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1998 Kwame Ture, activist, "born as Stokely Carmichael, he led a number of black organizations", dies at 57
1997 Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's number, 72 1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number 1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34 1993 Joyce Carey, Lawrence, English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 1993 New York Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31 1992 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by New York Islanders 1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 1988 Greatest number of participants, 31,678, on a bicycle tour, London 1988 Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired 1985 "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's number 1981 Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time' 1981 Mike Bloomfield, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', dies of drug overdose at 36 1979 John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 1979 New York Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier 1976 New York Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" 1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number 1970 New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) 1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit home run number 600 off Mike Corkins 1966 Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1960 Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) 1958 Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List 1957 Bernhard Langer, born in Anhausen, West Germany, professional golfer, two-time Masters champion, ranked as the world's first official number one player in 1986 1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1943 Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' 1939 Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1937 Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999) 1934 Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit 1932 O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church 1928 Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 1917 Phyllis Diller, born in Lima, Ohio, comedienne, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number 1911 Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511 1898 John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Number 17 1893 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique" 1877 Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist 1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order number 800 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized 1805 Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist 1648 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59 |
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