Category: Teh Silly

1998 – The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.

Happy Birfday, Rabbit!

1932 – After five years of research, professor C.G. King, of the University of Pittsburgh, isolated vitamin C.

1933 – First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized “3.2” beer.

1972 – Burt Reynolds appeared nude in “Cosmopolitan” magazine.

1927 – The first automatic record changer was introduced by His Master’s Voice.

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1985 – ABC-TV aired the 200th episode of “The Love Boat.”

1957 – Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock and Roll era to write his own number one hit. “Party Doll” hit #1 on this US Singles Chart.

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1973 – “Hommy,” the Puerto Rican version of the rock opera “Tommy,” opened
in New York City.

1865 – Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York. The law banned “painting on stones, rocks and trees.”