- 1949] NBC Radio debuts: "Father Knows Best". The show moves to TV in 1954...
- 1952] No-no x 2: Tiger righthander Virgil Trucks becomes only the 3rd pitcher in major league history to throw 2 no-hitters in the same season with a 1-0 shutout of the Yankees at Yankee Stadium (strangely enough, Trucks will finish the season with a 5-19 record for the lowly Tigers)...
- 1960] One is the loneliest number: The AFL in their inaugural season decide to place the names of the players on the back of their uniforms...
- 1984] "Happy Trails": Truman Capote dies of liver disease at 59 at the home of friend and former wife of Johnny Carson, Joanne Carson...
- 1985] Too young to vote: The Mets' Dwight "Doc" Gooden at 20 becomes the youngest pitcher to win 20 games (Doc will finish the season at 24-4)...
- 1991] Emmy Gold: "Cheers" and "LA Law" are the big winners at the 43rd Emmy Awards...
- 1993] Sheik your booty: Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman is indicted by a federal grand jury for terrorist activities, one of which was the 1st World Trade Center bombing...
- 1994] In the drink: Jimmy Buffett's plane flips over after taking off from the Nantucket airport. Buffet will swim to safety (and then proceeds to get 'wasted away again in Margaritaville')...
- 2001] Rock & Roll tragedy: 22-year old Latina singer Aaliyah and 8 others are killed when their plane crashes in Marsh Harbor in the Abacos Islands of northern Bahamas (the overloaded plane appeared to have engine trouble)...
- 2003] Curtains: Tennis champion Pete Sampras announces his retirement at a news conference at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows...
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