[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Happy New Year.....today(OS9)

[Arthur Flexser]

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, George's Coco Address wrote:

>  I need to add "Happy NEW Year" to that file. Yes?
> 
> George 

Plus, we need to know how much Mary Jacob got for her bra in 1914.

Art


> * Events
>      Independence Day, celebrated in Haiti and Sudan
> 1804 Haiti gains it's independence
> 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln.
> 1902 1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena, California.
> 1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles)
> 1913 Notre Dame introduced the forward pass.Quarterback Gus Dorais
>      completed 17 of 31 passes to receiver Knute Rockne to defeat
>      a surprised Army team 35 to 13.
> 1914 19-year-old New York debutanta Mary Jacob invented the modern
>      soft bra by having her maid sew two handkerchiefs together.
>      She sold her rights to the multi-million dollar creation for
>      The start of a new year... Enjoy the bowl games.
> 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison.
> 1954 The Rose and Cotton Bowl are the first sport colorcasts
> 1956 Sudan gains it's independence
> 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) starts operation.
> 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
> 1984 AT & T broken up into 8 companies.
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