In History – Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton retires

TODAY IN HISTORY - 9/29

1927 - Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
1950 - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
1960 - "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
1976 - "Alice" debuts on CBS-TV
1984 - Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
1985 - "MacGyver" starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
1989 - Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
1990 - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1571 - Michelangelo (Italian artist)
1907 - Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner (California Angels)
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin')
1991 - Actress Kate Jackson (42) weds ski-lodge entrepreneur Tom Hart in Brentwood
2001 - Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez (32) weds dancer/choreographer Cris Judd (32) in Calabasas, California
2012 - Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway (29) weds actor-turned-jewelry designer Adam Shulman (31) in Big Sur, California

GOODBYE TO:

1987 - Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
2010 - Tony Curtis, American Actor (b. 1925)

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