TIM MAGUIRE

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.

   
    
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."

                                      Phil and Don Everly