1789
Congress established the modern U.S. Army
The War Department set up this “army” with the strength of several hundred men
1916
John D. Rockefeller became the first American billionaire!
$1,000,000,000.00 in 1916 had the same buying power as $22,797,281,553.40 in 2015! Damn!
1984
Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world’s most beautiful woman in a Harris poll
At the time, Taylor was in the Betty Ford Clinic, overcoming a weight problem
1992
Magic Johnson announced that he was returning to professional basketball
The comeback ended the following November
1993
Willie Nelson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
One of the greatest ever!
1993
Grace Under Fire debuted on ABC!
The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children alone after finally divorcing her abusive husband
and then lastly…
1996
The Nintendo 64 video game system went on sale in North America
The Nintendo 64, known as the first ‘true’ 64-bit system, sold 500,000 systems
-Tyler Jackson
