Like it or not, we are getting closer to never having to leave the couch for our entertainment, something fast-food restaurants that deliver will love. So will the producers of "The Biggest Loser" which could become a 24-hour channel, 7 days a week...
We're also getting closer to the day that an iPad type device will be all inclusive. This is a far healthier proposition than wasting away in couchpotatoville. Put a pedometer on it and as soon as this cranky back gets better, place my order...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1947] Farewell Babe: Over 58,000 fans jam Yankee Stadium to say goodbye to Babe Ruth. One year later he will die from cancer…
2.1956] A Rocky goodbye: 31-year old, undefeated heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano calls it quits and hangs up his boxing gloves with a perfect 49-0 record. At the age of 44 Marciano will lose his life in a small plane crash…
3.1965] Good night and good luck: Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow dies at 57...
4.1967] EXPOsed: Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson opens EXPO 67 in Montreal…
5.1973] Opry moves to the suburbs: The Grand Ole Opry leaves the Ryman Auditorium to open up Opryland in suburban Nashville…
6.1978] Free as a bird: Former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes...
7.1981] Wedding Bells: After grunting their way through the movie “Caveman“, Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, dressed like Fred & Wilma Flintstone, get married in Durango, Mexico…
8.1982] Guilty as charged: John W. Hinckley Jr. goes on trial in Washington, D.C. for shooting President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley will be acquitted by reason of insanity…
9.1987] Banned from the USA: The Justice Department bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the U.S., saying he aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during WWII...
10.2002] No-no: Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Fenway Park since Dave Morehead in 1965. Facing 28 batters, Lowe totals only 97 pitches in the 10-0 whitewashing of Tampa Bay…
Music Memories:
- 1959] Released on this date: "Personality" - Lloyd Price...1968] "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Sheena Easton (48), Ace (Kiss) Frehley (57), Cuba Gooding (63), Judy Carne (68), Casey Kasem (75) and Jack Klugman (85)...
Timeline Countdown: 4 days until the Kentucky Derby, 12 days until Mother's Day and 34 days until Memorial Day...
