Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1859] The Grandfather of “Cavemen”: British naturalist Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species” which explains his theory of evolution…
  2. 1871] The Grandfather of the NRA: The National Rifle Association is incorporated and its first president is Major General Ambrose E. Burnside…
  3. 1953] One by one: New Brooklyn Dodger manager Walter Alston signs the 1st of 23-one year contracts…
  4. 1963] Live from Dallas: Jack Ruby shoots and mortally wounds Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy. This happened live on television - still hard to believe. Here’s the video clip…
  5. 1963] The games must go on ?: The NBA, NHL and AFL cancel their scheduled games, the NFL does not. Pete Rozelle considered this his worst decision as NFL commissioner…
  6. 1969] Guilty as charged: Lt. William Calley is charged with the massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai, Vietnam in March, 1968…
  7. 1971] AWOL with ransom: Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest flight over Washington State with $200,000 in ransom. His fate is still unknown…
  8. 1985] “Happy Trails”: Big Joe Turner dies of a heart attack at 74…1991] Freddie Mercury of Queen dies of AIDS at 45…
  9. 1998] Wedding Bells: AOL confirms that its buying Netscape for $10 billion…
  10. 2003] Death sentence: A jury in Virginia Beach, VA, sentences John Allen Muhammad to death for the Washington-area sniper shootings…For more on November 24:

http://melphillipsnowandthen.com

Posted by at