With this, our 686th issue,
American Way celebrates 40
years of history. Here's to 40 more.
February 20
Cindy Crawford is born in DeKalb, Illinois, to John Crawford and
Jennifer Moluf, whom nobody knew from Adam. Twenty years later,
everybody in the world knew their daughter, one of the most
successful supermodels to be produced on American shores in the
history of beautiful people. The facial mole would never be the
same.
March 4
In what is one of the earliest examples of British Band
Foot-in-Mouth disease, the Beatles' John Lennon utters the infamous
"We're more popular than Jesus now" to an interviewer from
England's Evening Standard. Folks on this side of the pond
are none too pleased.
March 19
The Texas Western Miners basketball team, with five
African-American starters, defeats the Kentucky Wildcats, with five
white starters, to win the NCAA Championship, breaking the
segregation barrier in college basketball for the first time.
May 16
The Beach Boys unleash Pet Sounds, which would become one of the
most legendary and cutting-edge albums in history. Songs like
"Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop
John B" own the airwaves the rest of the summer.
June 13
The United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 in the landmark decision
Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused and giving us
all the right to remain silent. Until the invention of the cell
phone, that is.
July 30
England defeats West Germany at London's Wembley Stadium to take
home their first - and thus far only - World Cup. The Americans,
oddly enough, do not qualify.