“The Georgia Peach” ,Ty Cobb, set a major league baseball record
by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit a total 4,191 before he retired
in 1928.
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BASEBALL RECORD SET ON THIS DAY IN 1927
TODAY IS JOHN GLENN’S 91st BIRTHDAY
NASA Astronaut John Glenn was inducted into the Astronaut
Hall of Fame in 1990.
John Glenn is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S.
senator. He was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American
in space.
DION DIMUCCI IS 73 TODAY
Dion with his first Gibson guitar
Dion joined the Belmonts as their lead singer in late 1957. He is best remembered
for the 1961 singles "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer". Dion was elected to
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. In 2000, Dion and The Belmonts were
inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Dion and The Belmonts were part of the 1959 “Winter Dance Party” tour
American Bandstand, November, 1959
April, 1958
RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1937
Columbia Workshop was a experimental radio drama series that aired on CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System, from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946-47. The series
was the idea of former radio engineer Irving Reis (above). Before the programs debut,
Reis had directed several radio dramas.
DONALD SOUTHERLAND IS 78 TODAY
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