1953
Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine that would prevent poliomyelitis.
1997
39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult committed suicide by drinking some magic juice in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California
The group, led by Marshall Applewood, had drank the kool-aid, thinking that they would be picked up by a spaceship following behind Hale-Bopp comet.
1999
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder in Michigan for giving a terminally ill man a lethal injection
He put it all on videotape on September 17, 1998 for 60 Minutes.
2000
The Kingdome in Seattle, the former home to the Seattle Seahawks & Mariners, was imploded!
on the same day in 2000
Vladimir Putin was elected president in Russia
and then lastly…
Happy Birthday to our ole friend Kenny Chesney!
Be sure to win tickets from us for his Arrowhead Stadium show with Jason Aldean on August 1!
-Tyler Jackson
