10 Timeline Memories:
1.1910] On my honor: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated…
2.1915] Giving birth: Director D.W. Griffith’s civil war epic, “Birth Of A Nation” premieres at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles. The three-hour silent movie cost $100,000, a fortune in 1915…
3.1922] On the radio: Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to have a radio installed in the White House. We like Harding...
4.1968] Death on the highway: Three college students die in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg (SC) during a civil rights protest...
5.1980] Charlie Rangel is pleased: President Jimmy Carter unveils a plan to re-introduce draft registration. Fortunately this movement never materializes...
6.1990] “Happy Trails“: Singer Del Shannon dies from a self-inflicted gun shot wound at 50…2005] Former Epic Records head of promotion, Al Gurewitz passes away from bladder cancer at 73…2007] Legendary singer Frankie Laine dies of heart failure at 93…2007] Anna Nicole Smith dies from ‘combined drug intoxication’ at 39…
7.1993] So sue me: General Motors sues NBC, alleging that 'Dateline NBC' had rigged two crashes to show the GM pickups were prone to fires. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day...
8.1996] Cyberspace: The largest one day online event to-date brings together the world's top photographers, editors, programmers and interactive designers to create a digital time capsule of online life. It's called "24 Hours in Cyberspace"...
9.1999] Clinton's trials and tribulations: The Senate hears closing arguments in President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial...
10.2005] A temporary peace: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announce a cease-fire at a summit in Egypt...
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