary Clinton’s Rochester (NH) campaign office experiences a hostage crisis when Leeland Eisenberg enters and holds three people hostage for 5 hoursFor more on November 30:

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