- 1900] Nipper arrives: RCA Victor registers “His Master’s Voice” a.k.a. “Nipper“. The dog looking into the horn of the gramophone machine becomes the symbol of the label (7/10)…
- 1915] Debuted on this date: 19-year old Babe Ruth makes his major league debut as a pitcher for the Red Sox and picks up his first win…(7/11). In 1918 Ruth moves to the outfield…1936] The Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens, opens to traffic (7/11)…1960] The first Etch-A-Sketch goes on sale. What were those black metallic specks anyway? (7/12)…1990] “Northern Exposure” starts a 5-year run (7/12)…
- 1971] Curtains: Red Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro, the victim of a horrible beaning in August, 1967 announces his retirement at 25 (7/10). Tony C will try to come back in 1975 but he was never the same. Tony’s starstruck life will end way too soon when he suffers a fatal heart attack in 1990 at 45…
- 1979] “Happy Trails“: Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler, who led the orchestra for half a century, passes away from natural causes at 84 (7/10)…1979] Minnie Riperton (”Lovin’ You“) dies from breast cancer at 31 (7/12). Minnie’s daughter Maya (SNL) Rudolph was just 5 years old at the time…1989] Mel Blanc who provided the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and countless other WB characters, dies from heart disease at 81 (7/10)…1989] Sir Laurence Olivier dies from cancer at 82 (7/11)…2007] Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson passes away from natural causes at 94 (7/11)…2008] Yankee broadcaster and former player Bobby Murcer, 62, dies from complications related to brain cancer (7/12)...
- 1984] Fritz picks a woman: Walter Mondale chooses U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro as a running mate for his Democratic Presidential run. Ferraro from New York is the first woman to run for VP on a major ticket (7/12)…
- 1985] Out with the new, in with the old: Coca Cola, bowing to pressure from irate customers after the introduction of New Coke, says it will resume selling old-formula Coke…
- 1999] World Cup runneth over: The U.S. women’s soccer team wins the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (CA) (7/10)…
- 2001] Blood money: Abner Louima, tortured in a New York City police station, agrees to an $8.7 million settlement (7/12)…
- 2005] Sitting on the throne: Prince Albert II of Monaco accedes to the throne (7/12)…
- 2006] The Dig kills: A section of ceiling in Boston’s Big Dig tunnel collapses, killing a car passenger (7/10)…For more on July 10 - 12:
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