President John F. Kennedy is assassinated - This Day in History – Nov 22nd

Back in 1963, the U.S. mourned the loss of its fourth assassinated president, John F. Kennedy.  While President Kennedy was visiting Dallas, TX, he was shot to death due gunman Lee Harvey Oswald.  Mr. Abraham Zapruder’s 8 mm home-movie camera caught the shooting and provided the devastating visual of this 35^th President of the U.S. death.  Previous Presidents who were assassinated were:

• Abraham Lincoln: April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth 
• James Garfield: July 2, 1881 by Charles Guiteau 
• William McKinley: September 6, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz 
• John Kennedy: November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald 

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_US_presidents_were_assassinated#ixzz1eTKlimWM

CBS News anchorman, the late, Walter Cronkite is well known for his candor while presenting this sad news to the people of the U.S.

Northrop B-2 “stealth” bomber debuts

Back in 1988, Palmdale, CA Air Force Plant 42 unveiled the “stealth” bomber

called the Northrop B-2 with members of Congress and the media for the first time.  The creation of these unique vessels with a wingspan of nearly half a football field came under scrutiny due to the high price tag. 

According to history.com, “At the time of its public unveiling, the B-2 had not even been flown on a test flight. It rapidly came under fire for its massive cost--more than $40 billion for development and a $1 billion price tag for each unit.”

According to history.com, “The aircraft, which was developed in great secrecy for nearly a decade, was designed with stealth characteristics that would allow it to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses unnoticed.  Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the original order for the production of 132 stealth bombers was reduced to 21 aircraft. The B-2 has won a prominent place in the modern U.S. Air Force fleet, serving well in bombing missions during the 1990s.”

“That’s The Way (I Like It)” takes KC and the Sunshine Band to #1 

Back in 1975 the recurring lyrics of "That's the way/Uh-huh, Uh-huh/I like i/Uh-Huh,” took KC and the Sunshine Band to their second of their five #1 pop hits. The band, which featured an R&B sound, was a hit with their audiences. 

According to history.com, “AM radio—white pop stations and black R&B stations alike—loved the racially integrated KC and the Sunshine Band, and so did many critics. As Steven Ditlea wrote in a rave New York Times review of one of the group's live appearances, "KC has the stage presence and the musical ability to bridge the cultural chasm separating white performers and black listeners as well as between black music and white audiences." 

The First Mercedes debuts with a test drive

Back in 1900, the inaugural test drive of German company Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s Mercedes was premiered. The car was initially a special design for a buyer by the name of Emil Jellinek, an entrepreneur who named the vehicle after his 11-year-old daughter, Mercedes.

The car was not acceptable to Jellinek in terms of its top speed of 15 mph.  Jellinek ordered a faster vehicle and received an updated car with a Phoenix 8-horsepower engine.  Jellinek ordered 36 cars for his friends and family.

According to history.com, “The new Mercedes car was fast. It also introduced the aluminum crankcase, magnalium bearings, the pressed-steel frame, a new kind of coil-spring clutch and the honeycomb radiator (essentially the same one that today's Mercedes use). It was longer, wider, and lower than the Phoenix and had better brakes. Also, a mechanic could convert the new Mercedes from a two-seat racer to a four-seat family car in just a few minutes.  In 1902, the company legally registered the Mercedes brand name.”

Tyson beats Berbick to become youngest heavyweight champion

Back in 1986, 20-year-old Heavyweight Boxer, Mike Tyson becomes the youngest person to achieve the titleholder in this event by knocking out 33-year-ld Trevor Berbick. 

History.com is recounting this fight because, “Tyson had a plan, too: "I wanted to throw every punch with bad intentions," he said after the fight. "I was throwing--what can I say--hydrogen bombs." During the first round, Berbick had fought in such slow motion that he looked like he was underwater; early in the second, Tyson walloped him to the mat with a powerful left hook. The older man bounced up, but Tyson thumped him again. Berbick froze; then his legs buckled and he fell. The ref began to count while the champ struggled to get up. He lifted himself off the mat twice, and twice his legs wobbled so much that he fell again. He finally made it up, but Lane stopped the fight anyway. "Berbick was up," he said later, "but to allow somebody to get hit in that condition, that’s criminal.”

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