10 Timeline Memories:
1.1856] Cue the elephant: The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh…
2.1879] Five and dime: Frank W. Woolworth opens his first ‘5 and 10 cent’ store in Utica (NY)…
3.1959] Start your engines: The inaugural Daytona 500 race is won by Lee Petty, father of Richard Petty…
4.1976] “Happy Trails“: Original Supreme, Florence Ballard is the victim of a fatal heart attack. At 32, she was living on welfare after being fired from the Supremes 9 years earlier. Ballard leaves 3 children…1987] Pop Art guru Andy Warhol dies from a heart attack in his sleep following gall bladder surgery. Warhol was 58…
5.1980] Olympic Gold: Al Michaels makes the call: “Do you believe in miracles?” as the U.S. Hockey team beats the Russians in a semi-final game. Two nights later they beat Finland for the gold…
6.1994] Gotcha: The Justice Department charges 31-year CIA veteran Aldrich Ames and his wife, Rosario, with selling national security secrets to the Soviet Union…
7.1997] Hello Dolly: Scottish scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned…
8.2005] Plotted: A Virginia man was charged with plotting with al-Qaeda to kill President George W. Bush. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali is later convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison…
9.2006] Record heist: Thieves steal $96 million from a Bank of England cash depot near London in Britain’s largest cash robbery…
10.2009] Slumdog gold: Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director (Danny Boyle). Sean Penn wins Best Actor for Milk and Kate Winslet wins Best Actress for The Reader…For more on February 22:
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