THE HISTORY OF JULY 30
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Cheesecake Day
1729 The city of Baltimore
1844 The New York
1863 The founder of Ford Motors, Henry Ford, was born
1931 A long distance flying record was recorded – NYC to Istanbul , Turkey
1941 Singer/songwriter Paul Anka was born
1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger was born
1952 The 4.4 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Annapolis , Maryland
1954 Elvis Presley made his first professional appearance at the Overton Park Shell concert in Memphis
1956 Actress Delta Burke was born – “Designing Women”
1956 The phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as the U.S.
1963 Actress Lisa Kudrow was born – “Friends”
1965 President Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law – effective next year
1971 Apollo 15 landed on the Moon – David Scott and James Irwin used the first lunar rover to explore the surface
1974 Hilary Swank was born – “Million Dollar Baby”
1974 President Nixon released the Watergate tapes to the House Judiciary Committee – within 10 days he resigned
1975 Former Teamster head Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of a suburban Detroit
1990 General Motors first Saturn rolled off the assembly line in Tennessee
2002 A 1933 Double Gold Eagle coin sold at auction for $6.6 million
2003 The last Volkswagen Beatle rolled off the production line
SPORTS HISTORY on JULY 30
2006 Mets Carlos Beltran hits his 3rd grand slam this month to tie MLB record – Mets have a total of 6 this month to also tie MLB record
2004 Mike Tyson KO’d in the 4th by British fighter Danny Williams
2002 Lisa Leslie becomes the first woman to slam dunk in a professional basketball game
2000 Tom Glavine gets his 200th win – ends with 305
1998 Alex Rodriguez steals his 30th base – becomes the 6th 30 base 30 HR player in AL
1995 Mike Schmidt inducted into the Hall of Fame – 3 time MVP
1994 Detroit
1990 Jack Clark hits his 300th HR – ends with 340
1988 Reds pitcher John Franco gets his 13th save for the month – MLB record
1978 Montreal Atlanta
1969 Hank Aaron hits his 537th HR to move pass Mickey Mantle
1969 Jimmy Wynn and Denis Menke of Houston
1960 Phillies pitcher Art Mahaffey picks off the first batter to get a hit off of him – does it again on the next hitter to reach base – also picked off the 1st runner to reach in the next game
1959 Willie McCovey makes his MLB debut – goes 4 for 4
1948 Red Sox get their 25th win of the month
1917 Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the batting order – all three go 5 for 5
#1 SONGS on JULY 30
1960 I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
1962 Roses Are Red – Bobby Vinton
1964 A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
1965 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
1967 Light My Fire – The Doors
1968 Hello, I Love You – The Doors
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor
1972 Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
1973 The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
1974 Annie’s Song – John Denver
1975 One of These Nights – The Eagles
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978 Miss You – The Rolling Stones
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 Magic – Olivia Newton-John
1981 Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 When Doves Cry – Prince
1985 Shout – Tears for Fears
1990 Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams
1992 Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
1994 I Swear – All-4-One
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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