1964
The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska
This event killed 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
1971
Janis Joplin started her second of two weeks at the top of the pop music charts with the hit, Me and Bobby McGee!
1971
UCLA became the first team ever to win five consecutive NCAA basketball titles.
Coached by legend John Wooden, The Bruins defeated Villanova 68-62.
1972
Adolph Rupp of the the University of Kentucky retired after 42 years of coaching the Wildcats
Rupp won 874 games for Kentucky
1998
The magical blue little pill Viagra went on sale for the fist time!
It’s been saving marriages ever since!
2007
NFL owners voted to make instant replay a permanent officiating tool.
and then lastly…
It WILL be This Day In History in 119 years
2134
32nd recorded passage of Halley’s Comet
-Tyler Jackson
