Saturday, August 4, 2007

Flashback: August 1987

The Dog Days of Summer of our immediate post-high school lives were about to come to a close, and while many of us were starting to not think about much more than what was waiting for us in college, here are some of the things that went on in the world around us 20 years ago this month:
  • Lynne Cox, an American distance swimmer, endures near freezing waters and swims the Bering Strait between the U.S. (Alaska) and the Soviet Union.
  • Clayton Lonetree, the first United States Marine ever court-martialed for spying, is convicted.
  • Ben Johnson of Canada sets a new world record in the 100 meter sprint.
  • The Federal Communications Commission abolishes the "Fairness Doctrine" which legally required broadcasters to give equal time to differing viewpoints on controversial issues.

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