THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 9

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 9

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Dessert Day

1635  Religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony – later found Rhode Island

1701  The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later Yale) was chartered

1776  Spanish missionaries settled in what today is San Francisco

1825  The first Norwegian immigrants landed in America

1855  Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor

1867  Russia formally transferred Alaska to the US – the US had paid $7.2 million in gold

1876  The 1^st two way telephone conversation over outdoor wires took place – call was between Bell and his assistant Watson at a distance of 2 miles

1888  The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument

1915  Woodrow Wilson was the 1^st President to attend a World Series game

1936  Hoover Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles

1940  Future Beatle John Lennon was born

1946  The first electric blanket was sold – cost $39.50

1947  The first telephone conversation between a moving car and an airplane took place

1949  Harvard Law School began admitting women

1973  Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced

1975  Sean Ono Lennon was born – son of John and Oko Lennon

1983  Helen Moss joined the Brownies – She became the oldest member at the age of 83

1990  David Souter was sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

2003  The newly designed $20 bill began circulating

2006  Google agreed to purchase YouTube for $1.65 billion

2009  Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 9

2005  Houston beats Braves 7-6 in 18 innings – longest postseason game in MLB history – also 1^st postseason game with 2 grand slams

2001  Curt Schilling throws a 3 hit 1-0 win as Arizona beats St. Louis in the NLDS

2000  Bret Hull scores his 611^th NHL goal passing his father Bobby to become #9 on all time list

1992  Rookie Tim Wakefield of Pittsburgh beats Atlanta 3-2 in NLCs – 1^st rookie to start a NL playoff game in 9 years

1988  Dennis Eckersley becomes the first to save all 4 games in a championship series

1974  Washington Capitals play their 1^st NHL game – they lose – will also lose their next 36 road games – end season 15-54-11

1966  Baltimore wins the World Series as they sweep the LA Dodgers – Orioles pitchers threw 33 consecutive scoreless innings – World Series record

1951  NYY Gil McDougald is the first rookie to hit a grand slam in World Series history

1938  NYY win their 3^rd straight World Series – 1^st to do so

1921  Babe Ruth hits his 1^st World Series HR

1919  The Reds beat the White Sox to win the 16^th World Series – would be referred to as the “Black Sox Scandal”

1916  Babe Ruth pitches and wins the longest World Series game at the time – 14 innings – he did give up a HR – only HR he gave up all of 1916 – pitched over 323 innings and had a 23-12 record with a 1.75 ERA

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 9

1961  Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964  Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1970  Cracklin’ Rose – Neil Diamond

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1972  Ben – Michael Jackson

1973  Half Breed - Cher

1974  I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

1978  Kiss You All Over – Exile

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

1980  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

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  Oh, Sheila – Ready for the Wind

1986  When I Think of You – Janet Jackson

1987  Here I Go Again on My Own – Whitesnake

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