- 1789] Havin’ a party: The first inaugural ball is held in honor of President George Washington
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009...
10 Timeline Memories:
1903] Red Sox Nation is born: It all started with this game. Boston faces off against New York for the first time as the then-Pilgrims beat the Highlanders (pre-Yankees) 6-2 at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston. Bill Dinneen is the winning pitcher and Hobe Ferris homers… 1946] SONY is born: The Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. is founded. The company will be renamed SONY... 1968] The name game: British singer Reginald Dwight changes his name to Elton John… 1957] No score: A line-drive off the bat of Yankee Gil McDougald severely damages Cleveland pitcher Herb Score's right eye, effectively ruining his career. Two years later he retires… 1966] Not so Keane: After winning only 4 of the Yankees first 20 games of the season as manager, Johnny Keane is fired and replaced by Ralph Houk. And this was pre-Steinbrenner… 1968] Not a good image: Dancer's Image, winner of the Kentucky Derby three days earlier is disqualified after it’s discovered that the horse was injected with the illegal drug “bute” to reduce inflammation of the joints. Forward Pass who finished second is declared the winner… 1987] Diane bows out of ‘Cheers’: Shelly Long aka Diane Chambers makes her last appearance as a regular on “Cheers"… 1999] Jenny Jones disaster: A jury in Pontiac (MI) orders “The Jenny Jones Show” to pay $25 million to the family of a gay man who was shot to death after revealing a crush on a male guest on the show. The award will be overturned on appeal… 2002] Seattle Slew makes history: Twenty-five years to the exact date that Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories in 1977, the great Slew dies at the age of 28…For more on May 7th:
