10 Timeline Memories:
1.1848] Solid Gold: James W. Marshall discovers a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California (1/24). This discovery leads to the gold rush of ‘49…
2.1957] Guilty as charged: George Metesky aka ‘The Mad Bomber’ is arrested in Waterbury (CT) and accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices over a 15-year period in the New York Metropolitan area. Deemed insane, Metesky will be assigned to a state institution until being released in 1973 when he returns home to Waterbury and lives until the age of 90 (1/22)…1998] Theodore Kaczynski aka ‘The Unabomber’ pleads guilty in return for a life sentence without parole. His specialty was mail bombs (1/22)…
3.1968] Sock it to me: “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” debuts on NBC-TV (1/22)…
4.1971] Boogity, boogity: In basketball, UCLA loses to Notre Dame (1/23) and then wins 88 games in a row. The streak ends with a loss to ??? Correct - Notre Dame…
5.1973] Supes Rule: Roe v. Wade is born, legalizing abortion after the Supreme Court strikes down state laws prohibiting abortion. You can be sure this will be an issue that won’t ever be put to rest (1/22)…
6.1977] Rootin’ tootin’: “Roots” debuts as a mini-series and almost half of the country watches the final 2-hour episode when 100 million viewers are on hand. 85% of all TV homes saw all or part of the previous 7-episodes (1/23)…
7.1984] Superbowl Sunday: Barry Manilow sings the national anthem and then the Los Angeles Raiduhs rip the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII (1/22)…1989] Joe Montana leads the 49ers on an 11-play, 92-yard touchdown drive with 43 seconds remaining to lift San Francisco to a 20-16 win over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXIII. It’s the third title for SF (1/22)…
8.1989] Electric avenue: Confessed serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida’s electric chair for the 1978 kidnapping and killing of Kimberly Leach (1/24)…
9.1994] Krafty buy: New England businessman Robert Kraft buys the Patriots for $172 million. During his tenure as owner the Pats have won 3 Super Bowls. When he bought the Patriots they had a losing record (1/24)…
10.2008] ‘Happy Trails’: Australian actor Heath Ledger dies of an accidental medication overdose at 28 (1/22)…For more on January 22 - 24:
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