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Friday, July 3, 2009
WHO’S ON FIRST DAY
The hilarious comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on this day in 1940 with their network radio show on NBC. The duo replaced Fred Allen for the summer months.
Twelve years later, Abbott and Costello went on to produce 52 episodes of one of the most successful and repeated programs in TV history, The Abbott and Costello Show. A cartoon version of the human cartoons followed in 1966.
The most famous of all Abbott and Costello routines was Who’s on First. The names of the players and their positions in the hilarious skit were: First base: "Who"; Second base: "What"; Third base: "I Don’t Know"; Shortstop: "I Don’t Care" (or, "I Don’t Give a Darn"); Pitcher: "Tomorrow"; Catcher: "Today"; Left field: "Why" and Center field: "Because". So, now you know.
Events
July 3
1819 - This was a great day for those folks who liked to save for a rainy day. The first bank in the U.S. opened in New York City. Business was brisk with $2,807 deposited in the Bank for Savings.
1871 - The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company introduced the first narrow-gauge locomotive. It was called the Montezuma.
1878 - John Wise of Lancaster, PA was the pilot for the maiden flight of a dirigible.
1890 - The Spud State, the Potato State, the Gem State are all synonymous with Idaho, which entered the United States of America on this day. The capital of the 43rd state is Boise. The official state bird is the mountain bluebird; the state flower is the syringa ... or lilac, to the non-botanists among us.
1912 - Rube Marquard set a baseball pitching record. The hurler and his New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1, earning Marquard his 19th consecutive win.
1922 - Readers were introduced to Fruit Garden and Home magazine. In two years, the publication would be renamed Better Homes and Gardens.
1934 - The first payment by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was made to Lydia Losiger of East Peoria, IL.
1937 - Del Mar race track opened in sunny Del Mar, California.
1939 - Chic Young’s comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS radio. Later, the popular comic strip would become a TV favorite, as well.
1941 - Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded the standard, St. James Infirmary, for Okeh Records.
1945 - Victor Borge was first heard on NBC radio. The network gave the comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly.
1945 - The first civilian passenger car built since February 1942 was driven off the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit, MI. Automotive production had been diverted to military production for the war (WWII) effort.
1953 - Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.
1973 - Clint Holmes received a gold record for his hit single, Playground in My Mind.
1976 - Brian Wilson rejoined The Beach Boys, who were appearing at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, CA (before 74,000 fans). Wilson had been out of the group’s road tour schedule for 12 years.
1976 - 103 hostages were rescued by an Israeli commando unit in a raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda. 106 hostages had been taken from a hijacked Air France airliner on its way to Paris from Tel Aviv. Seven pro-Palestinian guerrilla hijackers, 20 Ugandan soldiers and 3 hostages were killed in the raid.
1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies connected for hit #3,786. It moved Rose into second place in the career-hits column of the record books. Rose was second only to Ty Cobb whose major-league record was 4,191 hits. Rose was 41 years old at the time. Three years later he surpassed Cobb’s mark.
1985 - Kevin Curren whipped #1-seeded John McEnroe at the Wimbledon tennis championships. McEnroe had been attempting to become the first American to earn three consecutive men’s titles at Wimbledon.
1986 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the world’s greatest ballet dancer, became a U.S. citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, New York Harbor.
1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan issued a statement to the world, and an apology to the Iranian people, “I am saddened to report that it appears that in a proper defensive action by the USS Vincennes this morning in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian airliner was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz ... We greatly regret any loss of life ...” (290 died when the Vincennes fired upon Iran Air Flight 655, mistaking the plane for a hostile F-14 fighter plane.)
1996 - “Earth, take a good look. It could be your last.” Independence Day was shown for the first time to U.S. audiences. Gigantic alien spacecraft are parked in orbit around the Earth, getting set to attack major points around the globe. The weirdos from outer space wipe out New York, Los Angeles, and Washington just for practice. Survivors come up with a plan to fight back ... and just do manage to save the planet. The movie was a blockbuster, doing $50.23 million in its debut weekend. How could it miss with a star-studded cast including Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn and Harvey Fierstein!
Birthdays
July 3
1878 - George M. (Michael) Cohan
actor, singer, composer: Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway, Mary’s a Grand Old Name, You’re a Grand Old Flag, Harrigan; subject of movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Broadway show: George M!; died Nov 5, 1942
1906 - George Sanders
Academy Award-winning actor: All About Eve [1950]; The Quiller Memorandum, Picture of Dorian Gray, Village of the ****ed, A Shot in the Dark, Samson and Delilah; died Apr 25, 1972
1915 - Jerry Gray
arranger, bandleader: The Glenn Miller Orchestra; died Aug 10, 1976
1921 - Susan Peters (Carnahan)
actress: Andy Hardy’s Double Life, Random Harvest; died Oct 23, 1952
1927 - Ken Russell
director: Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Altered States, Tommy, The Boy Friend, Prisoner of Honor
1930 - Pete Fountain
clarinetist: New Orleans jazz great; Lawrence Welk Show, For the First Time
1937 - Tom Stoppard (Straussler)
playwright: The Real Thing, On the Razzle, Travesties, Empire of the Sun
1940 - Fontella Bass
singer: Rescue Me
1940 - Cesar (Leonardo) ‘Pepito’ Tovar
baseball: Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees; died July 14, 1994
1943 - Kurtwood Smith
actor: To Die For, The Crush, Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, Dead Poets Society, Rambo 3, RoboCop, The New Adventures of Bean Baxter, Big Wave Dave’s
1944 - Walt Garrison
football: Dallas Cowboys running back: Super Bowl V, VI
1944 - Jethro Pugh
football: Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle: Super Bowl V, VI, X, XII, XIII
1945 - Michael Cole
actor: Mod Squad, Chuka, Nickel Mountain
1945 - Johnny Lee
country singer: Lookin’ for Love, One in a Million, Bet Your Heart on Me
1945 - Paul Naumoff
football: Detroit Lions [Lions record: tackles in a game: 21 vs. Cleveland Nov. 9, 1975]
1947 - Betty Buckley
actress: Cats, Eight is Enough, Carrie, Wyatt Earp; singer: Memories
1948 - Paul Barrere
musician: guitar: group: Little Feat: On Your Way Down, Day at the Dog Races; solo: LP: On My Own Two Feet
1949 - Jan Smithers
actress: WKRP in Cincinnati, Mr. Nice Guy, Where the Lilies Bloom
1953 - Frank (Daryl) Tanana
baseball: pitcher: California Angels [all-star: 1976, 1977, 1978], Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, NY Mets, NY Yankees
1953 - Dave Lewis
hockey: NY Islanders, LA Kings, NJ Devils, Detroit Red Wings [player, coach]
1953 - John Verhoeven
baseball: pitcher: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins
1955 - Neil Clark
musician: guitar: group: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
1955 - Matt (Lon) Keough
baseball: Oakland Athletics [all-star: 1978] , NY Yankees, SL Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros
1956 - Montel Williams
TV talk show host: The Montel Williams Show
1957 - Laura Branigan
singer: Gloria, Solitaire, How am I Supposed to Live Without You, Self Control, Theme Song from Octo*****, Hot Night; died [brain aneurysm] Aug 26, 2004
1960 - Vince Clarke
songwriter: group: DePeche Mode: Just Can’t Get Enough, See You; musician: keyboards: groups: Yaz: Only You, Don’t Go, Nobody’s Diary; The Assembly: Never Never; Erasure: Sometimes
1962 - Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV)
actor: Mission: Impossible series, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Days of Thunder, Born on the Fourth of July, Cocktail, Top Gun, Rain Man, The Color of Money, Taps, Interview with a Vampire, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission: Impossible II, Collateral, War of the Worlds
1962 - Thomas Gibson
actor: Far and Away, The Age of Innocence, Barcelona, Dharma & Greg, Eyes Wide Shut
1962 - Hunter Tylo
actress: All My Children, Final Cut, Days of Our Lives, Longshot
1966 - Moises Alou
baseball: Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros
1970 - Teemu Selanne
‘The Finnish Flash’: hockey: Winnipeg Jets, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, San-Jose Sharks
1970 - Shawnee Smith
actress: Becker, Iron Eagle, Who's Harry Crumb?, Desperate Hours, Leaving Las Vegas, Arsenio, Armageddon, Karen Black: Actress at Work
Chart Toppers
July 3
1944I’ll Be Seing You - Bing Crosby
Long Ago and Far Away - Helen Forrest & **** Haymes
Amor - Bing Crosby
Straighten Up and Fly Right - King Cole Trio
1952Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs
A Guy is a Guy - Doris Day
Be Anything - Eddy Howard
That Heart Belongs to Me - Webb Pierce
1960Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool - Connie Francis
Alley-Oop - Hollywood Argyles
Because They’re Young - Duane Eddy
Please Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Lockin
1968This Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert
The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co.
Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
1976Silly Love Songs - Wings
Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right) - Silver Convention
Misty Blue - Dorthy Moore
All These Things - Joe Stampley
1984The Reflex - Duran Duran
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
When Doves Cry - Prince
I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight) -
Vern Gosdin
Happy Birthday Paul Barrere of Little Feat
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