My grandmother Teresa Mazzagatti was born today, December 13, in the year 1919...Many things have happened over the past 90 years....heres a few of them. Happy Birthday Mom-mom, I love you.
1919 - Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
1920 - League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague
1922 - Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps
1924 - KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1928 - Clip-on tie designed
1934 - Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St. New York City
1938 - Los Angeles freezes at 28 degrees F
1944 - Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City
1950 - James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
1953 - KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
1966 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 - 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay - Richard Pryor as host
1978 - Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued
1982 - Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1988 - Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva
1992 - FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000
1993 - Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
2000 - Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president
2003 - American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit
2009 - Teresa Mazzagatti turns 90 :)
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Happy Belated birthday Mom Mom!!!!!!!
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