THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 21

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 21

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day and National Caramel Apple Day

1797  The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) was launched in Boston – had 44 guns and was 204 feet long

1872  The first black man was accepted to the Naval Academy – John Conyers

1979  Thomas Edison perfected the light bulb – lasted 13 hours before burning out – he had tested it for 14 months

1917  Jazz great Dizzie Gillespie was born

1917  The first Americans saw action during WWI

1918  Margaret Owen set a typing record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter

1927  Construction began on the George Washington Bridge in NYC

1940  “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway was first published

1945  Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time

1950  Chinese forces occupied Tibet

1956  Actress Carrie Fisher was born – Princess Lelia in “Star Wars”

1957  The film “Jailhouse Rock” with Elvis Presley opened

1960  JFK and Richard Nixon held their fourth and final debate

1964  The movie “My Fair Lady” had its world premiere in NYC

1967  Thousands of anti-war protesters tried to storm the Pentagon

1976  Congress repealed the Homestead Act of 1862 for all states except Alaska because there was no longer any public land suitable for cultivation

1987  The Senate began debating the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork – he was rejected two days later

1988  Deposed President Marcos of the Philippines and his wife were indicted in NYC on racketeering charges for buying hundreds of millions of dollars of NYC real estate with money embezzled from their country

1989  Buck Helm was found alive after being buried for four days under ruble in the San Francisco earthquake

1991  Jesse Turner, an American hostage in Lebanon, was released after nearly five years in captivity

1994  North Korea and the US sign an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 21

2007  Red Sox beat Cleveland in game 7 of ALCS to advance to the World Series

2001  Arizona wins NLCS to advance to the World Series – have only been in existence 4 years

1998  NYY sweep San Diego to win World Series – they had 114 regular season wins

1997  Florida scores 7 runs in the 9^th inning to beat Cleveland 14-11 in game 3 of the World Series

1995  Braves beat Cleveland 3-2 in game 1 of the World Series – Kenny Lofton steals 2 bases in one inning (ties record set in 1921) – teams combine for 5 hits (ties record for least hits in a World Series game)

1989  Houston becomes the 1^st major college team to gain over 1,000 yards in a game – beat Southern Methodist 95-21 – had 771 passing and 250 rushing

1984  Steve Jones runs the Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05

1980  Philadelphia wins their first World Series – have been a MLB team for 98 years

1979  Sam Smith of the Chicago Bulls scores the NBA’s first 4 point play

1976  The NY Knicks retire Willis Reed’s #19

1975  Carlton Fisk hits a 12^th inning HR to left field to tie the World Series with the Reds 3 games to 3

1973  Oakland wins the World Series for the 2^nd straight year

1973  Fred Dryer of LA Rams records 2 safeties in the game – NFL record

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 21

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

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

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