TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 25

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 25

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Whiskey Sour Day

1609  Galileo demonstrated his first telescope

1718  French colonists arrive in Louisiana – some settled in present day New Orleans

1765  In protest over the tax act, American colonists sack and burn the house of Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson

1875  Mathew Webb became the 1^st person to swim the English Channel – took 21 hours and 45 minutes

1916  The National Park Service was established

1919  Alabama Governor George Wallace was born

1930  Actor Sean Connery was born – James Bond

1931  TV Personality Regis Philbin was born

1944  Paris was liberated by the Allies after 4 years of occupation

1949  Rocker Gene Simmons was born – “Kiss”

1950  President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to prevent a strike

1960  The Summer Olympics open in Rome

1963  George Rockwell, leader of the Nazi American Party, was shot and killed by a sniper in Arlington, Virginia

1972  The first CAT Scan was introduced in England

1975  Bruce Springsteen released his “Born in the USA” album

1980  “42^nd Street” opened on Broadway – had 3,486 performances

1984  Novelist Truman Capote died at age 59 – “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood”

1981  43^rd Emmy Awards – “LA Law” and “Cheers” were winners

1997  The tobacco industry agreed to settle with Florida for $11.3 billion

2005  Katrina made first landfall

2009  Senator Ted Kennedy died at age 77

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 25

2001  NYY beat Angels 7-5, Roger Clemens record is now 17-1, Paul O’ Neill hit his 20^th HR – oldest player to have 20 HRs and 20 steals in a season – he is 38

2001  Texas beats Boston 8-7 in 18 innings – teams used 17 pitchers

1999  Royals pitcher Jeff Montgomery gets his 300^th save – only 10^th to do it and first to do it for one team

1998  Blue Jays Roger Clemens strikes out 18 KC batters – 1^st pitcher in MLB history to have 3 games of 18 or more

1996  Seattle connects on back to back HRs for the 17^th time this season – MLB record

1996  Yankees dedicate their 1^st monument in 47 years – Mickey Mantle

1993  Atlanta’s Fred McGriff and David Justice hit back to back HRs twice in a game vs. San Francisco

1986  Mark McGwire hits his 1^st HR – ends with 583

1985  Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest player to win 20 games in a season – ends with 24-4 record

1968  NYY outfielder Rocky Colavito pitched 2 2/3^rd innings and beat the Tigers 6 to 5 – he played right field in the 2^nd game and hit a HR

1967  Dean Chance of Minnesota pitched his 2^nd no hitter of the month

1965  Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics signs the NBA’s highest contract – one more dollar than Wilt Chamberlain

1965  “Moonlight” Graham died – immortalized in “Field of Dreams”

1963  Cleveland players strikeout for a record 27 times in a double header (AL record) – combine with Boston for 44 (AL record)

1950  Sugar Ray Robinson wins the middleweight title

1922  Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in the highest scoring major league game – 51 hits, 23 walks, 10 errors

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 25

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  War – Edwin Starr

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Sailing – Christopher Cross

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1987  La Bamba – Los Lobos

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 24

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 24

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Peach Pie Day

1456  The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed

1814  British forces invaded Washington, DC setting fire to the White House and Capitol and most public buildings before a major rain storm squelched many of the fires

1853  The 1^st potato chips were made by Chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs

1869  Cornelius Swartout received patent # 94,093 – a waffle iron

1891  Edison filed a patent for the motion picture camera

1932  Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the U.S. – trip from California to New Jersey took 19 hours

1945  Wrestling promoter Vince McMahon was born

1949  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) went into effect

1954  President Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act – outlawed the Communist Party in the U.S.

1968  France became the world’s 5^th nuclear power

1973  Comedian Dave Chappelle was born

1981  Mark David Chapman was sentenced to prison for the killing of John Lennon

1982  800 Marines land in Beirut as part of a joint U.S.-French peace keeping force

1990  Iraq troops surround foreign embassies in Kuwait

1992  Hurricane Andrew hit Florida and the Gulf coast – 55 dead, $15 billion in damages

1993  NASA’s Mars Observer was declared lost – was supposed to map the surface of Mars at a cost of over $950 billion

1995  Microsoft’s “Windows 95” went on sale

2004  Osama Bib Laden’s chauffer was arraigned at the 1^st U.S. military commission hearing since WWII

2006  Pluto was disqualified from being a planet – it was reclassified as being a “dwarf planet”

2009  Reader’s Digest filed for bankruptcy – founded in 1922

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 24

2005  Mets beat Arizona 18-4 – rookie Mike Jacobs gets 2 HRs – 1^st player in MLB history to get 4 HRs in 4 days since he made his debut

2003  Oakland hits 2 grand slams in the game – 1^st time in the 103 year history of the organization- had not hit one all year

2002  Baltimore loses to Toronto – will finish the rest of the season with a 4-31 record

1991  Seattle’s Rob Murphy pitches in his 121^st straight game without a win

1989  Pete Rose is suspended for life for gambling on baseball

1983  Baltimore infielder Lenn Sakata catches in the 10^th inning vs. Toronto – his only time as a catcher – Baltimore’s pitcher Tippy Martinez comes in as a relief pitcher, but Toronto manages to get 3 runners to 1^st base and Tippy picks them all off – Sakata hits a 3 run HR in the bottom of the inning for the win

1982  Royal catcher John Walthan steals his 31^st base – MLB record for catchers (1916) – ends season with 36

1975  Lou Brock steals his 800^th base – ends with 938

1974  Dodgers Davey Lopes steals 5 bases in the game

1972  Gordie Howe enters the NHL Hall of Fame

1971  Ernie Banks hits his 512^th and final HR

1963  John Pennel becomes the 1^st to pole vault 17 feet

1960  Cal Ripken born

1940  Ted Williams pitched the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit – gave up 3 hits and 1 run

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 24

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  War – Edwin Starr

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Magic – Olivia Newton-John

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1987  La Bamba – Los Lobos

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Kiss From a Rose - Seal

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 23

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 23

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Sponge Cake Day

1617  The first one way street was established in London

1839  Hong Kong was taken by the British in a war with China

1869  The first carload of freight arrived in San Francisco from Boston – it was a shipment of boots

1889  The ship to shore wireless message was received in the U.S.

1892  The printed streetcar transfer was patented by John Stedman

1912  Dancer/actor Gene Kelly was born

1926  Silent film actor Rudolph Valentino died

1934  Actress Barbara Eden was born – “I Dream of Genie”

1939  Actor Lee Majors was born – “6 Million Dollar Man”

1939  Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty – Germany would later invade during WWII

1942  Germany began a major offensive on Stalingrad – lasted until February 1943

1949  Singer/actor Rick Springfield was born – “General Hospital”

1959  Sally debuted as an infant in the Peanut’s comic strip

1968  Ringo quits the Beatles – would later return

1970  Actor River Phoenix was born

1990  East and West Germany announced that they would unite in October

1993  The Los Angeles Police Department confirms that singer Michael Jackson was under investigation

2000  Robert Hatch won $1 million as the winner of the first “Survivor” show – an estimated 51 million people watched the final show

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 23

2009  Phillies Eric Bruntlett turns an unassisted triple play in the bottom of the 9^th to preserve a 9-7 win – only happened one other time to end a game – 1927

2006  KC scores 10 in the 1^st inning – lose to Cleveland 15-13

2005  Minnesota beats Chicago 1-0 – only got one hit – a HR in the 8^th

2002  Padres beat Florida 18-2 – 7 players get an RBI in the 5^th and 11 hitters come up with the bases loaded

2001  In his MLB debut, Colorado rookie Jason Jennings shuts out the Mets 10-0 – at bat he is 3 for 5 with a HR

1999  NYY beat Texas 21-3 – Derek Jeter scores his 100^th run for the 4^th straight season – only other Yankee to do  so was Mantle who did it 9 straight   (over)

1998  Barry Bonds hits his 400^th HR – ends 755

1993  Joe Carter of Blue Jays hits 3 HRs in the game – 5^th time in his career he has done so – AL record

1992  Dennis Eckersley, who previously set the record for most consecutive

saves, is the 1^st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons

1989  Dodgers beat Montreal 1-0 in 22 innings on a Rick Dempsey HR – Expos did not get a walk, game time was 6 hours 14 minutes, and the Expos mascot was ejected in the 11^th inning

1970  Roberto Clemente gets his 2^nd straight 5 hit game

1964  The Cardinals are 11 games back in the NL – they will go on to win the World Series

1963  Warren Spahn starts his 601^st game – NL record – Grover Cleveland had 600

1962  Steve Boros of Tigers ties MLB record for a 3^rd baseman with 4 errors in an inning

AUGUST 23

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1964  Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  War – Edwin Starr

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1977  Best of My Love – The Emotions

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Magic – Olivia Newton-John

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1986  Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna

1987  La Bamba – Los Lobos

1989  Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Kiss From a Rose - Seal

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 22

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 22

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Spumoni Day

1770  Australia was claimed by England after Captain James Cook landed there

1775  King George III claimed that the American colonies were in open rebellion

1846  The U.S. annexed New Mexico

1865  William Shepard received a patent for liquid soap

1902  The Cadillac Co. was started in Detroit

1902  President Teddy Roosevelt became the first President to ride in a car

1910  Japan annexed Korea – ruled for 35 years

1934  Norman Schwarzkopf was born – General during “Desert Storm”

1942  Brazil declared war on the Axis powers – only South American country to send troops to Europe

1947  Actress Cindy Williams was born – “Laverne and Shirley”

1951  A crowd of 75,052 watched the Harlem Globetrotters play in Berlin

1962  Charles de Gaulle, President of France, escaped an assassination attempt

1966  The Beatles arrive in the NYC

1968  The first Papal visit to Latin America – Pope Paul VI visited Columbia

1973  Henry Kissinger was named Secretary of State by President Nixon

1984  The Republican National Convention nominated Ronald Reagan for a second term

1989  Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panthers, was killed in Oakland, California

1990  Angry protesters blocked a street in Moscow protesting the continued shortage of cigarettes

1994  DNA testing linked OJ Simpson to the murder of his ex-wife and Ron Goldman

1996  President Clinton signed the largest welfare reform bill ever

2006  Paramount Pictures severed ties with Tom Cruise after 14 years

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 22

2007  Texas beats Baltimore 30-3 (AL record), in the 2^nd game of the double header they score 9 (AL record for a double header) – no team since 1897 had scored 30 in a game

2003  Sammy Sosa hits his 500^th HR as a Cub and his 30^th for 9 straight seasons

2000  Alex Ochoa hits a grand slam – 142^nd grand slam this season – MLB record

2000  Colorado uses 9 pitchers through 11 innings vs. Braves – catcher Brent Mayne pitches the 12^th and gets the win – 1^st position player to get a win since 1968 and first catcher since 1889

1999  Three consecutive Giants get a HR – 2^nd time they have done so in 3 days

1999  Mark McGwire hits his 50^th HR – MLB record 50 or more in 4 straight

seasons

1992  Red Sox rookie John Valentin gets his 1^st HR – a grand slam

1989  Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000^th batter – 1^st in MLB history – Rickey Henderson was the victim – ends with 5,714

1989  Indians Felix Fermin ties MLB record with 4 sacrifice bunts – last done 70 years ago

1982  Catcher Glenn Brummer steals home in the 12^th as Cardinals beat San Francisco – will only have 3 more steals in his career

1979  Johnny Bench hits his 325^th HR as a Reds player – passes Frank Robinson’s franchise record

1970  Bob Gibson beats Padres on 2 hits – also got a triple and a double in the game

1965  Giants pitcher Juan Marichal hits Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl

1961  Roger Maris gets his 50^th HR

1948  Brooklyn Dodgers steal 8 bases, including a triple steal with Jackie Robinson on 3^rd

1851  Yacht “America” wins the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America’s Cup)

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 22

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1986  Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna

1987  Who’s That Girl - Madonna

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 21

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 21

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Pecan Turtle Day

1841  A patent for the venetian blind was given to John Hampson

1858  The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin in Illinois before 12,000 people

1878  The American Bar Association was established in Saratoga, NY

1888  The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs

1911  Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum – found 2 years later in Italy

1912  Arthur Eldred became the first American to become a boy scout

1923  In Kalamazoo, Michigan an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing onto the eyes of their partners

1938  Country music singer Kenny Rogers was born

1940  Leon Trotsky, exiled Communist revolutionary, died in Mexico City following an assassination attempt on him a day earlier

1956  Actress Kim Cattrall was born – “Sex and the City”

1959  Hawaii became the 50^th state

1963  Martial law was declared in South Vietnam following anti-government protests by Buddhist monks

1984  Clint Eastwood received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1987  A U.S. Marine was convicted of spying for the first time – Sgt. Clayton Lonetree had given the Soviets secrets while working at the embassy in Moscow

1993  NASA lost contact with the “Mars Observer” at a cost of $980 million

1997  A hamburger recall was extended to 2.5 million pounds of beef due to e-coli poisoning

2006  The trial of Saddam Hussein for genocide and acts against humanity began in Iraq

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 21

2007  Angels Garret Anderson gets 10 RBI vs. NYY

2005  NYY Randy Johnson gives up 4 HRs in an inning vs. Chicago – 1^st time in his career

2004  LA Dodgers Jeff Weaver ties MLB record by hitting 3 consecutive batters in an inning

1999  Baltimore’s Brady Anderson leads off both games of a double header with a HR – only 3^rd time in MLB history – they lost both games

1991  Cincinnati hits a grand slam in consecutive innings to beat the Expos 9-2

1991  NYY Bernie Williams strikes out 5 consecutive times in a 7-4 loss to KC – 28 players in MLB history have done so

1987  Dale Murphy hits his 300^th HR – ends with 398

1986  With 2 outs in the 6^th inning, the Red Sox score 11 runs to beat Cleveland 24-5

1984  Rookie Roger Clemens gets 15 strikeouts in a 11-1 Boston win

1982  Rollie Fingers gets his 300^th save – 1^st to ever do so – ends with 341

1972  Steve Carlton’s 15 game winning streak came to an end

1971  Cincinnati’s Jim Merritt gets his only win of the year (1-11) – he won 20 games last year

1967  Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s first free agent

1963  Luis Aparicio gets his 300^th steal – ends with 506

1936  Wilt Chamberlain born – scored 31,491 NBA points

1931  Babe Ruth hit his 600^th HR – Lou Gehrig will hit one right after him – they will hit HRs in the same inning 19 times in their careers and 72 times in the same game

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 21

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1961  Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis

1964  Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  Make It With You - Bread

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1977  Best of My Love – The Emotions

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1986  Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna

1987  Who’s That Girl - Madonna

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Kiss From a Rose - Seal

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 20

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Lemonade Day and National Chocolate Pecan Day

1741  Alaska was founded by Vitus Jonas Bering

1833  The 23^rd President, Benjamin Harrison, was born

1866  It was formally declared by President Jackson that the Civil War was over – fighting had stopped months earlier

1896  The dial telephone was patented

1920  The first commercial radio station began operating – Detroit, Michigan

1931  Boxing promoter Don King was born

1940  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary leader, was assassinated in Mexico City where he lived in exile by a Soviet agent

1946  TV Newswoman Connie Chung was born

1953  The Soviet Union announced they had detonated a hydrogen bomb

1954  TV host Al Roker was born

1964  President Johnson announced a $1 billion anti-poverty program

1968  The Soviet Union began the invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush an anti-Soviet uprising with 650,000 troops

1977  “Voyager 2” was launched by the U.S. – contained a phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages and sounds of music

1988  Over 150,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park were destroyed by fire

1989  Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty were killed by their sons Eric and Lyle

1991  A crowd of over 100,000 protested outside the Russian Parliament over the coup that removed Gorbachev from power

1998  The U. S. military attacked a camp in Afghanistan and a chemical plant in Sudan in response to the embassy bombings in Africa

2009  The Lockerbie bomber was released from a Scottish prison and allowed to return to Libya – had been sentenced to life in prison for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am plane that killed 270 people

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 20

2005  KC Royals win – snap a 19 game losing streak

2004  For the 200^th time, Randy Johnson strikes out 10 or more

2000  Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship – 1^st player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a year

2000  For the 7^th game in a row Seattle gives up at least 9 runs – ties MLB record set in 1901

1997  Cincinnati records no assists in a win over Colorado

1986  NYY Dave Winfield hits his 300^th HR – ends with 465

1985  Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 11^th straight game – 1^st NL pitcher to have 200 strikeouts in each of his 1^st 2 seasons

1980  Pirates Omar Moreno steals his 70^th base – 1^st player this century to have three 70 steal seasons

1978  Jerry Remy hits a HR – last of his career – will have an additional 2,321 at bats without a HR – career 7 HRs with 4,455 at bats                         

1965  Eddie Mathews hits a HR for the Braves – he and Aaron have now combined for 773 HRs passing Ruth and Gehrig

1963  Mets pitcher Grover Powell wins his MLB debut – will be injured in next start and never win again

1961  Phillies set then record with their 23^rd straight loss – will win 2^nd game of the doubleheader to end the streak

1960  Ted Williams gets his 2,000^th walk – joins Ruth as the only other one – ends with 2,021

1948  78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians in Cleveland – Satchel Paige gets the 1-0 win for Cleveland

1945  Tommy Brown (Brooklyn Dodgers) becomes the youngest player to hit a HR – was 17 years, 8 months, and 14 days old

1938  Lou Gehrig hits his 23^rd and last grand slam – still MLB record

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 20

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1966  Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1970  Make It With You - Bread

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1986  Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1995  Kiss From a Rose - Seal

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera