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Critics accurately called it the Epidemic That Never Was. In February 1976, a 19-year-old Army recruit, Pvt. David Lewis, reported to his drill sergeant at Fort Dix that he was feeling lethargic. Shortly thereafter he died of something similar to the deadly Spanish influenza that killed 20 million people in 1918 and 1919. After four other soldiers at Fort Dix became ill, Congress decided to enact an ambitious $135 million program with the lofty goal to innoculate all 220 milliion people in the United States against Swine Flu--so called because it was usually found in pigs. This photo shows president Gerald Ford signing the legislation into law. It proved to be wholly unnecessary. Only one person, Pvt. David Lewis, died of the flu. Many more are believed to have died from adverse reactions to the innoculations. The end result was national cynicism about all innoculation programs.
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Added: 18th November 2007
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Rare hockey feat: New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur scores a goal versus the Montreal Canadiens in a 1998 Stanley Cup playoff game.
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Added: 10th December 2007
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England's Gary Neville and Paul Robinson combine to put the ball into their own goal in a crucial European Nations qualifing match versus Croatia in Zagreb.
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Added: 24th December 2007
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The greatest hockey player who ever lived, Bobby Orr, scores the most famous goal in National Hockey League history--an overtime tally to win the 1969-70 Stanley Cup for the Boston Bruins. Orr's airborne celebration is an iconic image in Canada.
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Added: 27th December 2007
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He's correct!Especially with focus.People in the 60's would always yell at me show off!However my attention was totally focused on the furtherst point I could see.It was for me, not for them.I challanged myself towards a goal for MY OWN self satisfaction!
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Added: 2nd January 2008
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On April 30, 1986 Steve Smith of the Edmonton Oilers committed the ultimate hockey gaffe--he scored on his own net. Hey, it was only the deciding goal in the seventh game of a Stanley Cup playoff series!
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Added: 2nd January 2008
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This is almost unbelievable. Patrick Stefan of the Dallas Stars fails to clinch a Stanley Cup playoff game with an empty-net goal that anyone's grandmother ought to be able to score. Worse, his gaffe turns into a tying goal for the Edmonton Oilers. (Dallas did eventually win the game in overtime, however.)
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Added: 3rd January 2008
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It looks like an image created by Hollywood, but it's a real sports photo: Bruised and bloodied Boston Bruins' goalie Sugar Jim Henry shakes hands with bruised and bloodied Montreal Canadiens' star Maurice (Rocket) Richard after the latter scored the winning goal in overtime to give his club a seven-game victory in the 1952 Stanley Cup semifinals. Richard had earlier left the game with a concussion but returned to dramatically score the game-winning tally. Hockey goalies didn't wear protective masks in 1952. Men were men back then.
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Added: 4th February 2008
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Here's some rare sports footage from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. It's the deciding goal of the USA's 3-2 victory over the Soviet Union. The game was played in an outdoor rink. Notice the players didn't wear helmets and the goalies didn't wear masks.
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Added: 9th March 2008
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It is still the most controversial moment in the history of sports--although most Americans have never seen it! England and West Germany are tied 2-2 in extra time in the 1966 World Cup final. Does Geoff Hurst's shot cross the goal line? The officials said it did--and England wins its only World Cup.
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Added: 11th March 2008
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