40 years ago yesterday

[wlu_lax6]

yup introduction of the cliff hanger game on Price is Right

[howard]

55 years ago yesterday, a man traveled to space for the first time, completed one orbit and returned to Earth safely, but since he was Russian we don't celebrate Yuri Gagarin. And 56 years ago yesterday, Candlestick opened.

[wlu_lax6]

those seem way more important than a price is right game...but way less trivial.

[bfj]

those seem way more important than a price is right game...but way less trivial.

I can still yodel the theme.

I only know the Russian National Anthem because of Nikolai Volkoff.

[L-Jam3]

those seem way more important than a price is right game...but way less trivial.

I can still yodel the theme.

I only know the Russian National Anthem because of Nikolai Volkoff.

Or from Ivan Drago.

[The Sybian]

55 years ago yesterday, a man traveled to space for the first time, completed one orbit and returned to Earth safely, but since he was Russian we don't celebrate Yuri Gagarin. And 56 years ago yesterday, Candlestick opened.

I lived on Gagarin Street when I was in Russia. Not much of a tribute to the man, but it looked identically drab and dystopian as every other street and apartment project.