1912
Jim Thorpe won the decathlon in the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden
He also won gold in the pentathlon!
Six months later, he lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place.
70 years later, in 1983, the International Olympic Committee restored his Olympic medals.
Today, college football has an award named after him, awarded to the nation’s top defensive back!
1916
In Seattle, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing
The company was later renamed Boeing Co.
1940
The world’s tallest man, Robert Wadlow, passed away
Robert, who stood 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, died at the age of 22
1966
Percy Sledge scored a gold record for When a Man Loves a Woman.
It was his only number one single
1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his mansion in Miami Beach, Florida.
Police believe Andrew Phillip Cunanan shot Versace
Cunanan committed suicide a week later on a houseboat about two miles north of the Versace mansion
2006
Twitter launched to the public
Here is the first tweet:
just setting up my twttr
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
The full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006
and then lastly…
2010
After 86 days of gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP finally capped its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico
More than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf
It was the biggest oil spill in U.S. history
So tragic! = Tyler Jackson
