Jumpin' George

George Bush 's parachute jump last week in Yuma , Ariz. , was his first since he exited a burning bomber in 1944. Much has happened in the intervening years, including a most famous leap.

1945
Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" debuts; two years later at Yale , the answer is Bush .

1947
Dan Quayle born; World Series debuts on TV, launching, as Quayle might put it, the era of the couch potatoe.

1964
Clay beats Liston, changes name.

1966
Bush elected to Congress, remains George.

1969
Neil Armstrong takes one giant leap for mankind.

1976
Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally achieve free agency; Bush heads up the agency, the CIA.

1980
In Lake Placid , N.Y, they believe in miracles; in Washington, D.C. , they do, too: An ex-actor wins the White House , with Bush as veep.

1988
As lights go on at Wrigley, soon-to-be President Bush asks Americans to read his lips.

1992
Bush routed by Clinton, revives his dream of jumping out of a plane again.