50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
Apollo 12, the second manned moon landing, was launched with lunar module pilot Alan Bean, Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. aboard.
The first Jackson Five record, “I Want You Back,” became the group’s first to enter the top 100.
British television aired the first commercial advertisement and the product was Birds Eye peas.
An estimated 2 million protestors, including 500,000 in Washington D.C., demonstrated throughout the United States demanding an end to the Vietnam War.
Wendy’s Hamburgers, founded by Dave Thomas opened in Columbus, Ohio.
And on Shelter Island . . . (more…)
