On This Date In History

1805 Lewis & Clark 1st sight the Pacific Ocean.
1867 Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie was born.
1918 Billy Graham was born in Charlotte NC.
1922 Al Hirt, famous jazz trumpeter born in New Orleans LA.
1932 CBS radio presents 1st broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
1943 Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL.
1962 Eleanor Roosevelt Former 1st Lady, dies at 78 in NYC.
1962 Nixon quits politics saying, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around.”
1964 Dana Plato is born in Maywood CA.
1972 President Nixon is re-elected, defeating George McGovern.
1978 Gene Tunney former heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 80.
1980 Steve McQueen Slater MO, actor, dies at 50.
1982 Liz Taylor’s 7th divorce (from John Warner) is finalized.
1989 Brian Bogardus takes delivery of his first Miata.
1991 Pee Wee Herman pleads no contest to charges of indecent exposure.
1994 The Electrical Engineering Times discovers flaws in Intel’s Pentium chip.