1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

69 years ago today my mom and dad got married - changing their big wedding in June to a small wedding in February so my dad could get "married Naval officer" housing while it was available.
 
 
Thank goodness for that union.  

 aflanigan wrote: 

??  What does the fact that I lived in Black Mountain in 1993 and Roberta Flack being born there in 1939 have to do with my eyesight??

 sirdroseph wrote: 

Dude, I think it's time to have your eyeglass prescription checked.

 Proclivities wrote: 

I didn't know she was born there, I lived in Black Mountain for a short stint in '93.  Quaint little mountain town, very scenic.

Roberta Flack born in Black Mountain, NC, 1939

 Antigone wrote: 
immoral,  not immortal

1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.

 Antigone wrote: 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I thought you were immortal.

 Antigone wrote: 
I'm not quite as old as you think I am.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I blame you.

1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.

1963 – The First full Color Television program in the World, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican Engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena.

1865 – In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)

1855 – The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.

1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

1964 – The Beatles first arrive in the United States. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion.

1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.