1924 New York City's Macy's department store held its first Thanksgiving Day parade The parade went down a two-mile stretch of Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square   1996 Sling Blade, opened in movie theaters Set in rural Arkansas, the picture featured Dwight Yoakam in a prominent role, along with Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall [...]

1949 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared on the music charts and became THE musical hit of the Christmas season Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold 1999 Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was found clinging to an inner tube off the coast near Fort Lauderdale, Florida The boy, his mother, stepfather, and [...]

Life satisfaction in a given state is often based on opinions about climate, family and friends, and other factors. But a report from 24/7 Wall St. looks at levels of poverty, education, and health of states across the country.   These are the best states to live in: 1. Massachusetts -10-yr. population growth: 9.1% -2014 [...]

1963 Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby on live tv Ruby killed Oswald to avenge-for President Kennedy's assassination two days prior  1991 Freddie Mercury died of pneumonia brought on by AIDS He was 45 1995 Ireland legalized divorce! Now all of the miserably-married people can go be miserable alone! and then lastly... 1998 Ashland, Kentucky, proclaimed Billy [...]

1936 First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam (Montana) 1984 'The Pass' Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passed his way into sports history by leading Boston College past Miami, 47-45, at the Orange Bowl in Miami Flutie threw a 48-yard Hail Mary touchdown [...]

1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey Happy 68th wedding anniversary to Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip!  1982 Drew Barrymore became the youngest guest host of Saturday Night Live's history She was the ripe age of Seven!  1980 On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the [...]

People magazine did a survey on the sexiest things! Obviously it's part of their 'Sexiest Man Alive' thing, which just went to David Beckham. Here are 16 highlights from their list of the 'Sexiest Things": Sexiest Accent:  British.  Australian came in second. Sexiest Job:  Fireman.  Doctor came in second. Sexiest Age:  37.  The runner-up was 36. Sexiest [...]

Dinosaur claws inspired by the movie 'Jurassic World' and a quick-folding trampoline are two of the items on a consumer watchdog group's annual list of hazardous toys. The World Against Toys Causing Harm says a pair of child-sized dinosaur claw gloves made of foam can cause eye and facial injuries. The group also says a foam [...]

1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery in Pennsylvania One of the most famous speeches in American history, it's just three minutes long, and Lincoln wrote it on the train  1997 In Carlisle, Iowa, septuplets were born to Bobbi McCaughey Happy 18th birthday to Kenny, Kelsey, Natalie, Brandon, Alexis, Nathan and [...]