Mr. C says goodbye, terrorists attack a U.S. ship, and Steven Seagal fights bad guys and punches faces – again. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz!
In Memoriam
Oct. 18, 2010
What actor, who had worked steadily in television since the early ’60s but become a household name in 1974 playing Mr. Cunningham on “Happy Days,” died in California at age 83?
In the News
Oct. 12, 2000
Seventeen U.S. sailors died and 39 more were injured in a Yemeni harbor when al Qaeda members executed a suicide attack against what U.S. Naval destroyer?
At the Movies
Oct. 5-11, 1990
Talk about counter-programming: Two of the new movies this week were “Marked for Death” — the second Steven Seagal violence-fest of the year after “Hard to Kill” — and the 50th anniversary rerelease of what classical 1940 Disney animated feature?
Answers up after “U Can’t Touch This,” the choice single off MC Hammer’s “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em” album, which was riding high on the Billboard Hot 200 this week in 1990. Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh. Break it down!
Answers
- In Memoriam: Tom Bosley
- In the News: USS Cole
- At the Movies: “Fantasia”
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