On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became
the first pitcher in major league history to registered 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts,
over 1,500 more than his closest competition.
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. ("the Ryan Express") is78 years old.
1964
2019
Robert Redford is an actor and filmmaker who has received
numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA
Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B.
DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016,
and the Honorary César in 2019. He was named by Time as one of
the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.
As the 1992-93 NBA season approached, Larry Bird decided
he could not continue. On Aug. 18, 1992 he announced his
retirement as a player.
After 897 games Bird retired with 21,791 points, 8,974 rebounds
and 5,695 assists. During his career he shot .496 from the floor
and .886 from the free-throw line, retiring as the fifth all-time free-
throw shooter behind Mark Price, Rick Barry, Calvin Murphy and
Scott Skiles.
Bird was named a special assistant in the Celtics’ front office,
with limited duties that included some scouting and player
evaluation. In reality, he spent most of the next five years in
Florida, playing golf and taking it easy.
He did some commercials and appeared in a few films, including
Michael Jordan’s Space Jam.
1996
Larry Joe Bird is 68 years old.
Star who was the first African American to win a Best
Actress Oscar, known for roles in "Monster’s Ball"
and "Bullworth."
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2001
2017
On August 11, 1973, the nostalgic teenage coming-of-age
movie American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George
Lucas, opened in theaters across the U.S.
Set in California in the summer of 1962, American Graffiti
was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best
Director and Best Picture, and helped well as the former
child actor and future Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron
Howard.
The film’s success enabled Lucas to get his next movie
made, the mega-hit Star Wars (1977).
George Lucas during the filming of the movie.
Richard Dreyfuss (77)
Harrison Ford (83)
Ron Howard (71)
