POLITICAL PRANKSTER- DICK TUCK DEAD AT 94
I was looking over obituaries and saw that Dick Tuck had died back on Memorial Day at the age of 94. Dick Tuck was a political prankster for the […]
Category Archives: History
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY–MANCHESTER UNITED WINS EUROPEAN CUP
On this date fifty years ago- May 29, 1968 Manchester United F.C. became the first team from England to win the European Cup by beating Benifica of Portugal 4-1 at […]
APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUT ALAN BEAN DEAD AT 86- 4TH MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON
Apollo astronaut and artist Alan Bean has died after a two week illness at the age of 86. He was one of the moon men- Apollo 12. The fourth man […]
HOT WHEELS- INTRODUCED 50 YEARS AGO TODAY- MAY 18, 1968
On this date 50 years ago today- Hot Wheels were first introduced by the toy maker Mattel. Hot Wheels would be the main competitor of Matchbox until 1997 when Mattel […]
JOE DIMAGGIO’S 56 GAME HITTING STREAK BEGINS THIS DAY IN 1941.
On this day in 1941- seventy-seven years ago today- {I double checked the math on that- yes seventy-seven years ago!} The Yankee Clipper Joltin’ Joe Dimaggio got a […]
CLOSING THE BOOKS ON THE 19TH CENTURY- NABI TAJIMA DEAD AT 117
Nabi Tajima of Kikai, Japan has died at the age of 117 years and 260 days of age. Not only the world’s oldest verified person but the last person who […]
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