THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 7
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Raspberries and Cream Day
1782 Badges of U.S. Military Merit (Purple Heart) were established by Washington
1789 The U.S. War Department was established by Congress
1794 The Whiskey Rebellion begins – Pennsylvania farmers rebel against federal taxes on liquor
1912 The Progressive Party nominates Teddy Roosevelt for President
1942 U.S. forces land on Guadalcanal – first major Allied offensive in the Pacific – fighting would last 6 months
1959 The U.S. launched “Explorer 6” – would send back pictures from the Moon
1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with North Vietnam
1974 Stuntman Phillippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers
1975 Actress Charlize Theron was born
1983 675,000 employees strike AT&T
1990 U.S. troops are sent to Saudi Arabia to defend against a possible invasion by Iraq
1992 Luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 ran aground off the coast of Massachusetts
1998 U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed killing 224 – Osama Bin Laden was later identified in connection with the attacks
2000 Al Gore selected Joe Lieberman as his VP running mate
2001 Former President Clinton received a $10 million advance for his memoir
2005 Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor , died
SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 7
2007 Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s record with his 756th HR
2004 Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher to win 300 games – ends with 355
2003 Eric Gagne gets his 38th consecutive save and 46th consecutive over 2 seasons
2003 Albert Pujols reaches 30 HRs and 100 RBI level – has done so in each of his 1st three years in the league – only other one to do so was Jose Canseco
2001 Greg Maddux sets NL record with 70 1/3rd innings without giving up a walk
2000 LA Lakers announce the retirement of VP of Operations – Jerry West
1999 Wade Boggs becomes the first player to hit a HR for his 3,000th hit
1992 Orlando Magic sign #1 draft choice Shaquille O’Neal
1984 Bill Buckner and Tony Armas both hit a grand slam in Boston ’s 12-7 win over Detroit
1983 Grete Waitz wins the first all women’s marathon in Finland – will win the NYC marathon in 77 days
1978 Eddie Mathews inducted into the Hall of Fame - .271/512/1,453
1962 NYY shortstop Tony Kubek returns from military service – hit a HR in his 1st at bat
1956 Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at a fan
1956 51 year old Satchel Paige wins a minor league game – 57,000 see him do it at the Orange Bowl in Miami
1943 Giants strand 18 runners in a game vs. Philadelphia – 2 in each inning
1929 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting a grand slam in consecutive games
#1 SONGS on AUGUST 7
1962 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sadaka
1964 A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
1965 I’m Henry VIII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits
1966 Wild Thing – The Troggs
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 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees
1972 Alone Again Naturally – Gilbert O’ Sullivan
1973 The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
1975 Jive Talkin’ – The Bee Gees
1976 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978 Three Times a Lady – The Commodores
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 Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
1985 Shout – Tears for Fears
1986 Glory of Love – Peter Cetera
1987 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
1989 Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
1990 Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
1991 Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams
1992 This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna
1993 Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40
1995 Waterfalls - TLC
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1997 I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy
1998 The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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