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Historical Inaccuracies in Peter Jennings' The Century

#1

Person of the Century probably not "Peter Jennings"

 

#2

Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon were not "Pretty fly for a white guy"

 

#3

Turning point of World War II not "that part where Tom Hanks finds Matt Damon"

 

#4

Lyndon Johnson known as "LBJ" not "LL Cool J"

 

#5

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were not the neighbors on "I Love Lucy"

 

#6

World War I did not start because Fabio was hit in the face by a goose

 

#7

Eleanor Roosevelt never competed in a wet T-shirt contest

 

#8

Prior to invention of the airplane, people did not "fly around by flapping their arms"

 

#9

Dogs were not "invented in 1963"

 

#10

Lincoln was not assassinated at a "Phish show"

 


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