61Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

1913Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game

1916John D Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.

1920Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54

1927Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

19401st US merchant ship "Booker T. Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware

1941Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1952Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance

1954"Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol

1954"Star is Born" starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres

1954Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive

1956"I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87

1956Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season

1957Buddy Holly & Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"

1961Bob Dylan's 1st recording session-backup harmonica for Caroline Hester

1962JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi

1963"Judy Garland Show" debuts on CBS-TV

1963Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th HRs

1963Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1968Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1968Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown

1976Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1977James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid & overworked

1979"Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18

1979Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland

1983Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon

1984Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic

1985"Amazing Stories" by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV

1986Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)

1987"Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1

1989Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)

1990"Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1991Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic

1992Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)

19941st phase of OJ Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)

1995OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury

1996Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour (Houston Texas)

1996Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34