THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 20

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 20

WPORLD EVENTS

Today is National Brandied Fruit Day

1803  The US Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase

1818  The US and Great Britain established the boundary between the US and Canada to be the 49^th parallel

1889  Benjamin Babbitt died – he held more than 100 patents, among them were soap processes, steam boilers and pumps

1925  Columnist and author Art Buchwald was born

1944  30 blocks of Cleveland, Ohio were destroyed after a liquid gas factory exploded – 135 died

1944  General Douglas MacArthur stepped foot on the Philippines 2 ½ years after saying “I shall return”

1947  The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into Communist influence in Hollywood

1964  Herbert Hoover, 31st President, died at age 90

1967  An all white jury convicted seven people in the murder of three civil rights workers

1968  Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis

1971  Rapper Snoop Dogg was born

1973  Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox was fired by President Nixon when Cox had threatened to seek a judicial ruling that Nixon was violating a court order to turn over papers

1979  The JFK Library was dedicated in Boston

1981  Three members of the Weather Underground were arrested for armored car robbery in NY – one guard and two police officers were killed

1988  Britain ended a suspects right to be silent in a continuing battle with the Irish Republican Army

1993  Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to work on limiting the violence in their programs

1994  Actor Burt Lancaster died at age 80

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 20

2004  Boston beats NYY 10-3 – came back from a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS – 1^st team in MLB history to do so – Johnny Damon hit 2 HRs, one a grand slam for 6 RBI

2002  20 year old Francisco Rodriguez of Anaheim is the youngest pitcher to ever win a World Series game – retired 9 straight batters in 3 innings of relief

1996  St. Louis beats Jacksonville 17-14 despite being out gained 538 to 202 – Jacksonville had 6 turnovers, 5 interceptions by Mark Brunnel             

1996  19 year old Andruw Jones hits 2 HRs in Atlanta’s 12-1 win over NYY – youngest to hit a HR in World Series history

1993  Toronto wins game four of the World Series 15-14 over Philadelphia – most runs in World Series history passing the 22 in 1936

1990  Cincinnati beats heavily favored Oakland to win the World Series

1988  LA Dodgers beat the A’s 5-2 to win World Series – Orel Hershiser named MVP – won 2 complete game games giving up 2 earned runs in total

1976  Philadelphia 76ers get Julius Erving from the NY Nets for $3 million

1973  Boston Celtics gets NBA record 39 offensive rebounds but lose the game by a score of 96-87

1962  John Havlicek makes his NBA debut with Boston – scores 26,395 points in his career and won 8 NBA championships

1936  Carl Hubbell named NL MVP – had a 26-6 record and 2.31 ERA – gave up 7 HRs in 304 innings pitched

1935  Hank Greenberg of Detroit named AL MVP – batted .328, 30 HRs, 170 RBI

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 20

1961  Runaround Sue – Dion

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

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

1967  To Sir, With Love - Lulu

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

1973  Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & the Pips

1974  Then Came You – Dionne Warwick & the Spinners

1976  If You Leave Me Now - Chicago

1977  You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone

1978  Kiss You All Over – Exile

1980  Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand

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  Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston

1986  True Colors – Cyndi Lauper

1987  Bad – Michael Jackson

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1991  Emotions – Mariah Carey

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       

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Smooth – Santana with Rob Thomas