10 Timeline Memories:
1.1944] Rocket takes off: Maurice Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 8 points in one game…
2.1945] Pledging our love: Congress officially recognizes the “Pledge of Allegiance“…
3.1956] Curtains: After 5 years on TV, the final “Ding Dong School” hosted by Miss Francis (Horwich) airs on NBC-TV…
4.1958] Frozen in sports history: The Baltimore Colts beat the Giants 23-17 at 8:15 into overtime on a frozen Yankee Stadium field to win the NFL Championship in a thriller. Many call this the greatest NFL game of all-time. Here’s the radio call…
5.1973] Soviet slam: Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes ‘Gulag Archipelago’, an expose of the Soviet prison system…
6.1981] Going tubular: Elizabeth Jordan Carr becomes the first American test-tube baby. Carr is now a quite healthy 28…
7.1983] “Happy Trails“: Dennis Wilson, the only real surfer in the Beach Boys, drowns while swimming near his boat at Marina del Rey (CA). Dennis was 39…
8.2000] Down for the count: U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it’s going out of business after 128 years…
9.2004] Law & Order death: Actor Jerry Orbach passes away at 69. Little known J.O. trivia, Jerry was Crazy Joey Gallo’s best man…
10.2005] Enron over: Former top Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleads guilty to securities fraud and agrees to help pursue convictions against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling…For more on December 28:
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