This Day In History

September 24th

1934  Babe Ruth bid farewell to the New York Yankees, his last game in Yankee Stadium lost to the Boston Red Sox, 5-0
1961   The Bullwinkle Show was shown in prime time NBC-TV as a Sunday night cartoon
1968  CBS-TV aired 60 Minutes on a Tuesday night and became the longest-running newsmagazine
1977  The Love Boat aired on ABC-TV

1755  4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Marshall
1896  Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
1936  Creator of the Muppets Jim Henson
1941  Photographer & Musician Linda McCartney (Eastman), married to musician Paul McCartney
1946  Football Hall of Fame Mean Joe (Charles) Greene
1948  Comedian/Actor Phil Hartman, also SNL Alumni, murdered by his wife who also committed suicide

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1956

• Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

• Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence

• Theme Song from 'Song for a Summer Night' - Mitch Miller

• The Fool - Sanford Clark

1964

• The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

• Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

• Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

• I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves

1972

• Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis

• Saturday in the Park - Chicago

• Back Stabbers - O'Jays

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Conway Twitty

1980

• Upside Down - Diana Ross

• Give Me the Night - George Benson

• Late in the Evening - Paul Simon

• Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee

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