1881
Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
Damnit, Kansas!
1984
The XIV Winter Olympic Games closed in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Within the shadow of what was the Olympic Stadium, hundreds, maybe thousands, of Bosnians are now buried; the result of the civil war that began in the early 1990s.
Tragic.
1985
Cherry Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company!
It had it’s world premiere in New York City!
1987
Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
October 10, 1985, he passed away from lung cancer.
2001
An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
168 people died in the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19,1995
and then lastly…
2008
Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency.
His brother Raul was later named as his successor.
-Tyler Jackson
