In 1993, a fan attends his first Bulls game in three years and simply because he's wearing shoes that won't scuff the court he is chosen to attempt a three-quarter shot for $1 million. The rest is history. BULLIEVING don't cost a damn thing so NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS and GO BULLS for the PLAYOFFS!!!!
During WW1 a Belgian soldier was on a scouting mission when coins in his breast pocket began jingling and he was shot by a German soldier who heard them. Ironically, the coins that got him shot are the same ones that saved his life. The experience was recorded in a journal and found by his grandson.
A Marine helicopter picks up Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard and his Freedom 7 capsule in the Atlantic Ocean after the first U.S. human spaceflight on May 5, 1961. Minutes later he was onboard U.S. Navy carrier Lake Champlain where he took a congratulatory phone call from John F. Kennedy. [4000x3023]
Betty Davis was an American singer-songwriter and funk diva who arrived on the 70s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. Despite being banned and boycotted she became the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself (RIP)
Jimmy Carter is a champion of human rights, justice, and renewable energy (even installing solar panels at the Whitehouse until Reagan removed them). His life and presidency will be well-remembered by a quest for decency, peace, equality, and to protect the environment. Carter in Grant Tetons (1978)
