10 Timeline Memories:
1.1789] And the winner is: Electors unanimously choose George Washington as the first President of the United States, making his election official…
2.1932] Let the games begin: The first Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid (NY)…
3.1941] Bob Hope books a flight: The United Service Organization (USO) is created…
4.1957] The Right Type: Smith-Corona rolls out the first electric typewriter weighing a hefty 19 pounds…
5.1969] Meet the new Commish: Bowie Kuhn replaces the fired William Eckert as Baseball Commissioner…
6.1983] ‘Happy Trails’: Karen Carpenter passes away from heart failure probably caused by years of suffering from anorexia nervosa. Karen was just 32...1987] Liberace falls victim to AIDS related complications at 67…
7.1997] Guilty as charged: A civil jury in California finds O.J. Simpson liable in the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents are awarded $8.5 million in damages…
8.1999] Amadou disaster: An unarmed Amadou Diallo is cut down in a hail of bullets when four New York City plainclothes police officers thought he was armed. He wasn’t…
9.1999] Signed, Sealed, Delivered?: Having failed to get Bill Parcells from New England as coach, the Jets hire Bill Belichick as H.C. How'd that work out Jets fans???
10.2007] Super win: The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning will be gunning for his second SB win this Sunday against the New Orleans Saints…(For more on February 4):
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