THE HISTORY OF JULY 24
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Tequila Day
1847 Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers reached present day Utah
1862 The 8th President, Martin Van Buren, died at age 79
1866 Tennessee Union following the Civil War
1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham was led by local guides to the Lost City
1915 The steam ship “Eastland” overturned in the Chicago River killing over 800 passengers
1938 Nestle came up with instant coffee after eight years of work
1943 American and British bombers began a three day siege of Hamburg
1949 Michael Richards was born – Kramer on “Seinfeld”
1951 Lynda Carter was born – “Wonder Woman”
1952 President Truman announced a settlement in the 53 day steel worker’s strike
1956 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform together for the last time
1969 Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez was born
1969 Apollo 11, with the first Moon walkers, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean
1970 Freddie Mac was chartered by Congress – designed to keep money flowing to mortgage lenders
1974 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Nixon had to turnover subpoenaed White House tapes regarding Watergate
1978 The Beatles animated film, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, premiered in the U.S.
1980 Star of “The Pink Panther” Peter Sellers died in London
1998 The movie “Saving Private Ryan” with Tom Hanks premiered in the U.S.
2001 Larry Silverstein signed a $3.2 billion 99 year lease for the NYC World Trade Center
2008 Ford posted a $8.67 billion quarterly loss – worst in its history
SPORTS HISTORY on JULY 24
2006 Detroit scores 5 runs in 1st inning for the 3rd consecutive game – 1st time in 115 years a team has scored 5 or more in 1st that many times
2005 Lance Armstrong wins his 7th consecutive Tour de France
2000 Leftfielder Darin Erstadt of the Angels has 12 putouts in a 12 inning game – an AL
1993 NY Mets pitcher Anthony Young loses his 27th straight game
1983 George Brett is thrown out of the infamous “Pine Tar Game”
1979 Catcher Bob Stinson of the Mariners ties MLB record by allowing 2 batters to reach base on catcher’s interference calls
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 400th HR – ends with 452
1978 NYY manager Billy Martin resigns a day after calling Reggie Jackson a “born liar” and George Steinbrenner a “convicted felon”
1973 Willie Mays plays in his final All-Star game
1970 Chicago’s Bill Melton ties MLB record by striking out 7 times in a double header – will also strikeout the first 3 times in the next game
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in MLB record 907th game – a loss – passed Cy Young
1963 Karl Malone is born
1931 Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the 2nd time this season – one of only 3 in MLB history to do so 3 times in their career
#1 SONGS on JULY 24
1960 I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
1961 Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis
1962 Roses Are Red – Bobby Vinton
1964 Rag Doll – The Four Seasons
1965 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
1966 Wild Thing – The Troggs
1967 Light My Fire – The Doors
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 Indian Reservation – Paul Revere & the Raiders
1972 Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
1973 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
1974 Annie’s Song – John Denver
1975 The Hustle – Van McCoy & The Soul City
1976 Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel
1981 The One That You Love – Air Supply
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 When Doves Cry – Prince
1985 Every Time You Go Away – Paul Young
1986 Sledge Hammer – Peter Gabriel
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams
1992 Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
1994 I Swear – All-4-One
1995 Waterfalls – TLC
1999 Wild Wild West – Will Smith w/Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
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