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The Chicago Fire were a charter member of the World Football League in 1974. The team started off well, posting a 7-2 record in the first half of the season and drawing an average of 34,000 fans to Soldier Field. However, after a 10-game...

Established in 1965 as the Houston Apollos in the Central Hockey League, the club known today as the Laval Rocket moved to Montreal in 1969 to become the Voyageurs. They also jumped to the American Hockey League that year. In 1971, they moved to...

The 1963 March on Washington, officially the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, took place on August 28, 1963. It was at this march Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous and stirring "I Have a Dream Speech" in which he called for...

On November 24, Thanksgiving Eve 1971, a man identifying himself as Dan Cooper walked up to the Northwest Airlines ticket counter at the Portland International airport and purchased a one-way ticket to Seattle. Hours later he would leap into aviation history as the only...

The Ottawa Rough Riders were established in 1876 and were one of the longest running professional sports teams in North America. They adopted the Rough Riders nickname in 1931, they were charter members of the Canadian Football League (CFL) formed in 1958. The club...

Winky's was a hamburger chain that at its height had over 42 restaurants in Greater Pittsburgh, as well as stores in West Virginia and Ohio. The company went out of business in 1982.

The 1980 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, NY from??February 13 to 24. One of the many highlights of the games was the US Men's Hockey Team winning the gold medal. Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speedskating for the U.S.

The Seattle Metropolitans played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. In 1917 they became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup before that trophy became exclusively associated with the National Hockey League in 1926.

Euclid Beach Park opened in 1895 on Lake Shore Boulevard and served as the area's primary amusement park for over 70 years. Financial problems, along with competition from the newly expanded Geauga Lake, spelled the end of Euclid Beach Park after the 1969 season.

Founded in Lexington in 1957, Jerry's Restaurant offered fast-casual dining and through the '70s grew to have locations throughout the Midwest and South.

The Flip Side started selling records & tapes in Chicago in 1971. At its peak, it had over 25 locations throughout the Midwest. However, the rapidly changing landscape of the music industry caused The Flip Side to go out of business in 1992.

The Atlanta Black Crackers, originally called the Atlanta Cubs, were a Negro League baseball team that played from 1919 to 1952. They played as both an independent club as well as in various Negro leagues throughout their history. *Design is officially licensed from the...

The St. Louis Eagles played in the National Hockey League during the 1934-35 season. The team had moved from Ottawa where they were known as the Senators. OS3842

The St. Louis NFL team that nearly was. After losing the football Cardinals to Phoenix in 1987, St. Louis sought an expansion team. In October 1993, Charlotte was awarded a team (the Carolina Panthers) but the announcement of the second team was delayed. Many...

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

Sin City's first pro football team, the Las Vegas Posse played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1994. Their homefield was Sam Boyd Stadium. The team finished with a 5 and 13 record, folding after just one season. The team was supposed to...

The Denver Grizzlies were a team in the International Hockey League. They played one season, 1994-95, in Colorado before moving to Utah and later Cleveland, where they now play as members of the American Hockey League.

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. An??updated version??of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

To a certain generation of Cleveland baseball fans, it will ALWAYS be The Jake!

The Baltimore Blast were members of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980 to 1992. The team was founded as the Houston Summit, charter members of the MISL in 1978.?? The made the playoffs in 11 of their 12 seasons, winning the championship...

One of Cleveland's all-time most beloved sports franchises, and indeed one of America's most popular soccer teams ever, was the Force. They were a charter member of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978 and played 10 seasons before folding in 1988. READ...

Wild and Woolly Video opened in 1997 renting and selling over 20,000 titles on DVD, Blu-Ray, and VHS. It specialized in hard-to-find classics, obscurities, and titles too weird for the mainstream. One of the last video rental businesses in the region, it closed in...

League Park was a baseball stadium built in 1891, and rebuilt in 1910, at the corner of East 66th and Lexington in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland. Besides the Indians, it was home to the Cleveland Spiders, as well as the Negro American League...

Mr. Fables was a chain of cafeteria-style family restaurants. The chain was a successor to the Kewpee Beefburger stands which founder Gerald Boyle had turned over to his son and nephew. Mr. Fables was best known for its olive burgers and secret recipes, as...

Venture was a chain of discount department stores headquartered in St. Louis in 1968. It was founded by former executives from Target and May Company and at its height had nearly 50 locations in the Midwest. The chain went out of business in 1998.

A favorite of locals and tourists alike, Wet 'n Wild was America's first water park. Opened in 1977 it welcomed its last visitors on December 31, 2016.

Founded in 1967 in Columbus, Gold Circle??was a discount department store chain??that grew to 76 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Western New York State. The chain was dissolved in 1988.

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the best-known Negro league baseball team in history, as well as the longest running. In 1942, they finished their season 27-12-0, and finished 2nd in Negro American League and ended up winning the 1942. Negro World Series. CHECKOUT OUR...

In 1976, America's largest fast food chain introduced the character of Phil A. O'Fish to help sell their fish sandwiches. In recent years it has become the opposite of an urban legend with many asserting Phil A. O'Fish never existed. He did, but he...