This Day in History
1981
He is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon
Who is Mark David Chapman?
Don't panic--this part you refill in a mechanical pencil doesn't have any of the toxic metal in its name
What is lead?
This Beatle woke up with the tune for "Yesterday" in his head, but "I couldn't have written it because I just dreamed it"
Who is Paul McCartney?
The criminal was suspected of taking a strong metal made from iron and a small amount of carbon that wasn't his. Cops said he was about to ...
What is STEAL STEEL?
The goal of this show was to get 3 celebrities in a row across, up & down or diagonally
What is Hollywood Squares?
79 AD
After centuries of dormancy, this volcano erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
The yellow No. 2 Ticonderoga is a popular one of these
What is a pencil?
James Cameron created this time traveling movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger after a nightmare about a metallic figure emerging from a fire
What is "The Terminator"?
If you watch closely, you might see the tiny biting insect jump off a dog; later you can say you saw the...
What is FLEA FLEE?
On this show, Wayne Brady might give you a choice between cash & what's in the big box
What is Let's Make a Deal?
1975
This band enters a recording studio in Wales to begin the sessions that will produce “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Who is Queen?
This product began when a 3M employee thought of using its low-tack adhesive to create bookmarks for his choir hymnal
What are Post It Notes?
This "Golden Bear" turned around his golf game by using a new grip the way he did in a dream
Who is Jack Nicklaus?
The Mafia hitman shoots candles until they are dead; you could say "He ..." does this
What is WHACKS WAX?
The survey says Richard Karn, Louie Anderson & Steve Harvey have all hosted this show
What is Family Feud?
1821
Eleven years after the outbreak of the a War of Independence, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make this an independent constitutional monarchy.
What is Mexico?
You can draw & measure angles with this, often a semicircular piece of transparent plastic
What is a protractor?
After a feverish nightmare about cannibals, Elias Howe is said to have had a breakthrough in his invention of this device
What is the sewing machine?
After expenses, this is the money leftover for an oracle
What is PROPHET PROFIT?
Between 1961 & 1980 Allen Ludden hosted several versions of this game show
What is Password?
1960
Born on this day, Cal Ripken Jr. holds the record for consecutive games played (2,632), having surpassed this man's streak of 2,130 which had stood for 56 years and which many deemed was unbreakable.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
Wirebound college rule these are among the Five Star school supplies from Mead
What are notebooks?
This woman dreamed a "pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together" & a novel was born
Who is Mary Shelley?
How you could describe the male offspring of professional basketball players in Pheonix.
What are SUNS SONS?
Show on which Bud Collyer &, later, Garry Moore asked, "Will the real" so & so "please stand up?"
What is To Tell The Truth?