THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 9
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Rice Pudding Day
1173 Construction began on the Tower of Pisa
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel
1678 The Bronx was sold by the American Indians for 400 beads
1790 “Columbia U.S.
1831 The first steam locomotive began its trip in NY state – Albany Schenectady
1859 The “revolving stairs” was patented by Nathan Ames – the escalator – 1st working one appeared in 1900
1921 The Veteran’s Bureau was established
1944 “Smokey the Bear” was created by the Forest Service
1945 The first network TV broadcast occurred in Washington , DC Japan
1945 The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
1963 Singer/actress Whitney Houston was born
1969 Five people including actress Sharon Tate were found dead in LA – Charles Manson later convicted
1974 Richard Nixon resigns the Presidency – Gerald Ford became the 38th President – “Our long national nightmare is over”
1985 A federal judge found Arthur Walker guilty of 7 counts of spying for the Soviets
1993 “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss pleads innocent of pandering – found guilty in 1994
1998 73,000 telephone workers of Bell Atlantic went on strike
2000 Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. announced a recall of 6.5 million defective tires
2006 Senator Joe Lieberman (D) files to run as an independent in Connecticut
SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 9
2005 KC loses 11th in a row – gave up 11 runs in the 9th to lose 13-7 – will lose 19 in a row
2002 Barry Bonds hits his 600th HR – Aaron, Mays, and Ruth are the only others
2001 Sammy Sosa hits 3 consecutive HRs but they lose to Colorado
2001 In Giants vs. Reds game, Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 450th HR – youngest to reach that mark and Barry Bonds hits his 49th – fastest to reach that mark
1999 Toronto beats Texas 19-4 – Toronto had 25 hits – Doug Davis of Rangers makes his MLB debut – gave up 11 hits, 3 HRs, and 10 earned runs in 2 1/3rd innings – will be gone tomorrow
1999 5 grand slams hit in baseball today – most in the 129 year history of the
game
1990 Padres Gary Templeton gets his 2,000th hit – got his 1st exactly 14 years ago
1988 Edmonton
1988 Cubs beat Mets in the 1st official night game at Wrigley
1987 Trailing 15-4, NYY catcher Rick Cerone pitched – 2nd time in three weeks he has caught and pitched in the same game
1975 Dodgers Davey Lopes steals his 32nd consecutive base – broke record set in 1922
1971 Satchel Paige is inducted into the Hall of Fame
1960 Phillies second baseman Tony Taylor plays both games of a doubleheader and does not record a putout – ties MLB record
1936 Jesse Owens wins his 4th gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin
1928 Bob Cousy was born
1925 The only time Babe Ruth was pinch hit for – Bobby Veach flied out
#1 SONGS on AUGUST 9
1962 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sadaka
1964 Everybody Loves Somebody – Dean Martin
1965 I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
1967 Light My Fire – 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 Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
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
1990 Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
1991 Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams
1992 End of the Road – Boyz II Men
1995 Waterfalls – TLC
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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