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1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1992 Target date for Europe's single market 1992 Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1990 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning 1989 Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils 1987 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1 1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games 1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks 1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1 1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single 1986 Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single 1986 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1 1986 Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1 1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1 1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks 1984 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single 1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1983 David Bowie's 'Let's "Dance' single goes #1 1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1981 Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks 1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1977 Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game home run record of 11 1976 Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single 1976 Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" 1975 David Bowie's 'Fame' single goes #1 for 2 weeks 1975 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are 1975 Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1971 Scott Shipley, Bremerton Wash, slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96 1971 Hamish Pepper, Auckland New Zealand, laser single handed yachter 1996 Olympics 1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1970 Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 Queen Latifah, rap singer and actress, Khadijah James-Living Single 1969 Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard 1969 Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1 1967 Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne" 1967 Olivia d'Abo, born in London, England, actress, Wonder Years, Single Guy 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 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK 1966 Jonathan Silverman, actor, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1964 Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1963 Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, U.S. slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96 1963 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release 1st single, "Come on" 1963 Beatles release their 1st single in U.S. "Please Please Me" 1962 Aleta Rzepecki Sill, born in Detroit, Michigan, bowler, 1983 WIBC single 1962 Kim Coles, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Synclaire-Living Single 1961 Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA) 1959 David Hearn, born in Washington D.C., slalom single canoe, Olympics-9th-96 1958 Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female 1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away" 1957 Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite" 1956 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks 1956 U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks 1956 Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, double and single vs Red Sox 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair 1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves 1950 Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1948 New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1946 Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1945 Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single 1943 Jimmy Castor, born in New York City, New York, musician, saxophonist, pop, funk, disco, hip hop genres, known for hit single 'Troglodyte' 1972 1942 Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More 1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1934 French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1930 Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1927 Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1925 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single 1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yankees 1909 Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn and 31 in a single day 1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1888 Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1881 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) |
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