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The Memphis Americans played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1981 to 1984 at the Mid-South Coliseum. They began in 1979 as the Hartford Hellions. In 1984 they became the Las Vegas Americans for one season, before folding in the spring...

The Memphis Tams, formerly the Memphis Pros from 1970 to 1972, played in the American Basketball Association from 1972 to 1975, changing their name to the Sounds for their final campaign. In 1975, the team moved to Baltimore to become the Claws but folded...

The Memphis Maniax??were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished?? with 5 wins and 5 losses while averaging 20,000 fans to the Liberty Bowl.??

Charter members of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974, the Memphis Southmen began as the Toronto Northmen. However, before the team could play a down, the Canadian government passed legislation to block any U.S.-based football league from operating in Canada. Unwilling to undergo...

The Memphis Rogues played for three seasons in the old North American Soccer League (NASL), 1978, 1979, and 1980. Their home field was the Liberty Bowl. They played one season of indoor soccer, 1979/80 also in the NASL. In 1981, the team moved to...

The Starwood Ampitheater was an outdoor music venue in Nashville. For a generation it was greater Nashville's outdoor concert hot spot. It opened June 20, 1986 with concert called??One for the Sun, featuring, among others, rock & roll legend Carl Perkins.??Blue Oyster Cult performed...

The Pub of Love was Nashville favorite located at the corner of 12th and Porter.

This short-lived chain of restaurants appeared in 1966 and hoped to get an extra boost in popularity by attaching the name of country music legend Minnie Pearl to the effort. After a great start, the whole thing came unraveled when it was revealed the...

It was originally called Candyland when it opened in 1928 as a franchise of sorts of the original Candyland on Church Street. It became Vandyand in 1985 to better represent its proximity to Vanderbilt University. For 78 years it was the go-to destination for...

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

The Tennessee Rats were a black baseball team formed in 1910 in Holden, MO by W.A. Brown. Primarily a barnstorming team, they played until 1926. They mostly toured Missouri and surrounding states. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

East Towne Mall opened in 1984 as??Knoxville Center in North??Knoxville,??Tennessee.?? Despite being in one of Knoxville's most vibrant and fastest growing areas, the mall succumbed to the changing taste of shoppers and closed for good on January 31, 2020.

Charter members of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974, the Memphis Southmen began as the Toronto Northmen. However, before the team could play a down, the Canadian government passed legislation to block any U.S.-based football league from operating in Canada. Unwilling to undergo...

The 1982 World's Fair, officially called the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, was held May 1 through October 31, 1982. The 70-acre fairgrounds were built on the old Louisville and Nashville railyard and depot, though part of the campus of the University of Tennessee was...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game was played January 9, 1968 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A crowd of 10,872 watched as the East topped the West 126-120.

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) Slam Dunk contest was held during halftime of the 1976 All-Star game in Denver.?? It was won by Julius Erving.

What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

The Memphis Pharaohs played in the Arena Football League in 1995 and 1996. In 1997, they moved to Portland to become the Forest Dragons, before moving to Oklahoma in 2000 to become the Wranglers. They folded in 2001.

It's one of the world's most famous ice cream bars.

In the early 1950s, between 20,000-60,000 people a year were becoming afflicted with polio. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh developed a polio vaccine in 1952. By 1955 a campaign to vaccinate children in the U.S. was launched. ALbert Sabin...