Ford introduced its much-ballyhooed new model, the Edsel.
Named in honor of Henry Ford’s son, it suffered from quality,
reliability and design issues, and the name instead becomes synonymous with failure.
Edsel Bryant Ford
(November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943)
On July 11, 1914, in his major league debut, George Herman
“Babe” Ruth (1895 – 1948) pitched seven strong innings to
lead the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians
(now known as the Cleveland Guardians), 4-3.
George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895, in Baltimore,
Maryland, where his father worked as a saloon keeper on the
waterfront.
He was the first of eight children, but only he and a sister
survived infancy.
That same summer, Ruth was sold to the Boston Red Sox. His teammates called him “Babe” for his naiveté, but his talent
was already maturing.
In his debut game against the Indians, the 19-year-old Ruth
gave up just five hits over the first six innings. In the seventh,
the Indians managed two runs on three singles and a sacrifice
and Ruth was relieved.
His hitting prowess, however, was not on display that first night
—he went 0 for 2 at the plate.
Baseball card showing Ruth as a
Baltimore Oriole, 1914.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On June 30, 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint,
Michigan, watched as the first completed Corvette, a
two-seater sports car that would become an American
icon, rolled off the assembly line.
It was one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known
story of the DC Comics hero Batman was released in theaters.
Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce
Wayne, who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting
Batman after witnessing his parents’ brutal murder as a child.
As the film’s action begins, mob henchman Jack Napier, Jack
Nicholson, is gruesomely disfigured after Batman inadvertently
drops him in a vat of acid during a stand-off in a chemical factory.
After killing his boss (Jack Palance), Napier—now known as
the Joker—goes on the loose in Gotham City, wreaking havoc
and trying to turn its people against the caped crusader.
When Batman’s affection for a beautiful newspaper reporter, Vicki
Vale (Kim Basinger), is revealed, the Joker uses her to draw his
rival out into the open, with dramatic results.
