- 1868] Patent no longer pending: Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for an invention he calls the "Type-Writer". Not bad, Chris. It might catch on...
- 1955] Debuted on this date: Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp"...1982] Mary Hart and her legs debut on "Entertainment Tonight"...1989] "Batman" starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson (The Joker) premieres...
- 1957] Curtains: "The Roy Rogers Show" bows out on Sundays on NBC-TV after 6 years but Roy and Dale will do a Saturday musical variety show on ABC-TV in the fall of '62...1960] "The Pat Boone Show", a weekly musical variety show, last airs on ABC-TV after 3 seasons. I used to watch this live when I worked late in the ABC mailroom...
- 1963] Talkin' Baseball: To celebrate his 100th home run, wacky Mets outfielder Jimmy Piersall runs the bases backwards...1981] The Pawtucket Red Sox-Rochester minor league game picks up in the 33rd inning. This time it only takes 18 minutes to finish the game with Pawtucket scoring a run in the bottom of the 33rd inning. Wade Boggs played for the PawSox and Cal Ripken Jr for Rochester...1988] Billy Martin V ends when the Yankee manager is finally fired for good and replaced by Lou Piniella...
- 1969] Warren E. Burger is sworn in as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court...
- 1972] Title IX: Richard Nixon signs an act barring sex discrimination in college sports. On the surface this sounds like a good move. Wrong! Title IX allocates funds for female teams indiscriminately and is a lousy rule...
- 1992] Guilty as charged: John Gotti, convicted of racketeering charges is sentenced to life in prison where he will die of throat cancer...1993] Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William County (VA) mutilates her husband John by severing a particularly sensitive male organ after he allegedly raped her...
- 1995] "Happy Trails": Dr. Jonas Salk who developed the first vaccine against Polio, dies of unknown causes at 80...2006] Aaron Spelling passes away at 83 from complications of a recent stroke...
- 1997] Friendly fire: Civil Rights activist Betty Shabazz, 61, widow of Malcolm X, dies from a fire set by her 12-year old grandson...
- 2003] The meltdown countdown begins: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean announces his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination which turns into a Barnum and Bailey Circus. Get your popcorn...
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