10 Timeline Memories:
1.1863] Mine eyes have seen the glory: Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that slaves in rebel states are free (1/1)…
2.1892] Debuted on this date: The Ellis Island Immigrant Station opens in New York Harbor (1/1)…
3.1898] I’ll take Manhattan: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City (1/1)…
4.1929] Inherit the network: 27-year old William S. Paley becomes CBS President, inheriting the Tiffany network from his father (1/3)…
5.1943] Old Blue Eyes takes Manhattan: Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater. His career explodes after this appearance (12/31)….
6.1966] Curtains: The final episode of “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” is filmed (1/1)...
7. 1967] Equal but separate: The FCC starts requiring AM/FM combo stations to be at least 50 percent separate in programming (1/1). Lots of great stations will be born, including WRKO (in March)…
8.1985] ‘Happy Trails’: Teen Idol Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash on his way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Dallas (12/31). Rick was one of the nicest people I had the pleasure of knowing…1997] Michael Kennedy, 39-year old son of the late Robert Kennedy is killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain (12/31)…
9.1973] The worst sale of a sports franchise: This award goes to CBS which sells the Yankees to a Cleveland group headed by George Steinbrenner for $10 million (1/3). CBS bought the team for $13.2 million…
10.1990] It was the loud rock music: Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Panama City (1/3)…Happy New Year...For more on Dec. 31 - January 3, 2010:
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