Thu: 1719: The first display of the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, was recorded in America 1894: The worlds first car show opened in Paris with nine exhibitors 1936: Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson 1951: Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from baseball 1957: Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year-old third cousin Myra Gale Brown 1961: American military involvement in Vietnam began when a US aircraft carrier arrived in Saigon 1964: Sam Cooke was shot and killed outside a Los Angeles motel 1981: Muhammad Ali fought his last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick. 1990: Ivana Trump filed for divorce from real estate mogul Donald Trump. 1998: The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against President Clinton. 2000: The Texas Rangers signed shortstop Alex Rodriquez to a then-record $252-million contract 2008: Bernie Madoff was arrested on charges of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme 2009: Tiger Woods announced he was taking an indefinite leave from golf to try to save his marriage Birthday Partiers: actress Rita Moreno (West Side Story, Popi, Oz) 83 actress Donna Mills (Knots Landing, Play Misty For Me) 71 singer Brenda Lee 70 actress Teri Garr (Mr. Mom, Tootsie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) 65 singer Jermaine Jackson 60 actress MoNique (The Parkers, Phat Girlz, Soul Plane) 46 Randy #sunny1063
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:15:10 +0000
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