SANDY KOZEL
President Ronald Reagan
‘’The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger honored us by the
manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget
them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they
prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped
the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
During a break in the action of Super Bowl XVIII on January
22nd, 1984, audiences first saw a commercial directed by
Ridley Scott that is now widely agreed to be one of the
most powerful and effective of all time.
Apple’s "1984" spot, featuring a woman throwing a
sledgehammer through a screen on which a Big
Brother-like figure preaches about "the unification
of thought," got people around the United States
talking and heralded a new age for Apple, consumer
technology and advertising.
Steve Jobs with the Apple 1984 computer.
On December 6, 1961, Syracuse running back Ernie Davis
became the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy—
college football’s top individual award—beating Ohio State
fullback Bob Ferguson.
Earlier in day, Davis met with President John Kennedy at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. "I never thought
I’d ever be shaking the hand of the President of the United
States," he says.
As a senior in 1961, Davis rushed for 823 yards and scored 14 touchdowns. The previous season, he rushed for 877 yards.
Davis was the first pick in the 1962 NFL draft, by Washington,
which traded him to the Cleveland Browns. But he never
played in the NFL. Davis was diagnosed with leukemia later
in 1962, and died on May 18, 1963. He was 23.
Ernie Davis Statue, Syracuse University.
On November 30, 1876, Yale defeated Princeton, 2-0, in
Hoboken, New Jersey in the first collegiate football game
played on Thanksgiving.
Nearly 1,000 fans attend the game, played in cold, rainy
weather. "The friends of both colleges mustered in good
force," the New York Times reports. "Several carriages
containing ladies were on the ground, and a goodly
number of Alumni were there to cheer the contestants."
The football was oval and made of leather, the Times noted,
"similar to those used in Rugby Union rules." The game
resembled rugby more than a present-day football game.
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4, in the first
college football game. The game, played with a soccer ball
before roughly 100 fans in New Brunswick, New Jersey,
resembles rugby instead of today’s football.
William A. Reynolds, former Princeton Football
player and first head coach at Rutgers College.
The First Football Game Statue – Rutgers University.
