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11:30 A.M.--President Hoover opens this 102-story skyscraper by pressing a button to illuminate the lobby
the Empire State Building
During the winter, they go months without eating, drinking or... uh... other bodily functions
bears
Ancient Egyptians used hundreds of yards of linen wrapping to turn a dearly departed pharaoh into this
a mummy
It was the year Bill Clinton gave his 2nd inaugural address
1997
COLORS
Once very expensive to obtain--its dye came from a small Mediterranean Sea snail--this color rarely appears on national flags
11:00 A.M.--the steamship Nevada lands, bringing the first group of European immigrants to this island
Ellis Island
Several of them once lived in an exhibit at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
lions
FDR famously called December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in" this
infamy
It was the year Aretha Franklin released the album "Aretha Arrives"
1967
Once very expensive to obtain--its dye came from a small Mediterranean Sea snail--this color rarely appears on national flags
purple
8:00 P.M.--73 million people tune in to CBS to watch the Beatles on this show, live from Broadway
Ed Sullivan
It's also the name of an American League baseball team
the (Detroit) Tigers
Presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, this award depicts a woman holding an atom
an Emmy
It was the year Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
1947
9:30 A.M.--in 1985, this Wall Street "Big Board" opens at a new time; it's been that way ever since
the New York Stock Exchange
The only 1 of the 3 you'd see in the Arctic
a bear
On "Press Your Luck", contestants hope to protect their big bucks from this money-stealing monster
a Whammy
It was the year Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was first published
1957
Daily Double!!
1:00 A.M.--in 2006, Patti Smith winds down a 3 1/2 hour set; the final one at this Lower East Side club
They hate swimming; the only time they'll typically enter water is to cross a river
lions
"Snip Snip Hooray" was the headline of a N.Y. Times article about a recent rise in men having this birth control procedure
a vasectomy
It was the year Amelia Earhart disappeared
1937
1:00 A.M.--in 2006, Patti Smith winds down a 3 1/2 hour set; the final one at this Lower East Side club
CBGB