I was born on 8/6/68...turned 36 yrs old today...
another year gone by...I just wanted to say Happy birthday to all that were born on August 6th
On this day in History:
August 6.......
*1928 ANDY WARHOL IS BORN
*1911 Lucille Ball is Born
**1917 Robert Mitchum is born
**1959 Corvair Makes its Debut
**1932 Patent For for the drive-in movie theater
**1862 Loss of C.S.S. Arkansas
**1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
**1902 Dutch Schultz is born one of New York's most feared criminals under the name "Dutch Schultz
**1874 Belle Starr's first husband slain
**1971 First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal
**1997 Microsoft Takes a Friendly Bite Out of Apple..forked over $150 million for a minority stake in its struggling rival, Apple Computers.
1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.
1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.
1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours.
1949 - Chicago White Sox player Luke Appling played in the 2,154th game of his 19-year, major league career.
1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.
1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate.
1981 - Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when he had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself
another year gone by...I just wanted to say Happy birthday to all that were born on August 6th
On this day in History:
August 6.......
*1928 ANDY WARHOL IS BORN
*1911 Lucille Ball is Born
**1917 Robert Mitchum is born
**1959 Corvair Makes its Debut
**1932 Patent For for the drive-in movie theater
**1862 Loss of C.S.S. Arkansas
**1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
**1902 Dutch Schultz is born one of New York's most feared criminals under the name "Dutch Schultz
**1874 Belle Starr's first husband slain
**1971 First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal
**1997 Microsoft Takes a Friendly Bite Out of Apple..forked over $150 million for a minority stake in its struggling rival, Apple Computers.
1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.
1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.
1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours.
1949 - Chicago White Sox player Luke Appling played in the 2,154th game of his 19-year, major league career.
1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.
1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate.
1981 - Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when he had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself
