1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established. Haven't gotten a thing right since.
1895 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3). Defensive clinic put on that day. Also, volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts. Big day for the future of gym classes in America.
1964 - the Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Sullivan resisted the urge to tell the band "Get a haircut, hippies!"
1964 - G.I. Joe character created. Always knew we had a special kinship.
1980 - George and Judy Rakauskas have their fourth kid. This little Buddha...
1991 - Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 - Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat. And everything was A-OK in that region for the rest of time.
2001 - A U.S. Navy submarine collided with a Japanese fishing boat off the Hawaiian coast, killing nine people aboard the boat. Aren't we just ending on a happy note?
Notable Birthdays
Carole King (67), Joe Pesci (66 - What, my age is funny to you? Funny how?), Vince Papale (63 - still looks nothing like Marky Mark), John Kruk (48), Travis Tritt (46), Lennox Lewis (44), Vladimir Guerrero (33), Zhang Ziyi (30 - How you doing?).
2 comments:
1980 was the best year, by far.
Happy Birthday to you, old friend!
Thanks, Liz!
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