On This Day...Thursday July 3

Dishyone · 07-03-2008, 09:37 PM

Thursday, July 3, 2008
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.

1971 - The Newport Jazz Festival’s reputation was tarnished as gate crashers stormed the stage. The unruly mob forced the show to leave Newport, Rhode Island and move to New York City. Oh, and the artist the crowd got unruly over? Not Bob Dylan, not Miles Davis, but Dionne Warwick! She was singing What the World Needs Now is Love at the time of the incident.

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!

Dishyone · 07-03-2008, 09:44 PM

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 Damned, 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 Octopussy, 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 & Dick 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

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07-03-2008, 09:37 PM	#1
Dishyone The Boss Lady Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 696	On This Day...Thursday July 3 Thursday, July 3, 2008 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. 1971 - The Newport Jazz Festival’s reputation was tarnished as gate crashers stormed the stage. The unruly mob forced the show to leave Newport, Rhode Island and move to New York City. Oh, and the artist the crowd got unruly over? Not Bob Dylan, not Miles Davis, but Dionne Warwick! She was singing What the World Needs Now is Love at the time of the incident. 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!

07-03-2008, 09:44 PM	#2
Dishyone The Boss Lady Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 696	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 Damned, 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 Octopussy, 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 & Dick 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

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