10 Timeline Memories:
1.1921] It’s read all over: Reader’s Digest hits the newsstands for the first time (2/5)…
1.1921] The house that Ruth built: The Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx to build Yankee Stadium. The stadium goes up 2 years later in 1923. Eighty-six years later (2009), the new stadium opens (2/5)…
2.1935] Pass ‘Go’ and collect $200: The board game of ‘Monopoly‘ goes on sale for the first time (2/6)…
3.1974] Premiered on this date: “Blazing Saddles” debuts in movie theaters (2/7)…
4.1985] Swimsuit edition: Sports Illustrated releases its annual ‘Swimsuit Edition’ which somehow manages to be not only the largest regular edition but the ‘most read’ edition (2/7)…
5.1993] “Happy Trails“: Tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe dies of complications of AIDS, contracted during a blood transfusion. I used to live across the street from Arthur who was just 49 at the time of his death (2/6)…1998] 51-year old Carl Wilson one of the founding members of the Beach Boys dies from complications of lung cancer with his family at his side (2/6)…
6.2001] Regis gets ripped: Kelly Ripa is named as Regis Philbin’s new co-host. Ripa replaces Kathie Lee Gifford and the show is renamed “Live! with Regis and Kelly (2/5)…
7.2002] Guilty as charged: A federal grand jury indicts John Walker Lindh on 10 charges, alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden’s network and conspired with the Taliban to kill American’s (2/5)…
8.2003] WMD alert: Secretary of State Colin Powell urges the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists, claims that later turned out to be false (2/5)…
9.2005] Super Bowl Sunday: The New England Patriots win their second consecutive SB and 3rd in 4 years with a 24-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in SBXXXIX. The good old days for Patriots fans (2/6)…For more on February 5 - 7:
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