This Day in Boomer History
September 30th--
1452- first book published, the Guttenberg Bible.
1946- 22 Nazi leaders convicted at Nuremberg.
1949- Berlin airlift ends after 277,000 flights.
1950- first Congress of International Astronautical Federation
opens in Paris
1960- Howdy Doody's last show: Clarabelle speaks for the first
and last time, saying "Goodbye, kids."
1962- James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
1967- BBC opens its first pop music station
1967- Kosmos 186 and 188 perform first automatic docking in space
1968- Supremes release "Love Child"
1988- IBM ships 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer.
RIP Dave Parker, All Hail Bobby Bonilla Day
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Two Pittsburgh Pirates greats who I saw play in their prime were in the
news this week. One of them gave me a memorable baseball thrill, and the
other ...
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