THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 13

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 13

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Yorkshire Pudding Day

1775  The Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet

1792  George Washington laid the cornerstone for the Executive Mansion which would later be called the White House

1860  The first US aerial photo was taken from a balloon in Boston

1914  Garrett Morgan patented the gas mask

1925  Comedian Lenny Bruce was born

1925  British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was born

1932  President Hoover laid the cornerstone for what was to become the new Supreme Court Building

1941  Singer Paul Simon was born – Simon & Garfunkel

1953  An ultra-sonic burglar alarm was patented by Sam Bagno

1957  Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduce the Ford Edsel on an hour long special – the car was a huge failure

1959  Singer Marie Osmond was born – Donny & Marie

1960  The third Presidential debate took place between Nixon and Kennedy

1963  The word “Beatlemania” was coined after their appearance at the Palladium

1974  Ed Sullivan died at age 74

1981  VP Mubarak was elected President of Egypt after the assassination of Anwar Sadat

1995  Walt Disney resort welcomed its 500 millionth guest

2001  Anthrax was confirmed in three states – NY, Florida and Nevada

2006  The Unlawful Internet Gambling Act was signed by President Bush – effectively it attempted to outlaw all US internet gambling

2006  Air America filed for bankruptcy after two years of broadcasting

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 13

2006  Oakland’s Mark Kiger makes his MLB debut as a defensive replacement – 1^st MLB player to make his debut in the postseason – his final game is tomorrow – never got to bat in his 2 game career

2002  Adam Kennedy of Angels hits 3 HRs and has 7 RBI as Anaheim wins its first pennant ever

2000  NYY Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless inning – his 33 1/3^rd consecutive one – postseason record

1999  John Smoltz gets a save – the first relief appearance of his career as Atlanta beats Mets 4-3 in NLCS

1996  Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud’s NFL field goal record with his 374^th

1978  Ron Guidry gets a complete game win as NYY beat Dodgers 5-1 in game 1

of World Series – he had a 25-3 record with a 1.74 ERA during the season

1971  68^th World Series – first night game in series history

1970  Calvin Murphy makes his NBA debut with the San Diego Rockets

1970  Dave Cowens makes his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics – lose to Knicks

1960  Pirates’ Mazeroski’s bottom of the 9^th HR beats the NYY in game 7 of the World Series – 1^st time in World Series play that a game had ended with a HR – also only game in World Series history where a strikeout was not recorded by either team

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 13

1961  Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

1962  Sherry – The Four Seasons

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmore & the Fireballs

1964  Do Wah Diddiy Diddy – Manfred Mann

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1966  Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – The Four Tops

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations

1970  I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1972  Ben – Michael Jackson

1973  Half Breed - Cher

1974  Nothing From Nothing – Billy Preston

1976  Disco Duck – Rick Dees

1977  You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone

1978  Kiss You All Over – Exile

1979  Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson

1980  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

1982  Jack and Diane – John Cougar

1983  Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

1984  I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

1985  Take On Me – a-ha

1986  When I Think of You – Janet Jackson

1988  Red Red Wine – UB40

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1990  Praying for Time – George Michael

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

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

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio       

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Heartbreak – Mariah Carey