THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 23
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National White Chocolate Day
1642 The first commencement ceremony was held at Harvard
1780 John Andre, a British spy, was captured with papers showing that Benedict Arnold was going to surrender the fort at West Pint to the British
1806 Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis Pacific Northwest – they started on May 14, 1804
1846 Johan Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune
1901 The trial of President McKinley’s assassin began – it lasted 8 hours and 26 minutes, the jury returned a verdict in 34 minutes
1920 Actor Mickey Rooney was born
1930 Singer Ray Charles was born
1938 A time capsule to be opened in 6939 was buried at the World’s Fair in NYC
1939 Sigmund Frued died in London
1949 Singer Bruce Springsteen was born
1952 Richard Nixon made his “Checkers” speech to refute allegations of improper campaign financing
1959 Jason Alexander was born – George on “Seinfeld”
1962 ABC’s first color TV series premiered – “The Jetson’s”
1969 “Marcus Welby,MD” premiered on TV – lasted until 1976
1976 President Ford and Jimmy Carter debated on TV
1977 Cheryl Ladd replaced Farah Fawcett on “Charlie’s Angels”
1981 Home Depot became a publicly traded company
1986 Congress chose the rose as the National Flower
1990 Iraq Israel Kuwait
2008 Goldman Sachs got a $5 billion cash infusion from Warren Buffet
SPORTS HISTORY ON SEPTEMBER 23
2006 Barry Bonds hits his 734th HR to break NL record – Hank Aaron
2002 St. Louis scores 10 runs in the 7th – 9 of them were consecutive with 2 outs
2001 Sammy Sosa hits 3 HRs in the game – 3rd time he has done it this season and the first time it has been done in MLB history
2001 Alex Rodriguez hits his 48th HR – MLB record for shortstops
2000 Rafael Palmeiro hits his 400th HR – ends with 569
1998 Craig Biggio of Houston
1998 Sammy Sosa hits his 64th and 65th HRs of the season
1995 Lance Johnson of White Sox gets 6 hits – 3 of them triples
1988 Jose Canseco is the first to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs – Bonds,
Rodriguez, and Soriano will join him
1988 Orel Hershiser beats Giants 3-0 – 49 consecutive scoreless innings pitched
1984 Sparky Anderson
1983 Steve Carlton wins his 300th game – ends with 329, 3.22 ERA for career
1979 Lou Brock steals his 938th base – last of his career
1965 Larry Jackson of the Cubs loses his 20th game of the year – won 20 last year
1962 LA Dodgers Maury Wills steals his 97th base on the way to 104 – breaks Ty Cobb’s record
1961 Whitey Ford of NYY wins his 25th game of the season – 25-4, 3.21 ERA, Cy Young winner this year
1957 Ted Williams reaches base 5 times – has reached 16 consecutive times to tie MLB record
1952 1st closed circuit televised broadcast of a sports event – Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott for the heavyweight title
1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander wins both games of a double header vs. Cincinnati
#1 SONGS ON SEPTEMBER 23
1961 Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
1966 Cherish – The Association
1967 The Letter – The Box Tops
1968 Hey Jude – the Beatles
1969 Sugar Sugar – The Archies
1970 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
1971 Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond
1972 Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis
1973 Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
1975 I’m Sorry – John Denver
1976 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
1977 I Just Want to be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1979 My Sharona – The Knack
1980 Upside Down – Diana Ross
1981 Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
1983 Tell Her About It – Billy Joel
1984 Let’s Go Crazy - Prince
1985 Money for Nothing – Dire Straights
1987 Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston
1988 Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
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
1998 I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
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