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Happy birthday to Randy Hundley, and a mighty host of others.
Today in baseball history, in 1961 – Braves rookie Joe Torre rounds first base after getting a hit to right field in the sixth inning, but the Pirates’ Roberto Clemente picks up the ball, fakes a throw to second and throws it so fast behind Torre at first base that he is caught and tagged out. “It was my most embarrassing moment on the field,” he will later explain, and other stories as well.
Today in baseball history:
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Cubs Birthdays: Carlos Zambrano, Randy Hundley*, Jim McKnight, Joel Newkirk, Harry McChesney, Bill Eagan, George Decker.
Today in history:
4000 BC – Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only).
1774 – Boston Port Act: Following the passage of the act, the British government orders the Port of Boston closed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
1869 – Thomas Edison granted his first patent for the Electric Vote Recorder.
1939 – First major boxing match on US television is the heavyweight bout from NY’s Yankee Stadium between former world champion Max Baer and Lou Nova; Nova wins by TKO in 11th round.
1957 – Don Bowden becomes the first American to run a sub-four minute mile (3:58.7) at the Pacific Association AAU Meet in Stockton, California.
1961 – FM multiplex stereo broadcasting is first heard.
2002 – In a battle of former heavyweight boxing champions in Atlantic City, Evander Holyfield beats Hasim Rahman by TKO; fight stopped 1:40 into 8th round because of giant welt above Rahman’s left eye.
2021 – Prehistoric carvings, between 4,000 and 5,000 years old depicting deer, found in Scotland for the first time at Kilmartin Glen, Argyll.
Today in Music History:
1967 – EMI releases The Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” nation-wide in the UK; it goes to number one for 22 weeks in the UK.
1968 – Simon & Garfunkel’s single “Mrs. Robinson” from “The Graduate” hits No. 1.
1970 – “Everything Is Beautiful” single by Ray Stevens hits No. 1.
1973 – George Harrison‘s “Living in the Material World” album goes gold, 2 days after its US release.
1973 – Paul McCartney & Wings release single “Live & Let Die”.
1974 – “My Girl Bill” by Jim Stafford hits No. 12.
1985 – “Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” by David Lee Roth hits No. 12.
1999 – British singer Dido‘s debut album, “No Angel”, is released in the United States.
*pictured.