Gene Autry recorded "Back in the Saddle Again" in Los Angeles for Columbia Record Corporation.
In addition to being used as the theme for Autry’s radio program, Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, "Back in the Saddle Again" was also used for The Gene Autry Show on television as well as for personal appearances.
The 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle included "Back in the Saddle Again" as one of "a number of standards" heard in its soundtrack.
On this day in 1906, San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake with an original death toll cited at about 700. Information received later indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
On this day in 1775, American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though towns in Massachusetts giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere even though it is unlikely he used that wording.
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car-bomber on this day in 1983. A total of 63 people were killed including 17 Americans.
A previously unseen image of Einstein as a five-year-old in 1884.
Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) played his final game in the NHL on this day in 1999. He retired as the NHL‘s all-time leading scorer and holder of 61 individual records.
On this day in 1961, approximately 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on- board accident with an oxygen tank.
The crew members of Apollo 13—Fred Haise (left), Jim Lovell (center), and Jack Swigert—step aboard the “USS Iwo Jima” following splashdown and recovery operations in the south Pacific Ocean.
Benjamin Franklin(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)
Franklin suffered from obesity throughout his middle-aged and later years, which resulted in multiple health problems, particularly gout, which became worse as he aged. In poor health during the signing of the US Constitution in 1787, he was rarely seen in public from then until his death. Franklin died from pleuritic attack at his home in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790, at age 84.
An Illustration of Benjamin Franklin on His Death Bed.
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913)
The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model on this day in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair. Ford anticipated they would sell around 100,000 units a year, and were somewhat unprepared when they received 22,000 orders in the first day alone!
Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018)
(Meredith-Fox-News) — Harry Anderson, known for his acting role as Judge Harry Stone on "Night Court" was found dead in his Asheville, North Carolina home Monday morning. Foul play was not suspected by officials.
Anderson’s acting career started with many appearances on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC).This led him to the role of Harry "The Hat" Gittes on multiple seasons of the NBC-TV sitcom "Cheers", and eventually as Judge Harry Stone on "Night Court"for nine seasons on NBC beginning in 1984.
