THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 10

THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 10

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National TV Dinner Day

1623  Lumber and furs were the first cargo to leave Plymouth for England

1813  Commander Oliver Perry beats the British at the Battle of Lake Erie

1846  Elias Howe receives a patent for the sewing machine

1919  NYC welcomes home General Pershing and 25,000 soldiers from WWI

1935  “Popeye” was heard on the radio for the first time

1942  Gas rationing due to WWII started in the U.S.

1945  Singer Jose Feliciano was born – “Light My Fire”

1949  Bill O’Reilly was born – Fox News Commentator

1953  Swanson sold its first TV dinner

1955  “Gunsmoke” premiers on CBS – last show was 1975

1955  Bert Parks began a 25 year career as host of the Miss America Pageant

1967  Gibraltar voted 12,138 to 44 to remain British

1968  Guy Ritchie was born – was married to Madonna

1977  The last execution by guillotine took place in France

1990  Ellis Island opened as a museum – originally opened on January 1, 1892

1992  Lucy in the “Peanuts” comic strip raised her Psychiatric Help rate from 5 cents to 47 cents

1995  At the Emmy Awards, “ER” won 8, “NYPD Blue” named best dramatic series, “Frasier” best comedy

2000  The Broadway show “Cats” closed in NYC after 7,485 shows

2000  At the 52^nd Emmy Awards, “West Wing” won a record 9 Emmy’s , “Will and Grace” won for best comedy

2002  Switzerland became the 190^th member of the UN

2007  Actress Jane Wymam, former wife of Ronald Reagan, died at age 90

SPORTS HISTORY ON SEPTEMBER 10

2000  Randy Johnson gets his 3,000^th strikeout and 300^th of the season

1999  Pedro Martinez gets his 21^st win and strikes out 17 NYY – most ever in NYY history in a game

1996  Montreal beats Chicago 10-3 – Expos tie MLB record by using 9 pitchers

1989  Deion Sanders plays his 1^st game for Atlanta and returns a punt 68 yards for a TD

1980  Bill Gullickson of Expos sets a rookie record by striking out 18 batters

1977  Wilbur Woods hits 3 straight batters in the 1^st inning

1974  Lou Brock breaks the stolen base record for a season with his 105^th

1972  The US loses to Russia in Olympic basketball – highly disputed game 51-50

1969  KC uses a record 27 players in a game – lose 11-4

1965  Philadelphia’s Ferguson Jenkins makes his MLB debut – gets the win in

relief – will win 284 in his career

1964  Brooks Robinson hits into a triple play – will end career with MLB record 4 times doing it

1960  Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins the marathon at the Rome Olympics running barefoot

#1 SONGS ON SEPTEMBER 10

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1961  Michael – The Highwaymen

1962  Sherry – The Four Seasons

1963  My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels

1964  The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

1965  Help – The Beatles

1966  You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  War – Edwin Starr

1971  Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond

1972  Black and White – Three Dog Night

1973  Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy

1974  I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton

1975  Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell

1976  Shake Your Booty – KC & the Sunshine Band

1977  Best of My Love – The Emotions

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Upside Down – Diana Ross

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band

1983  Maniac – Michael Sembello

1984  What’s Love Got to Do With It – Tina Turner

1985  St. Elmo’s Fire – John Parr

1986  Take My Breath Away - Berlin

1987  La Bamba – Los Lobos

1988  Sweet Child of Mine – Guns & Roses

1989  Don’t Want to Lose You – Gloria Estefan

1990  Love and Affection – Nelson

1991  The Promise of a New Day – Paula Abdul

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1997  Honey – Mariah Carey

1998  I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith