Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009...

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1773] Tea it up: The Boston Tea Party takes place as American colonists board a British ship and dump more than 300 chests of tea in Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes. This might explain why the water in Boston Harbor is described as “orange pekoe with specks of green tea and chamomile” in color…
  2. 1905] Published on this date: Variety Magazine hits the newsstands to ‘Boffo’! reviews. Not so 'Boffo' now, Variety was recently sold...
  3. 1960] Staten Island Supercrash: A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, killing 134…
  4. 1972] Unbeaten and Untied: The Miami Dolphins become the 1st NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The 2007 Patriots beat that record, going 18-0. Miami’s season streak reaches 17 after they win the Super Bowl…
  5. 1973] Slice and dice: Buffalo’s O.J. Simpson knifes his way through the NFL to become the 1st runner in history to gain over 2,000 yards in a season when he runs for 200 yards against the Jets. Jet coach Weeb Ewbank loses his lunch and then announces his retirement…
  6. 1982] Reborn: Tom Seaver becomes a Met again after a trade with Cincinnati. The ‘Franchise’ throws the last pitch at Shea Stadium to Mike Piazza…1983] Yogi Berra is named Yankee manager for the second time...
  7. 1985] The steak was cold, too: Organized crime chief Paul Castellano is gunned down outside Sparks Steakhouse on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan as he’s set up by the mob…
  8. 1997] “Happy Trails“: Singer Nicolette Larson dies from brain swelling at 45…2007] Singer Dan Fogelberg passes away at 56 from complications caused by prostate cancer…
  9. 1998] Desert Fox: The U.S. and Britain begin a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets, in response to Iraq’s continued failure to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions as well as their interference with U.N. Special Commission inspectors…
  10. 2000] Breaking the color barrier: President-elect George W. Bush selects Colin Powell to be the 1st African-American secretary of state…For more on December 16:

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