“History never looks like history when you are living through it.”  ~John W. Gardner, politician

“It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work.  He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth.”  ~Rebecca West, writer

1988: Senate passes bill curbing ads during children’s television shows.

1983: Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday.

1982: Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges, eventually to be found not guilty because of entrapment.

1977: Supersonic Concorde jet’s 1st landing in New York City.

1975: “A Chorus Line” opens on Broadway for an astonishing 6137 performances.

1971: Last issue of “Look” magazine is published.

1966: Yardbird’s first U.S. musical tour.

1960: Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in.

1960: U.S. imposes embargo on exports to Castro’s Cuba.

1959: Florence Henderson joins “Today Show” panel.

1959: “Miracle Worker, the story of Helen Keller,” premieres on Broadway.

1957: “Damn Yankees” closes on Broadway after 1,022 performances.

“You gotta have heart…”

1953: 1st jet transcontinental nonstop service.