October 14, 2010, first blog post.
WELCOME,THIS IS THE DEBUT OF A BLOG THAT, I HOPE, WILL REVIVE
FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST.
IT’S THE PLACE FOR OLD MOVIES,PICS,ADS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT
SUITS A PASSION FOR THE PAST. SO, BOOKMARK AND CHECK BACK
OFTEN.
John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev
The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962, bringing
the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear
conflict.
Photographs taken by a high-altitude U-2 spy plane offered incontrovertible evidence that Soviet-made medium-range
missiles in Cuba—capable of carrying nuclear warheads—
were now stationed 90 miles off the American coastline.
U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to
fly faster than the speed of sound.
Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat fighter
during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe.
He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down over
France, but he escaped capture with the assistance of the French Underground.
After the war, he was among several volunteers chosen to test-fly
the experimental X-1 rocket plane, built by the Bell Aircraft
Company to explore the possibility of supersonic flight.
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (1923 – 2020)
On October 14, 1957, the Everly Brothers, one of the most important
and influential groups in the history of rock and roll, scored their
first #1 song: "Wake Up Little Susie."
That success came hot on the heels of their first big hit, "Bye Bye
Love," with which they had burst onto the music scene earlier that
year.
The Everly Brothers would earn 25 top-40 hits over the first five years
of their hugely influential recording career, including two more #1s:
"All I Have To Do Is Dream" (1958) and "Cathy’s Clown" (1960).
Decades later, their impact on popular music is still evident.
Phil and Don Everly
