10 Timeline Memories:
1.1825] Flip a coin: The U.S. House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams president after no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes…
2.1870] Undulating patterns and circular swirls arrive: The U.S. Weather Bureau is authorized by Congress. It’s officially known as the National Weather Service…
3.1895] Bikinis to follow: The game of volley ball is invented by W.G. Morgan in Holyoke (MA)…
4.1942] Time has come today: Daylight-savings ‘War Time’ goes into effect. This year DST begins Sunday, March 14, 2010 when we turn clocks ahead one hour…
5.1950] Better dead than red: Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that the State Department is filled with Communists as we usher in that fun era - McCarthyism…
6.1971] Third time is the charm: Apollo 14 returns to earth after man’s 3rd landing on the moon...
7.1971] Don’t look back, someone might be gaining on you: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame…
8.1973] “Happy Trails“: Max Yasgur who owned the farm where the original Woodstock took place, dies of a heart attack at 53…1981] Bill Haley suffers a fatal heart attack at his home in Harlingen, Texas. Haley was 56…2002] Britain’s Princess Margaret suffers a fatal massive stroke at 71…
9.1997] Homer the Hero: “The Simpsons” passes “The Flintstones” as the longest running prime-time animated series. This clip shows the evolution of Homer Simpson…
10.2006] Kidnap video: Kidnapped-American journalist Jill Carroll appears in a video aired on a Kuwaiti TV station, appealing for her supporters to do whatever it took to win her release “as quickly as possible.” Jill is freed the following month…For more on February 9:
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