THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 7
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Raspberries and Cream Day
1782 Badges of U.S. Military Merit (Purple Heart) were established by Washington
1789 The U.S.
1794 The Whiskey Rebellion begins – Pennsylvania
1912 The Progressive Party nominates Teddy Roosevelt for President
1942 U.S. Guadalcanal – first major Allied offensive in the Pacific – fighting would last 6 months
1959 The U.S. 6” – would send back pictures from the Moon
1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution North Vietnam
1974 Stuntman Phillippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers
1975 Actress Charlize Theron was born
1983 675,000 employees strike AT&T
1990 U.S. Saudi Arabia Iraq
1992 Luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 ran aground off the coast of Massachusetts
1998 U.S. Embassies in Kenya Tanzania
2000 Al Gore selected Joe Lieberman as his VP running mate
2001 Former President Clinton received a $10 million advance for his memoir
2005 Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor , died
SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 7
2007 Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s record with his 756th HR
2004 Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher to win 300 games – ends with 355
2003 Eric Gagne gets his 38th consecutive save and 46th consecutive over 2 seasons
2003 Albert Pujols reaches 30 HRs and 100 RBI level – has done so in each of his 1st three years in the league – only other one to do so was Jose Canseco
2001 Greg Maddux sets NL record with 70 1/3rd innings without giving up a walk
2000 LA Lakers announce the retirement of VP of Operations – Jerry West
1999 Wade Boggs becomes the first player to hit a HR for his 3,000th hit
1992 Orlando Magic sign #1 draft choice Shaquille O’Neal
1984 Bill Buckner and Tony Armas both hit a grand slam in Boston Detroit
1983 Grete Waitz wins the first all women’s marathon in Finland
1978 Eddie Mathews inducted into the Hall of Fame - .271/512/1,453
1962 NYY shortstop Tony Kubek returns from military service – hit a HR in his 1st at bat
1956 Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at a fan
1956 51 year old Satchel Paige wins a minor league game – 57,000 see him do it at the Orange Bowl in Miami
1943 Giants strand 18 runners in a game vs. Philadelphia 2 in each inning
1929 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting a grand slam in consecutive games
#1 SONGS on AUGUST 7
1962 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sadaka
1964 A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
1965 I’m Henry VIII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits
1966 Wild Thing – The Troggs
1967 Light My Fire – The Doors
1968 Hello, I Love You – The Doors
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees
1972 Alone Again Naturally – Gilbert O’ Sullivan
1973 The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
1975 Jive Talkin’ – The Bee Gees
1976 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978 Three Times a Lady – The Commodores
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 Magic – Olivia Newton-John
1981 Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
1985 Shout – Tears for Fears
1986 Glory of Love – Peter Cetera
1987 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
1989 Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
1990 Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
1991 Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams
1992 This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna
1993 Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40
1995 Waterfalls - TLC
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1997 I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy
1998 The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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