http://failuremag.com/index.php Daily listing of notable events, disasters, mistakes and gaffes in politics, history, business, sports, science and entertainment. en jzasky@aol.com Copyright 2009 2009-04-23T19:08:35-05:00 http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/may_21/ http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/may_21/#When:23:09:21Z 2000: The headline “Deaths and Funerals” runs over an advertisement for Alaska Airlines in the Sunday Seattle Times. The carrier responds by pulling its advertising from the paper. 2000: A commuter plane carrying 17 passengers home from Atlantic City, New Jersey, crashes near the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) airport after experiencing engine trouble. All 19 people aboard are killed. 1947: Joe DiMaggio and five of his N.Y. Yankees teammates are fined $100 for not fulfilling contractually-mandated promotional duties. 2009-04-06T23:09:21-05:00