10 Timeline Memories:
1.1851] “Why-Em-Cee-A“: The first YMCA is organized in Boston. The Village People kvell…
2.1890] Massacre Monday: The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek (SD). This is the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops…
3.1934] Double dip: The first college basketball doubleheader is played at Madison Square Garden. The Garden was rented for a measly $4 thousand as 16,000 fans watch NYU defeat Notre Dame and Westminster (PA) beat St. John’s…
4.1957] Wedding Bells: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme swing down the aisle. Eydie blames it on the bossa nova while Steve says go away little girl…
5.1975] Blasting Off: Terrorists explode a bomb in the main terminal of LaGuardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 75 (this is believed to be an act by a Croatian terrorist group that was never captured)…
6.1975] “D-I-V-O-R-C-E“: Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, who were together since 1969, are divorced. Grace is an artist today…
7.1978] Berserk Buckeye: Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes goes berserk during the Gator Bowl game punching Clemson’s Charlie Bauman for his interception of a Buckeye pass. Woody will not like what happens to him the following day…
8.1980] “Happy Trails“: Singer/songwriter Tim (If I Were A Carpenter) Hardin overdoses on heroin at 40…2007] A suicide gunman shoots former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, killing her and then blows himself up killing at least 22 others at an election rally in Pakistan…
9.1989] Curtains: Jane Pauley leaves the “Today Show”…
10.2007] Record breaking: The New England Patriots are the first team in NFL history to ever finish the regular season with a record of 16-0, the first perfect regular season in the league since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Tom Brady sets the NFL record for Most Touchdown Passes in a season with 50 and Randy Moss sets the NFL record for the Most Touchdown Receptions in a season with 23…For more on December 29:
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