10 Timeline Memories:
1.1844] Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame: The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana (1/15)…
2.1892] Basketball rules: The official rules of basketball are published for the first time in Springfield (MA) where the game is invented (1/15)…
3.1950] On the brink: A million and a quarter in cash and over $1.5 million in checks, money orders and securities is stolen in the Great Brink’s Robbery from the Brinks Building in Boston (1/17)…
4.1964] Premiered on this date: “Hello Dolly” starring Carol Channing opens at the St. James Theatre on Broadway (1/16)…1974] “Jaws” by Peter Benchley is published and quickly becomes a best seller with plans in the works for a movie (1/16)…1976] “The Donny & Marie Show” starts a 3-year run with “A little bit Country, A little bit Rock & Roll” (1/16)…
5.1967] Super Sunday: The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in what will eventually be called Super Bowl I. Back then it was called the NFL Championship Game (1/15)…
6.1973] Curtains: “Bonanza” airs its last episode (1/16). It debuted on September 12, 1959...
7.1974] Debuted on this date: “Happy Days” on ABC-TV. The highly rated show will run until July of 1984 and spawn the spin off, ‘Laverne and Shirley’ in January, 1976 (1/15)…
8.1988] Jimmy the Geek: CBS-TV fires Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder one day after his racial comment that during slavery, “blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring” (1/16). His comments got worse…
9.1994] Quake, quake: The Northridge (CA) earthquake rocks Los Angeles, registering a 6.7 on the Richter Scale. At least 61 are killed with damage estimated at $20 billion (1/17)…1995] A magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastates the city of Kobe, Japan (1/17). More than 6,000 are killed…
10.2009] Captain America: Thanks to the heroic efforts of Capt. Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, 57, and his co-pilot, 155 lives are saved as U.S. Airways Flight 1549 lands safely in New York City’s Hudson River (1/15)…For more on January 15 - 17:
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