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John F Kennedy is assassinated, while
riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on
November 22, 1963. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife Jacqueline, Texas
governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot
from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former
U.S. Marine. After
the assassination, Oswald returned home to retrieve a pistol; he shot and
killed a lone Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit shortly afterwards. Around 70
minutes after Kennedy and Connally were shot, Oswald was apprehended by the
Dallas Police Department and charged under Texas state law with the murders
of Kennedy and Tippit. Two
days later, as live television cameras covered Oswald being moved through the
basement of Dallas Police Headquarters, he was fatally shot by Dallas
nightclub operator Jack Ruby. Ruby was convicted of Oswald's murder, though
the decision was overturned on appeal, and Ruby died in prison in 1967 while
awaiting a new trial. After
a 10-month investigation, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald
assassinated Kennedy, and that there was no evidence that either Oswald or
Ruby was part of a conspiracy.
There
are many coincidences with the assassinations of U.S. presidents Abraham
Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, and these have become a piece of American
folklore. ·
Both were elected to
congress in '46: Lincoln was elected in 1846 from Illinois, and Kennedy was
elected in 1946 from Massachusetts. ·
Both were elected to
the presidency in '60: Lincoln was elected in 1860, and Kennedy was elected
in 1960. ·
Both were concerned
with civil rights: o
Lincoln felt
strongly that all slaves should be freed and issued the Emancipation
Proclamation, which legally freed slaves within the Confederacy. o
Kennedy was
concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would become
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ·
Both married in
their 30s to women who were in their 20s: o
Lincoln was married
on November 4, 1842. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, making him 33
years old at the time of his wedding. Lincoln's bride, Mary Anne Todd, was
born on December 13, 1818, making her 23 years old at the time of the
wedding. o
Kennedy was married
on September 12, 1953. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, making him 36 years
old at the time of his wedding. Kennedy's bride, Jacqueline Bouvier, was born
on July 28, 1929, making her 24 years old at the time of the wedding. ·
Both were shot on a
Friday: Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, and Kennedy was shot
on Friday, November 22, 1963. ·
Both were shot in
the head. ·
Both of the
presidents' successors were named Johnson: Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew
Johnson, and Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson. ·
Both had security
agents named William who each died within 48 hours of attaining the age of 75
years, 5 months: Lincoln's bodyguard, William H. Crook, was born October 15,
1839, and died March 13, 1915. Kennedy's secret service agent, William Greer,
was born September 22, 1909, and died February 23, 1985. ·
Both were succeeded
by Southerners: Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee, and Lyndon B. Johnson was
from Texas. ·
Both successors were
born in '08: Andrew Johnson was born December 29,
1808, and Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27,
1908. ·
Both assassins' full
names have exactly fifteen letters. ·
Booth and Oswald
were killed before their trials and within the same month as the
assassination. o
On April 26, 1865,
after refusing to surrender, John Wilkes Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston
Corbett. o
On November 24, 1963,
on his way to the county jail, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by night club owner
Jack Ruby. |
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1964 Air conditioning in cars, invented in 1902, they took 37 years
(1939) to make it into the first car and another 25 years (1964) to become a
fine-tuned factory feature! The Cadillac introduced the ‘Comfort Control’, which allowed one
to set the preferred temperature with a dial (similar to Auto climate
control). It was one of the major breakthroughs, paving the way for modern
automotive air conditioners. By 1965, about 25% of the cars sold in America had air
conditioning. The number rose to 54% in 1969, and by 1973, it was close to
70%. Today, 99% of the cars sold have an air-conditioning system.
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1968 🌍 3.7 billion
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Martin Luther King is assassinated, an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m at age 39. The alleged assassin, James Earl Ray, an escaped convict from the
Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, at London's
Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States and charged with the crime.
On March 10, 1969, Ray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the
Tennessee State Penitentiary. He died in 1998.
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Radial tires are invented, a type of tire where the cord plies are arranged at 90 degrees
to the direction of travel, which improves fuel economy, durability, and
handling. This design has become the standard for most vehicles since the
1970s due to its superior performance compared to bias tires. Radial tires are built with steel belts that run perpendicular
to the direction of travel. The previous Bias-ply tires, on the other
hand, feature crisscross fabric plies angled diagonally at 30 to 45 degrees.
These structural changes are part of the biggest changes made to car tires
over the last 100 years, and can affect the vehicle's comfort, performance,
and ride quality.
1969 Woodstock Rock Festival, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, on Max Yasgur's
dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 60 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock.
Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and
alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an
audience of more than 460,000. August 15, 1969: The festival officially began at 5:07 PM with
Richie Havens opening the event.
Richie Havens The first day featured several performances, including artists
like Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie. The day ended with a rainstorm, which became
a defining moment of the festival.
Joan Baez in the 1970’s August 16, 1969: The second day saw performances from major acts
such as Janis Joplin, The Who, and Sly and the Family Stone. The day was marked
by logistical challenges, including traffic jams that delayed performances.
Janis Joplin August 17, 1969: The final day featured performances from Jimi
Hendrix, who closed the festival with a memorable rendition of "The
Star-Spangled Banner." This performance is often regarded as one of the
most iconic moments in rock history.
Jimi Hendrix Thirty-two acts performed outdoors
despite overcast skies and sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music
festivals in history and would become the peak musical event to reflect the
counterculture of the 1960s.
Max Yasgur’s dairy farm The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in
popular music history, as well as a defining event for the silent and early
baby boomer generations. In 2017, the festival site became listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people
and the conditions involved, although there were three recorded fatalities:
two drug overdoses and another caused when a tractor ran over a 17-year-old
sleeping in a nearby hayfield. Births were claimed to have occurred, one in a
car caught in traffic and another in hospital after an airlift by helicopter,
but extensive research by a book author could not confirm any births. Several
miscarriages were reported (sources range from four to eight) and over the
course of the three days there were 742 drug overdoses. Sound for the concert was engineered by sound engineer Bill
Hanley. "It worked very well", he said of the event. "I built
special speaker columns on the hills and had 16 loudspeaker arrays in a
square platform going up to the hill on 70-foot towers. We set it up for
150,000 to 200,000 people. Of course, 500,000 showed up." ALTEC designed
marine plywood cabinets that weighed half a ton apiece and stood 6 feet tall,
almost 4 feet deep, and 3 feet wide. Each of these enclosures carried four
15-inch (380 mm) JBL D140 loudspeakers. The tweeters consisted of 4×2-Cell
& 2×10-Cell Altec Horns. Behind the stage were three transformers
providing 2,000 amperes of current to power the amplification setup. For many
years this system was collectively referred to as the Woodstock Bins. The
live performances were captured on two 8-track Scully recorders in a tractor
trailer backstage by Eddie Kramer and Lee Osbourne on 1-inch Scotch recording
tape at 15 ips (0.38 m/s) then mixed at the Record
Plant studio in New York. Lighting for the concert used twelve 1300 Watt
Super Trouper follow spots rigged on four towers around the stage. The follow spots weighed 600 pounds each and were operated by
spotlight operators who had to climb up on the top
of the 60-foot-high lighting towers.
1970 Seattle
Pilots relocate to Milwaukee, and
started playing their home games at Milwaukee County Stadium as the Milwaukee
Brewers. They remained in the American League through the 1997 season before
joining the National League in 1998.
Milwaukee County Stadium American Family Field is a retractable roof stadium in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located southwest of the intersection of Interstate 94
and Brewers Boulevard, it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's
Milwaukee Brewers. It opened in 2001 as a replacement for Milwaukee County
Stadium and was called Miller Park until 2020. American Family Field features North America's only fan-shaped
convertible roof, which can open and close in less than 10 minutes. Large
panes of glass allow natural grass to grow, augmented with heat lamp
structures wheeled out across the field during the off-season. The stadium opened in 2001 at a cost of $392 million. Between
1996 and 2020, taxpayers paid $609 million for the construction costs through
higher sales taxes.
American Family Field The Brewers have qualified for the postseason 11 times, having
won one AL pennant, seven division titles, and three wild card berths. They
met the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1982 World Series, their only World Series
appearance, losing 4–3. The Brewers have
retired five uniform numbers and a microphone in honor of former
players and team personnel. This ensures that the number will be associated
with one person of particular importance to the team. Additionally, the
number 42 has been retired throughout professional
baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson. Two numbers have also been unofficially
retired by the Brewers, Number 17 has not been
issued since Jim Gantner's retirement in 1992. Gantner, however, later wore
the number from 1996 to 1997 when he returned as the Brewers' first base
coach. Number 8 has also not been issued since the retirement of Ryan Braun
in 2021.
Owner
Retired April 6, 2015
Paul
Molitor 3B
Robin
Yount SS
Rollie
Fingers P
Jackie
Robinson 2B
Hank Aaron
DH
Bob Uecker
Broadcaster The Brewers' flagship radio station is WTMJ (620 AM/103.3 FM).
Bob Uecker, a winner of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of
Fame, joined the Brewers in 1970, when the team moved from Seattle, and
served as the team's play-by-play broadcaster for 54 seasons from 1971 until
his death after the 2024 season.
Bob Uecker announcer 54 seasons |
