10 Timeline Memories:
1.1868] Phat Tuesday: The first parade to use floats? The New Orleans Mardi Gras on this date…
2.1903] Guantanamo-ra: An area in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased to the U.S. for use as a naval base. The clock is ticking on GB under the Obama administration…
3.1980] Winter Gold: The U.S. hockey team wins a gold medal after beating Finland 4-2 at the Lake Placid Winter Games…1994] Figure skater Oksana Baiul of the Ukraine injures her back in practice but two days later beats Nancy Kerrigan to win a gold medal at Lillehammer, Norway
4.1981] Murder she wrote: Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale Diet Doctor (Tarnower). HBO makes a movie out of it in 2006…
5.1987] The King and I: Larry King suffers a heart attack requiring quintuple bypass surgery...
6.1989] Is that plant moving?: Stalker Margaret Ray is found in David Letterman’s home in Connecticut claiming to be his wife. Letterman is not amused…
7.1992] Wayne’s World: The movie starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey opens in U.S. theaters. Schhhwiiiing!!!
8.1994] Saturday Night Alive: Garrett Morris is shot during a robbery but eventually recovers from his wounds. Here’s Garrett being interviewed about SNL…
9.1998] “Happy Trails“: Legendary comedian Henny Youngman dies from pneumonia at 91. In 1991 Henny was interviewed about a movie he was shooting…
10.2009] Joint Session of Congress: President Barack Obama discusses the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the state of the economy and the future of the country…For more on February 24:
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