1967
President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery.
Could you imagine this going down today?!
1976
The Waylon & Willie song, Good Hearted Woman, was still number one for the third straight week!
Waylon and Willie wrote the song in 1969 during a poker game in Ft. Worth, TX.
1981
“America’s Anchorman”, Walter Cronkite said “And that’s the way it is” for the final time, as he closed the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
An audience estimated at 17,000,000 viewers saw his final show, as he retired after more than 30 years in broadcasting.
He was replaced by Dan Rather at the anchor desk.
1997
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
-Tyler Jackson
