THE LATEST FROM COOL 102.1
On This Day…..
M*A*S*H…… September 17, 1972…… The TV show M*A*S*H premieres. It was almost canceled due to poor initial ratings. However, it grew in popularity and the series finale was the most watched single U.S. TV episode in history up to that point, seen by 125 million viewers.
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Wall Street Bombing….. September 16, 1920…… Wall Street is bombed in an act of terrorism. Thirty people died immediately, and another eight later died of wounds that they sustained in the blast. A horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street and stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan &…
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Jumbo the Elephant Killed by Train….. September 15, 1885……. Jumbo the Giant African Circus Elephant is killed when he is hit by an oncoming train while being loaded into a boxcar in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. In those days, circuses traveled cross country by trains. Jumbo had finished his performance that night and was being…
This Weekend In History……
Timothy Leary Escapes Prison…… September 12, 1970…… The former educator and LSD advocate Timothy Leary escapes from a California prison and flees to Algeria. He was several months into a ten-year prison sentence for possessing two marijuana “roaches”. He escaped by using a telephone line to climb over the prison wall. He was then smuggled out the prison…