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2016

2012

1998

1997
Gordie Howe, 69, agrees to suit up for the IHL’s Detroit Vipers in the team’s season opener; will become the only professional hockey player to play in six consecutive decades.

1972

1967
“Gilligan’s Island” aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows.

1957

1950
NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.

1893

1888
George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers “Kodak”.

1886
