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.
In Blacksburg, VA, on this day in 2007, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
The 23-year-old student gunman Seung-Hui Cho.
In Texas City, TX. on this day in 1947, the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, leaving 576 people dead.
On this day in 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)
Comedic silent film icon Charlie Chaplin gained world fame for portraying his character, The Tramp (1915) and starred in The Great Dictator (1940) and Modern Times. He had acareer that lasted over 75 years, and became one of the most important people in film history.
On this day in 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting a divorce.
The Rolling Stones released their debut album on this day in 1964.
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game on this day in 2003.
Michael Jordan, who was on the bench and unlikely to enter the game, was re-inserted into the line-up by Washington Wizards coach Doug Collins with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter after the crowd of 20,000+ chanted Michael’s name.
On this day in 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived.
Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on this day in 1947. He previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.
U.S. F-111 warplanes attacked Libya on this day in 1986 in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5, 1986.
Pol Pot died at the age of 73 on this day in 1998. The leader of the Khmer Rouge regime thereby evaded prosecution for the deaths of 2 million Cambodians.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth on this day in 1865. He actually died early the next morning.
On this day in 1912, the Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
The first edition of Noah Webster’s dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language” on this day in 1828.
Noah Webster Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843)
Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, CA, demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture.
Ampex video tape at the National Museum of American History.
On this day in 2002, Tiger Woods celebrates his third Masters victory.
Ryan Wayne White(December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990)
Ryan White was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis. As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment.
Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth’s record on this day in 1974.
Kurt Donald Cobain(February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)
