Thursday, April 5, 2012
History Lesson
75 Colin Powell /ex-secretary of state
46 Mike McCready /guitar, Pearl Jam
1614 - American Indian princess Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a return trip to England.
1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 career points.
1987 - Fox Broadcasting Company launched Married....With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show.
2008 - Apple’s iTunes became the largest music retailer in the U.S., surpassing Wal-Mart in January.
1994 - Kurt Cobain of Nirvana committed suicide by apparently shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle.
1993 - Construction began on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
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